INECE partnered with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to develop pilot projects to identify opportunities to create efficiencies in the implementation of biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs).

Through the identification, design, and use of environmental compliance and enforcement indicators, INECE and UNEP sought to recognize potential synergies among activities designed to ensure compliance with MEA obligations and to enable countries to more effectively and efficiently implement MEA requirements.

The intial pilot projects were conducted in Brazil, Costa Rica, Kenya, and South Africa.