Capacity building
The term ‘capacity building’ generally constitutes the development of activities and materials that support the acquisition of specific knowledge and skillset to better understand and implement the provisions of the Convention.
Ongoing work
- Notification to Parties No.2017/038 (15 May 2017) implementing Decision 17.34 d)
- AC/PC Working Group on capacity building & ID materials
- AC29 Doc.9/PC23 Doc.10 (establishing the WG)- Work plan (tbc)
CITES Virtual College
CITES Virtual College provides access to training tools, references, ID materials, and more.
Financial resources/mechanisms for capacity building (Dec. 17.34)
United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (round 4) is now open. Deadline for stage 1 application is 21 September 2017.
- Open applications to Darwin Main projects, Post projects, Fellowships and Darwin Plus grant schemes
- Open applications to 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)
- 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.
The deadline for the 2018 course is 1 December 2017 for pre-registration, 15 January 2018 for enrolment.
(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 start 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
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))
Is the training sufficient? (Management Authorities)
