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Strengthening Biodiversity Action Across Eastern and Southern Africa
RCMRD officially launched its mandate as a TSC Support on January 27, 2026. This initiative aims to support biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in Eastern and Southern Africa. The TSC will facilitate collaboration, capacity building, and the exchange of technical expertise to address environmental challenges in the region, aligning with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF).
Formalized with a host agreement signed on July 18, 2025, during the 20th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), RCMRD mandate as a TSC Support Centre aims to bridge science, policy, and implementation.
Established by the Conference of the Parties (COP) in 2022, TSC mechanism strengthens regional collaboration, capacity building, and technology transfer to accelerate biodiversity action.
The Centre plays a vital role in implementing Decision 15/8 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which calls for enhanced technical and scientific cooperation, strengthening regional support networks, and developing centres of expertise to assist countries in achieving global biodiversity targets. The Centre responds to this mandate by promoting and facilitating technical and scientific cooperation among Member States to enable the effective use of science, technology, and innovation in support of implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs).
Under the TSC Support Centre mandate, RCMRD serves 11 countries in Eastern and Southern African including Comoros, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, and Zambia.
Project Info
Project Name
Technical and Scientific Cooperation (TSC) Support Centre under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Countries Supported: Comoros, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia.
Duration: 5 years (Jul-2025 to Dec-2030)
Objectives
The Centre is committed to achieving the following objectives:
Facilitating partnerships among governments, research institutions, communities, and other stakeholders to address shared biodiversity challenges
Building technical capacity by providing training, mentorship, and resources to enhance conservation expertise across the region
Developing and sharing tools and technologies for monitoring, managing, and protecting biodiversity and ecosystems
Supporting national biodiversity strategies by assisting countries in aligning their policies with international frameworks, particularly the KM-GBF and Decision 15/8
Promoting knowledge exchange through platforms that enable data-sharing, research collaboration, and the dissemination of best practices
Get involved:
The success of the TSC Support Centre depends on collaboration and active engagement from governments, organizations, researchers, and local communities. We invite partners to work with us in advancing biodiversity conservation across Eastern & Southern Africa.
For more information or to explore collaboration opportunities, please contact us at rcmrd@rcmrd.org
For more details on Technical and Scientific Cooperation under the CBD, visit: TSC CBD.
