The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) Mobilising Resources for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

Overview

David Meyers, BIOFIN Sr Advisor

19 May 2015

BIOFIN – Activities

- BIOFIN Workbook

Approach

•Policy and Institutional Review (PIR) •Biodiversity Expenditure Review (BER) •Biodiversity Financing Needs and Gap •Resource Mobilisation Strategy and

Action Plan • Initial Implementation of the Resource

Mobilisation Strategy

GLOBAL EVENTS

Fiji Indonesia

South Africa

Zambia

Uganda

Seychelles

India

Kazakhstan

Botswana

BIOFIN Countries (19)

Guatemala Costa Rica

Mexico

Colombia

Peru

Chile

Ecuador

Thailand

Malaysia

Philippines

• Implementation rolled out in 19 countries • Expanding to 29 countries • Total budget: over 28 Million US$ for 2012-2018

BIOFIN – Axis 1: Global Work

National implementation and feedback

2013-2014: Develop & Peer Review Approach &

Assessment Methodologies

Consolidate & Disseminate

Methodologies

Component 1 Policy and Institutional Review

BIOFIN – Axis 2: National Work Objective a): mainstream BD into development & sector planning; reduce drivers & costs; identify

opportunities for biodiversity finance generation

Component 1 Policy and Institutional Review

BD Expenditure Review

BIOFIN – Axis 2: National Work

National-level (bottom-up) assessment of baseline BD

investment; builds on prior work in other sectors (e.g. CCPEIR)

Additional notes 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Additional notes

Additional notes

Budget information 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL

Total budgetTotal actual expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total biodiversity budgetTotal biodiversity-related expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mainstreaming expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sustainable resource use expenditure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Protection expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Restoration expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ABS expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Enabling expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All other biodiversity expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Overall effectiveness of expenditures no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no dataTotal harmful expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Enter sector for Actor 1

Enter agency or deparment for Actor 1

WORKBOOK 1C: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BIODIVERSITY EXPENDITURES AND EFFECTIVENESSSECTION 1: OVERALL NATIONAL BUDGETARY AND EXPENDITURE SNAPSHOT

SECTION 2 AND 3: BASELINE BIODIVERSITY-RELATED EXPENDITURE AND EXPENDITURE EFFECTIVENESS REVIEW

Total government budget

Total government expenditure

Gross domestic product

Finance Actor, Sector and Department

Enter finance actor 1

Component 2 BD Finance Needs &

Gap Assessment

Component 1 Policy and Institutional Review

BD Expenditure Review

BIOFIN – Axis 2: National Work

Activity- Based

Costing of NBSAP

Objective: determine investment needed to achieve national

biodiversity targets

Component 2 BD Finance Needs &

Gap Assessment

Component 1 Policy and Institutional Review

BD Expenditure Review

Component 3 BD Resource Mobilisation

Strategy Synthesis Recommendations

BIOFIN – Axis 2: National Work

Objective: Assess public/private, domestic/international, traditional/innovative, efficiency, reallocation

Component 2 BD Finance Needs &

Gap Assessment

Component 1 a) BD Policy-Institutional Review

b) BD Expenditure Review

Component 3 BD Resource Mobilisation

Strategy Synthesis Recommendations

BIOFIN – Axis 2: National Work

Confidentiality over sovereign

data where requested

• Mobilise Key Financing Mechanisms • Targeted advocacy?

• New Economic Valuations? TSA? • Reduce costs of BD actions?

• Revise fiscal/legal frameworks? • Communications?

Component 2 BD Finance Needs &

Gap Assessment

Component 1 Policy and Institutional Review

BD Expenditure Review

Component 3 BD Resource Mobilisation

Strategy Synthesis Recommendations

BIOFIN – Axis 2: National Work

Component 4 Initiate Adoption of

Recommendations and Resource Mobilisation

Overarching National Political Process

• Mobilise Key Financing Mechanisms • Targeted advocacy?

• New Economic Valuations? TSA? • Reduce costs of BD actions?

• Revise fiscal/legal frameworks? • Communications?

Component 2 BD Finance Needs &

Gap Assessment

Component 1 Policy and Institutional Review

BD Expenditure Review

Component 3 BD Resource Mobilisation

Strategy & Synthesis Recommendations

BIOFIN – Axis 2: National Work

Component 4 Initiate Adoption of

Recommendations and Resource Mobilisation

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Namibian Government Biodiversity Expenditure Review

Real Govt. Biodiversity Expenditure & Projections: 2006/07–2020/21

• Biodiversity Finance Mechanisms Catalogue

• Detailed guidance materials • Additional funding for Component 4 • Expanded implementation support package • Special events at COP 13/14 + others • Knowledge Management/Communication • Final evaluation initial programme 2016

BIOFIN Planned Activities 2015 - 2018

www.biodiversityfinance.net

For further information consult/contact:

www.biodiversityfinance.net

biofin@undp.org