GEF-9 funding needs assessment

COP guidance regarding regarding GEF-9 funding needs assessment

In decision 15/15, paragraph 15 of 19 December 2022, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity invited developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to identify related national funding priorities, including nationally prioritized funding needs that could be considered eligible for funding under the financial mechanism, specifically for the period from July 2026 to June 2030, and submit the results to the Executive Secretary for inclusion in the funding needs assessment.COP
In decision 16/33, paragraph 24 of 27 February 2025, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to compile and transmit, as soon as practical, the information on funding needs received from all eligible developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, and Parties with economies in transition to the Secretariat of the Global Environment Facility and the participants in the negotiations of the ninth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund.

Questionnaire survey

Survey of national funding priorities, including nationally prioritized funding needs that could be considered as eligible for funding under the financial mechanism specifically for the period July 2026 to June 2030

Excel spreadsheet list of GEF-8 planned project proposals and GEF-9 intended project concepts

Offline version of GEF9 (2026-2030) Funding Needs Survey

Africa

GEF constituency
Algeria: Algeria 2025 and SurveyAlgeria 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Egypt: Egypt 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Morocco: Morocco 2020 needsMorocco 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Tunisia: Tunisia 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Libya: BioFIN-GEF

GEF constituency
Namibia: Namibia 2025; BioFIN-GEF
South Africa: South Africa 2025 and BioFIN Biodiversity Funding Needs Assessment 2016South Africa 2020 needsSouth Africa 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe 2025 incompleteZimbabwe 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Zambia: Zambia 2020 needs; BioFIN1
Botswana: Botswana 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Malawi: Malawi 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Mozambique: Mozambique 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Angola: BioFIN-GEF
Eswatini: BioFIN-GEF
Lesotho: BioFIN-GEF

GEF constituency
Nigeria: Nigeria 2025 (Biosafety)Nigeria 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Benin: Benin 2020 needsBenin 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Ghana: Ghana 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Guinea: Guinea 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Liberia: Liberia 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Togo: Togo 2020 needsTogo 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Côte d'Ivoire; BioFIN-GEF
Sierra Leone: BioFIN-GEF

GEF constituency
Niger: Niger 2025Draft documentNiger 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Mauritania: Mauritania 2025 biosafety incompleteMauritania 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso 2025 biosafety and Survey; BioFIN-GEF
Senegal: Senegal 2025 biosafety incompleteSenegal 2020 needsSenegal 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Mali: Mali 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Chad: Chad 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Guinea-Bissau: Guinea-Bissau 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Cabo Verde: BioFIN-GEF
Gambia: BioFIN-GEF

GEF constituency
Burundi: Burundi 2025 (Biosafety)Burundi 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Cameroon: Cameroon 2025Cameroon 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Gabon: Gabon 2025 (Biosafety); BioFIN1
Central African Republic: Central African Republic 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Republic of the Congo: Congo 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Democratic Republic of the Congo: D.R.Congo 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Equatorial Guinea: BioFIN-GEF
São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé and Príncipe 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF

GEF constituency
Ethiopia: Ethiopia 2025 (ABS)Ethiopia 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
United Republic of Tanzania: Tanzania 2025; BioFIN1
Madagascar: Madagascar 2025Madagascar 2020 needsMadagascar 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Rwanda: Rwanda 2025Biodiversity Finance Plan 2019Rwanda 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Mauritius: Mauritius 2025; BioFIN-GEF
Seychelles: Seychelles 2025SurveyBioFIN 2017Seychelles 2020 needsSeychelles 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Comoros: Comoros 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Kenya: Kenya 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Sudan: Sudan 2020 needsSudan 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Eritrea: Eritrea 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
South Sudan: South Sudan 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Uganda: Uganda 2016 needs; BioFIN1
Djibouti; BioFIN-GEF
Somalia: BioFIN-GEF

Asia and the Pacific

GEF constituency
Afghanistan: Afghanistan 2025 incomplete
Jordan: Jordan 2025 incompleteJordan 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Iraq: Iraq 2020 needsIraq 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Lebanon: Lebanon 2016 needs
Pakistan: Pakistan 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Syrian Arab Republic: Syrian Arab Republic 2025 and Survey responseSyrian Arab Republic 2016 needs
Yemen: Yemen 2025 plus NBSAP costingYemen 2025 (Biosafety); BioFIN-GEF

Bahrain: BioFIN-GEF
State of Palestine: State of Palestine 2016 needs

GEF constituency
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Iran 2016 needs

GEF constituency
Türkiye: Turkey 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF

