Insights from Mr. David Meyers, The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) at UNDP

1. The Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN)
Mobilising Resources for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
Overview
David Meyers, BIOFIN Sr Advisor
19 May 2015

2. BIOFIN – Activities
- BIOFIN Workbook

3. 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

4. GLOBAL
EVENTS

5. FijiIndonesia
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

6. BIOFIN – Axis 1: Global Work
National implementation
and feedback
2013-2014: Develop &
Peer Review Approach &
Assessment Methodologies
Consolidate &
Disseminate
Methodologies

7. 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

8. 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 budget
Total actual expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total biodiversity budget
Total 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 0
Overall effectiveness of expenditures no data no data no data no data no data no data no data no data
Total 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 EFFECTIVENESS
SECTION 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. • 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

13. 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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2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21
N$,Millions(2013prices)
MET MAWF MFMR MLR MYNSSC MME MWTC
Namibian Government
Biodiversity Expenditure Review
Real Govt. Biodiversity Expenditure & Projections: 2006/07–2020/21

17. • 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

18. www.biodiversityfinance.net

19. For further information consult/contact:
www.biodiversityfinance.net
biofin@undp.org