This document reports on the implementation of SOFF Investments across the Readiness and Investment Phases as of 30 September 2025.
Since the first programming decision in November 2022, 66 countries have been programmed for Readiness support. Of the 61 countries with approved Readiness funding, 43 have already completed the Phase.
Progress has also advanced in the Investment Phase. To date, 15 countries have approved funding requests, three (Samoa, Nauru and Malawi) hold conditional approvals, and six (Zambia, Cuba, Bangladesh, Guyana, Democratic Republic of the Congo and São Tomé and Príncipe) are in the pipeline. Rwanda and Mozambique are the first countries that have started to share new GBON data.
The document also highlights lessons emerging from the first round of 2025 Investment Phase annual reporting. Further details are available on the SOFF dashboard and in the annexes.
