Capacity building

Financial resources/mechanisms for capacity building (Dec. 17.34)

• United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (round 5)
  Stage 1: deadline 10 July 2018
• • Darwin Main projects, Post projects, Fellowships and Darwin Plus grant schemes
     
• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Global Wildlife Program: USD 131 million grant program that addresses illegal wildlife trade across Asia and Africa. Currently about 20 GEF projects are included.
  • Global Wildlife Program Booklet (PDF)
• African Elephant Fund (AEF): Multi-donor trust fund to direct resources for effective implementation of the African Elephant Action Plan (Resolution Conf. 16.9).  UNEP provides the secretariat services to the AEF steering committee.
   
• United States: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services grant opportunities

Other opportunities for capacity building 

• International University of Andalusia (UNIA) Master’s Course in Management and Conservation of Species in Trade: the International Framework. Courses started in April 2018.
  (see Notification 2017/054, Course announcement, Enrolment form, Scholarship application, Europass CV)
   
• University of Kent, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE): MSc in Conservation and International Wildlife Trade 
  Courses started in September 2017. (See the Course description page at the Univesity of Kent Website.)

Secretariat efforts on capacity building

• EU support to CITES-listed marine species (sharks and rays page)
   
• EU MIKES project
   
• International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)
   
• EU project: Supporting sustainable management of endangered tree species and conservation of the African Elephant

Archive of previous financial resources/mechanisms for capacity building 

• USA: The Combating Wildlife Trafficking Strategy and Partnerships Branch of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): - May 2018
  • Priority Species: https://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/notice-of-funding-opportunity-combating-wildlife-trafficking-priority-species-2018.pdf
  • U.S. Demand Reduction: https://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/notice-of-funding-opportunity-combating-wildlife-trafficking-demand-reduction-2018.pdf
     
• USA: Western Hemisphere Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): - May 2018
  • Notice of Funding Opportunity
  • Measures of Programmatic and Project Effectiveness for the Caribbean
  • Assistance Award Guidelines
  • SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
  • SF-424B Assurances Form
     
• United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund 
  • Darwin Main projects, Post projects, Fellowships and Darwin Plus grant schemes

Capacity needs assessment (2013-2016)

In implementing Decision16.30-31 on Needs assessment for strengthening the implementation of CITES, a questionnaire was sent to assess the capacity needs of Parties. 46 Parties responded, and the summary was sent to SC66 for review.

>>> Go to the full assessment result (SC66 Doc. 20.2 (Rev. 1)