Build the capacity, confidence and connections of 40 CEPF grantees, in the Guinean Forests of West Africa Hotspot. This will result in a more effective and credible civil society capable of engaging more effectively in regional conservation including, specifically, the mainstreaming of biodiversity. CEPF grantees will be connected and actively sharing knowledge and experiences with each other, develop realistic and concrete plans for their organization to more actively mainstream biodiversity into the public and/or private sector locally, nationally or regionally.