The “Data Reporting Tool for MEAs – DaRT” provides private and secure national working spaces for Parties to effectively use synergies in the field of knowledge and information management for national reporting to biodiversity-related conventions. The national working spaces support Parties to:

Collect and organize knowledge, information and /or documents relevant for national reporting to biodiversity-related conventions and MEAs;
Store this knowledge in a secure place for the use on a long-term, and
Share the knowledge among national experts and collaborators, according to national needs.

DaRT provides Parties with a framework of interrelated global and regional goals and targets adopted by biodiversity-related conventions (see strategy section) to which NBSAPs are mapped. Once the national working space is completed with information on the implementation of commitments and recommendations under the biodiversity-related conventions, this framework in addition to the preparation of national reports supports Parties to, among others:

Monitor and verify progress in national implementation;
Development of joint communications across conventions;
Conduct a gap analysis of relevant implementation actions; and
Support revising or updating related strategies and action plans.