GEF constituency
Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan 2025 (Biosafety); BioFIN-GEF
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan 2016 needs; BioFin1
Kazakhstan: BioFin1
Tajikistan: BioFIN-GEF
Uzbekistan: BioFin1

GEF constituency
Bangladesh: Bangladesh 2020 needsBangladesh 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Bhutan: Bhutan 2020 needs; BioFin1
India: planned for 15 August 2025; India 2016 needs; BioFin1
Maldives: Maldives 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Nepal: Nepal 2020 needsNepal 2016 needs; BioFin1
Sri Lanka: BioFin1

GEF constituency
Thailand: Thailand 2025 and Survey response; BioFin1
Mongolia: Mongolia 2025 and Survey response from MongoliaMongolia 2020 needs; BioFin1
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea): DPR Korea 2020 needs
Myanmar: Myanmar 2020 needsMyanmar 2016 needs
Philippines: Philippines 2020 needsPhilippines 2016 needs; BioFin1
Viet Nam: Vietnam 2020 needsVietnam 2016 needs; BioFin1
Indonesia: Indonesia 2016 needs; BioFin1
Cambodia: BioFin1
Lao People's Democratic Republic: BioFIN-GEF
Malaysia: BioFin1

GEF constituency
China: China 2025 needs and Survey responseChina 2016 needs; BioFin1

GEF constituency
Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Cook Islands: BioFIN-GEF
Kiribati: BioFIN-GEF
Marshall Islands: BioFIN-GEF
Micronesia (Federated States of): BioFIN-GEF
Nauru: BioFIN-GEF
Niue: BioFIN-GEF
Palau: BioFIN-GEF
Papua New Guinea: BioFIN-GEF
Samoa: BioFIN-GEF
Solomon Islands: BioFIN-GEF
Tonga: BioFIN-GEF
Tuvalu: BioFIN-GEF
Vanuatu: BioFIN-GEF
Fiji

Latin America and the Caribbean

GEF constituency
Brazil: Brazil 2020 needsBrazil 2016 needs; BioFin1
Colombia: Colombia 2020 needsColombia 2016 needs; BioFin1
Ecuador: Ecuador 2020 needsEcuador 2016 needs; BioFin1

GEF constituency
Peru: Peru 2025 and Survey response from PeruPeru 2016 needs; BioFin1
Argentina: Argentina 2025; BioFin1
Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Bolivia 2025 and Survey response; BioFIN-GEF
Chile: BioFIN (GEF?)
Paraguay: BioFIN-GEF
Uruguay: BioFIN-GEF

GEF constituency
Mexico: Mexico 2025Biosafety 2025 and Survey response from Mexico (biosafety) 2025) with project detailsMexico 2020 needsMexico 2016 needs; BioFin1
Costa Rica: Costa Rica 2020 needsCosta Rica 2016 needs; BioFin1
Guatemala: Guatemala 2016 needs; BioFin1
Honduras: Honduras 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Venezuela 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
El Salvador: BioFIN-GEF
Panama: BioFIN-GEF
Nicaragua

GEF constituency
Cuba: Cuba 2025 (Biosafety) + BioFINCuba 2016 needs; BioFin1
Barbados: Barbados 2025 and Survey response from BarbadosBarbados 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago biosafety 2025 and Regional biosafety projectTrinidad and Tobago 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Bahamas: Bahamas 2020 needs
Dominican Republic: Dominican Republic 2020 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Suriname: Suriname 2020 needsSuriname 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Haiti: Haiti 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Antigua and Barbuda: BioFIN-GEF
Belize: BioFin1
Dominica: BioFIN-GEF
Grenada: BioFIN-GEF
Guyana
Jamaica: BioFIN-GEF
Saint Kitts and Nevis: BioFIN-GEF
Saint Lucia: BioFIN-GEF
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Eastern Europe

GEF constituency
Armenia: Armenia 2025Armenia 2020 needsArmenia 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Belarus: Belarus 2020 needsBelarus 2016 needs; BioFIN (GEF?)
Russian Federation

GEF constituency
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020 needsBosnia and Herzegovina 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Georgia: Georgia 2020 needsGeorgia 2016 needs; BioFin1
Albania: Albania 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
North Macedonia: BioFIN-GEF
Republic of Moldova: Republic of Moldova 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Serbia: Serbia 2016 needs; BioFIN-GEF
Montenegro: BioFIN-GEF
Ukraine: BioFIN (GEF?)

GEF constituency
Azerbaijan: BioFIN-GEF

Other submissions

Latin American Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities 2016 needs

ICCA Consortium 2016 needs