This synthesis report has been prepared to support the Subsidiary Body for Implementation in its annual monitoring and evaluation, in accordance with decisions 2/CP.7 and 29/CMP.1, of the implementation of the framework for capacity-building in developing countries established under decision 2/CP.7. It draws on information from national communications, biennial update reports, biennial reports, national adaptation programmes of action, national adaptation plans, the 2017 annual report of the Executive Board of the clean development mechanism to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the 2017 annual report of the Nairobi Framework Partnership. The information contained in this report, presented consistently with the 15 priority areas for capacity-building in developing countries as outlined in decision 2/CP.7, may assist Parties in reviewing progress in the implementation of the capacity-building framework and identifying areas that require additional capacity-building support. As this report will also serve as input to the work of the Paris Committee on Capacity-building, it contains information relevant to the capacity-building activities in the 2016–2020 workplan. Further, this report contains information on emerging or new areas for capacity-building identified in the national reports, areas that are in line with the outcomes of the third comprehensive review of the capacity-building framework.