Country and territory eligibility by region
Sub-Saharan Africa
Institutions from the following countries in Africa are eligible to apply for funds under the BID programme (in the relevant call), provided that they meet all other eligibility requirements. Countries currently participating in GBIF link to the participant pages on GBIF.org, where applicants can find relevant contacts and further information.
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cabo Verde
- Central African Republic (the)
- Chad
- Comoros (the)
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Congo (the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia (the)
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger (the)
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan (the)
- Tanzania, the United Republic of
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Institutions from the following overseas territories in Africa are eligible to be partners in a regional grant, provided that they meet all other eligibility requirements.
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- French Southern Territories
- Mayotte
- Réunion
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
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Caribbean
Institutions from the following countries in the Caribbean are eligible to apply for funds under under the BID programme (in the relevant call), provided that they meet all other eligibility requirements. Countries currently participating in GBIF link to the participant pages on GBIF.org, where you can find relevant contacts and further information.
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas (the)
- Barbados
- Belize
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic (the)
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Institutions from the following overseas territories in the Caribbean are eligible to be partners in a regional grant, provided that they meet all other eligibility requirements.
- Anguilla
- Aruba
- Bermuda
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
- French Guiana
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Virgin Islands (British)
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Pacific
Institutions from the following countries in the Pacific are eligible to apply for funds under under the BID programme (in the relevant call), provided that they meet all other eligibility requirements. Countries currently participating in GBIF link to the participant pages on GBIF.org, where you can find relevant contacts and further information.
- Cook Islands (the)
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands (the)
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Nauru
- Niue
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
Institutions from the following overseas territories in the Pacific are eligible to be partners in a regional grant, provided that they meet all other eligibility requirements.
- French Polynesia
- New Caledonia
- Pitcairn
- Wallis and Futuna
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This programme is funded by the European Union.