Fomento de capacidad
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)