Capacity building

Financial resources/mechanisms for capacity building

• Global Environment Facility (GEF) Global Wildlife Program: program that addresses illegal wildlife trade across Asia and Africa. About 20 GEF projects are included under GEF-6. Projects under GEF-7 (2018-2022) are currently in the pipeline.
• • Global Wildlife Program Booklet
  • GEF Global Wildlife Program status as at September 2018 (SC70 Inf.22 - English only)
  • GEF-7 Programming Directions (from the GEF Website.  See Page 18)
     
• 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

Capacity needs expressed by Parties

• Developing a coordinated response to wildlife trafficking in West Africa:
  •  A guide for developing a counter wildlife trafficking response (submitted by Niger to SC70, SC70 Inf.2)
  • Recommendations of Member States at ECOWAS meeting in Abuja (submitted by Niger to SC70, SC70 Inf.3)
• Capacity needs assessment: (Decision16.30-31) Questionnaire 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)

Degree/diploma courses 

• International University of Andalusia (UNIA) Master’s Course in Management and Conservation of Species in Trade: the International Framework. Courses started in April 2020.  The course has been cancelled for the 2020 edition.
  (see Notification 2019/031, Course announcement, Enrolment form, Scholarship application, Europass CV)
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• University of Kent, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE): MSc in Conservation and International Wildlife Trade
  See the Course description page at the Univesity of Kent Website.

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 - April 2019
  • Darwin Main projects, Post projects, Fellowships and Darwin Plus grant schemes

Secretariat efforts on capacity building

• EU support to CITES-listed marine species (sharks and rays page)
   
• EU Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) Project
   
• International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)
   
• EU project: Supporting sustainable management of endangered tree species and conservation of the African Elephant
   
• Notification to Parties No.2017/038 (15 May 2017) implementing Decision 17.34 d)