The Partnership brings together public decision-makers, representatives of the private sector and civil society as well as international agencies with expertise in bioenergy.

Current Partners are: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Sudan, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Energy Agency (IEA), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Foundation, World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) and European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA).

Austria, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, South Africa, Sweden, Tunisia, European Commission, European Environment Agency (EEA) and the World Bank are participating as observers.

Italy and Mexico were elected Chair and Co-Chair respectively for the first biennium.
Italy and Brazil were elected Chair and Co-Chair respectively for the following biennium:
Chair: Corrado Clini, Director General, Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea, Italy;
Co-Chair: André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, Director, Ministry of External Relations, Brazil.

Decisions on accepting new partners are taken by the Steering Committee. GBEP welcomes contributions to its Programme of Work