The 2024 Biodiversity Capacity-Building and Development Forum

The first Biodiversity Capacity-Building and Development Forum will be held on 19 October 2024 under the theme “Strengthening Capacities for the Implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans in the context of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework”. It will be convened by the Secretariat in collaboration with the Government of Colombia (COP 16 Presidency), the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, and other partners.  The working language of the Forum will be English with no interpretation. 

The 2024 Forum will include two panel discussions, one featuring the Parties’ perspectives on the current status, needs assessments and action plans, and another one on experiences and lessons learned in developing capacities for the implementation of NBSAPs from the provider, non-state actors and other stakeholders' perspectives. These will be followed by moderated round table discussions, in the form of World Café sessions,

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