Tools and Resources
- CBD in a Nutshell: A Guidebook to the CBD Process
1st edition (Dec. 2016) 2nd edition (Nov. 2018) - Training Manual for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on the Convention on Biological Diversity English Spanish
- CBD Technical Series No.96: The Global Taxonomic Initiative: Examples of Capacity Development Activities (pg. 43)
- CBD Technical Series No.94: Step-by-step guide for developing DNA-barcoding capacity
- CBD Capacity-Building Handbook: Designing and Delivering Effective Training
Additional Resources developed by Partner Organizations
- UN DESA Training Toolkit and Facilitators' Guide: Strengthening Institutional Arrangements and Governance Capacity for Policy Coherence in Implementing the SDGs
- UN Climate Change: Toolkit to assess capacity building gaps and needs (2023)
- FAO e-learning Academy: Guide for designing and delivering e-learning solutions (2021)
- FAO: Capacity Development Evaluation Framework (2019)
- Pact Organizational Performance Index: Measuring Change in Organizational Performance (2017)
- UNSDG: Capacity Development UNDAF Companion Guidance (2017)
- FAO Learning Modules on Capacity Development: Basic Principles, Processes and Tools, Good Learning Practices, Organizational Analysis (2015)
- FAO Capacity Development Briefs: Multi-stakeholder Processes, Capacity Assessment, Effective Learning (2015)
- UNDP: Measuring Capacity (2010)
- UNICEF: Learning and Knowledge Exchange Toolbox: How to Plan and Implement Successful Knowledge Sharing Events
- Global Environment Facility (GEF): Monitoring Guidelines of Capacity Development in GEF Projects (2010)
- GEF Resource Kit: National Capacity Self-Assessment (2005)
- GEF Partnership: Results-Focused Planning Guide
- GEF Knowledge Exchange: Instruments (EN,FR,ES) and Activities (EN,FR,ES)