In accordance with Decision 14/23, annex, the funding needs assessment should take into account:
(b) Guidance to the financial mechanism from the Conference of the Parties which calls for future financial resources
(c) All obligations under the Convention and its Protocols and relevant decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties
(e) Rules and guidelines agreed by the Council of the Global Environment Facility for determining eligibility for funding of projects
(f) National strategies, plans or programmes developed in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention
(g) Experience to date, including limitations and successes of projects funded by the Global Environment Facility, as well as the performance of the Facility and its implementing and executing agencies
(h) Synergies with other Global Environment Facility-funded Conventions
(i) Synergies with other biodiversity-related Conventions
(j) The strategy for resource mobilization and its targets
- Decision XII/3: Resource mobilization
- Decision XI/4: Review of implementation of the strategy for resource mobilization, including the establishment of targets
- Decision X/3: Concrete activities and initiatives including measurable targets/indicators to achieve the strategic goals contained in the strategy for resource mobilization
- Decision IX/11 containing the strategy for resource mobilization in support of the achievement of the three objectives of the Convention
(m) The draft post-2020 global biodiversity framework
(n) Progress made on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 17 (strengthen the means of implementation)
