Renforcement des capacités

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

• The Combating Wildlife Trafficking Strategy and Partnerships Branch of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): 
  • Priority Species. Provides financial assistance to projects that address the illegal trade and trafficking of priority species.
    The proposal submission deadline for this NOFO is May 10, 2018. 
    Link: https://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/notice-of-funding-opportunity-combating-wildlife-trafficking-priority-species-2018.pdf
  • U.S. Demand Reduction. Provides financial assistance to small-scale and targeted data-driven projects that seek to reduce demand for illegal wildlife and wildlife products in the U.S.
    The proposal submission deadline for this NOFO is May 25, 2018.
    Link: https://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/notice-of-funding-opportunity-combating-wildlife-trafficking-demand-reduction-2018.pdf
• Western Hemisphere Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): announced its 2018 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Caribbean Program. Through this funding opportunity, the USFWS, in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is soliciting proposals. Deadline: Thursday, May 10, 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 (round 4) is now closed
  • 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.
  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)