Submitted by
MartinezCa
on Mon, 11/18/2019 - 09:38
General Information
Resolution
46525
Period covered
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
Caribbean Research & Management of Biodiversity Foundation ( The Netherlands )
European Bureau for Conservation and Development ( Belgium )
Association Française du Fonds Mondial pour la Nature - France ( France )
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle ( France )
Noé ( France )
Conservatoire du littoral ( France )
Office français de la biodiversité ( France )
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland )
Te Mana o te Moana ( France )
Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance ( The Netherlands )
IUCN Commissions
31D03A2B-4532-E311-83D9-002655853524
F717E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
MOM, MTES, AFD, AFB, European Commission, European Parliament, CBD Secretariat, GLISPA, CEPF, SAERI, French Committee of IUCN, CAR-SPAW, TAAF, OCTs, ORs,
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Capacity-building
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Field activities
Fundraising
Policy influencing/advocacy
Scientific/technical activities
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
A new LIFE4BEST Programme piloting the financial support of the BEST initiative by the European LIFE Programme has been inaugurated and a first call for proposals has been organised with a great mobilisation of the Outermost Regions' stakeholders. The implementation of this programme will support the definition of the future funding modalities by the EC and the European LIFE Programme of a small grant scheme dedicated to the EU Overseas Stakeholders as well as at the European mainland scale. This represent a great leverage effect, sustainability and scale up opportunity of the BEST Initiative that pilot a small grant programme for the EU Overseas.
The BEST RUP and BEST 2.0 programmes has been completed and extended for the implementation of new lessons learnt and promotion activities for taking advantage of the great international year of 2020.
The BEST RUP and BEST 2.0 programmes has been completed and extended for the implementation of new lessons learnt and promotion activities for taking advantage of the great international year of 2020.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
Dealing with several EU funds and political processes as EU Overseas have different political status.
DG ENV has selected a new BEST project piloting a new phase where the LIFE Programme is funding calls for proposals for all Outermost Regions. The objective is to test how to include BEST as part of the next financing programmation of the EC for sustainable funding of a small grant mechanism open to the EU Overseas but as well the EU mainland stakeholders in the medium term. The new regulation is mentioning small grants and a dedicated programmatic workshop has enable stakeholders to debate about the opportunity of deploying small grants under LIFE Programme and the lessons learnt from BEST.
DG ENV has selected a new BEST project piloting a new phase where the LIFE Programme is funding calls for proposals for all Outermost Regions. The objective is to test how to include BEST as part of the next financing programmation of the EC for sustainable funding of a small grant mechanism open to the EU Overseas but as well the EU mainland stakeholders in the medium term. The new regulation is mentioning small grants and a dedicated programmatic workshop has enable stakeholders to debate about the opportunity of deploying small grants under LIFE Programme and the lessons learnt from BEST.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
A new call for proposals for OCTs stakeholders will be organised under the BEST 2,0+ project is planned for funding Small grants in 2020
A new call for proposals for ORs stakeholders will be organised under the LIFE4BEST project is planned for funding Small grants in 2020
Promotion activities at the European Parliament, the WCC and CBD CoP
A new call for proposals for ORs stakeholders will be organised under the LIFE4BEST project is planned for funding Small grants in 2020
Promotion activities at the European Parliament, the WCC and CBD CoP
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
On-going: implementation consisting of repetitive, recurrent action (attending meetings, reporting, etc.)
IV. Additional Information
Report status
Published