Evaluation of the Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) Programme

(from the Executive summary on the evaluation report)

The Biodiversity Information for Development Programme (hereafter BID Programme) was launched in 2015 by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to increase accessibility to biodiversity data and information in the sub-Saharan African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions. Overall, 107 projects - with an amount of € 4.2 million - were supported by this programme through two phases of implementation: 2015-2019 and 2020-2023. Through these projects, resources were used to finance a combination of the following type of activities:

1. digitisation of existing biodiversity data held by institutions located in ACP countries, or data concerning ACP countries but held by institutions located outside ACP countries,
2. supporting data sharing of biodiversity data,
3. production of new biodiversity data in ACP regions/countries,
4. enhance capacity of key stakeholders from ACP institutions to use and manage these data.

In April 2022, the GBIF awarded CSIL a contract to carry out the external evaluation of the BID Programme. Overall, the objectives of this evaluation are to assess the impacts achieved by the BID projects and draw useful lessons for future phases of the programme. Findings are expected to provide ideas for a ‘Future opportunities’ document to be prepared by the GBIF as part of the ongoing discussions to secure funding for a second, multi-funder BID programme.

For more information about BID or GBIF, please visit gbif.org/bid or contact the GBIF Secretariat.