Presentation by Bart Missnne at OECD side-event ‘Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Development’ at CBD COP 13: EU approach to Mainstreaming of biodiversity and estimating related expenditure

1. EU approach to Mainstreaming of biodiversity
and estimating related expenditure
Workshop at CBD CoP13 Cancún
By DG DEVCO C2
10 December 2016

2. EU commitment to Biological
Diversity
Commitment
The European Union has endorsed the
Hyderabad objective to 'double total
biodiversity-related international financial
financial resource flows to developing
developing countries’. The baseline against
against which to measure progress is the
average spending from 2006-2010, i.e. €167
million a year.

3. Mainstreaming of Biological
Diversity in EU Development
Cooperation
Objective
Biodiversity-proofing of EU Development
Cooperation through mainstreaming of
biodiversity (and climate change) in the EU
thematic and geographical programmes
throughout the programme cycle (from design
to evaluation)

4. Activities Enhance awareness and understanding among EC staff and partner
countries of mainstreaming Biodiversity (and other themes)
Create and apply mainstreaming tools and instruments. e.g. guidelines,
sector notes
Improve the technical capacities of stakeholders (EU staff and partner
institutions) through training and knowledge sharing
Provide on-demand services to target groups (e.g. to conduct SEAs)
Screen all operations and working documents for the integration of
integration of Biodiversity during the Quality Support Group process
Group process
Track and report financial flows (contributions) to biodiversity in EU-
biodiversity in EU-funded operations – using Rio-markers.
1. Raise Awareness
2. Develop tools & instruments
3. Build Capacities
4. Technical support
5. Screen & review Action Documents
6. Track and report investments

5. Track & report investments… Performance Indicator:
Amount and share of the EU
development cooperation contributing to
protecting biodiversity
Indicators are based on Rio-markers (values
0, 1 and 2) and are integrated into DEVCO's
statistical system (CRIS)

6. Translation of Rio-marked data into finance flows:

7. Who’s in charge ? (1) Programme officers in EU Delegations or
HQ
• Mainstream during identification and formulation,
BD is reflected in the Action Documents and in
environmental and CC screening documents;
• Select markers on front page of Action Documents
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(2) Mainstreaming Facility, supporting desk
officers
• Strengthen integration of BD (ENV/CC) in Action
Documents
• Validate Rio marking, using OECD-DAC guidance,

8. Systematic
screening of
mainstreaming of
environment and
climate change
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9. ...Review Action Documents
Example: PESCAO project (15M€)
PESCAO - a regional fisheries
governance programme in West Africa
Initial marker BD (RM1) insufficiently
ECCM Facility made suggestions to
BD and justify the marking.
In the final version, a BD marker (RM2)
justified: the focus of the Action is fully
sustainable fisheries, including
marine and coastal ecosystems.
(and CC Adaptation is considered as a
objective (RM1).

10. ...Monitoring progress.. Video-Conferences and follow-up.
DEVCO Headquarters conducts series
conferences (37 to date) with 'priority
(from a mainstreaming perspective) to
progress in mainstreaming and discuss
opportunities to enhance integration of
biodiversity (and climate change) in the
portfolios.
The same will be undertaken with
regional programmes.

11. State of play - biodiversity funding
 Target: Double biodiversity-related international financial flows to Developing Countries
by 2015 and at least (maintain) this level until 2020 (compared to the 2006-2010
baseline level).
 Average 2006-2010: € 166,280 / annum = baseline
Doubling: € 332,560 / annum = target
 Average 2011-2015: € 275,464 / annum = 83 % of target
 Commitments 2015: € 386,750 = 116 % of target
Source: Financial reporting framework (EU) submitted on 2016-02-19
Note: contributions include ODA and OOF budgets