ASEAN Centre for Biovidersity

To realize the vision, mission and mandate, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity shall have the following core strategic goals:

• Facilitate coordination. Serve as an effective coordinative body to facilitate discussion and resolution of cross-country biodiversity conservation issues;
• Information sharing and access. Provide a framework and mechanism for sharing information, experiences, best practices and lessons learned for the efficient access of ASEAN Member States;
• Monitoring and assessment. Implement a proactive approach in monitoring and assessing biodiversity conservation status as a strategic approach towards identifying critical issues and future trends;
• Enhance capacity building. Deliver/facilitate conduct of capacity-building services and technology transfer through engaging relevant and appropriate expertise;
• Develop mechanism for reaching common understanding of issues. Enhance common understanding of biodiversity conservation issues strengthening ASEAN regional positions in negotiation and in compliance with relevant multilateral agreements;
• Promote public awareness. Promote regional public awareness to develop champions and enhance support at different stakeholder levels on biodiversity concerns; and
• Resource generation and mobilization. Undertake innovative resource generation and mobilization measures to pursue impact activities that will enhance biodiversity conservation in the region.