EU ORs and OCTs partnerships implementing EU Biodiversity Policy - the EU's BEST Initiative Karin Zaunberger European Commission DG ENV Biodiversity Unit
EU ORs and OCTs partnerships implementing EU Biodiversity Policy
- the EU's BEST Initiative
Karin Zaunberger
European Commission
DG ENV
Biodiversity Unit
ORs/OCTs – EU & International Biodiversity Policy
2006 Biodiversity Action Plan
2008 Message from Reunion Island
2010 CBD COPX; Strategic Plan - Aichi Targets
BEST Preparatory Action
2011 EU Biodiversity Strategy
Partnerships for Biodiversity
2012 Rio+20
CBD COPXI – 15 Review PoW Island Biodiversity
2013 Third year of BEST Preparatory Action;
Summit of Caribbean Political and Business Leaders hosted in British Virgin Is.
BAT (British Antarctic Territory)
St Pierre & Miquelon
Anguilla British Virgin Is. Turks & Caïcos Caïman Islands Montserrat Sint-Marteen Sint-Eustatius Saba
The EU overseas dimension A major potential for cooperation on climate change and biodiversity
Adélie Land
Greenland
BIOT (British Indian Ocean Ter.)
Falklands (Islas Malvinas)
South Georgia
Mayotte
TAAF (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises)
New Caledonia
Wallis & Futuna
French Polynesia
Pitcairn
St Helena
Iles Sandwich
Crozet Islands
Amsterdam St-Paul
Ascension
Tristan da Cunha
Kerguelen
Scattered Islands
Azores
Madeira
Canary islands Guadeloupe
Martinique
French Guiana
Reunion
St-Martin St-Barth.
Aruba Bonaire Curaçao
OCTs ORs
Biodiversity hotspot with OR / OCT Major wilderness area with OR / OCT Polar & sub-polar regions
+ 7 grants selected under BEST 2012 + 2 reserve list projects funded through AfD
EU’s BEST Initiative
European Parliament 3 years preparatory action BEST, 3times 2 million €
Member States Council Conclusions; FR, UK, NL International &
Regional CBD COP XI 8 CBD Secretariat, SPREP, IOC, CEPF; …
Other funders AFD 800 000 € for BEST in 2012
PARTNERS “et al” of 84 proposals: local actors in
OR/OCT, public & private organisations, NGOs, researchers
European Commission ENV Biodiversity Strategy, implementation of the Preparatory Action REGIO Communication, monitoring DEVCO Proposals: OCT Association Decision; Global Public Goods and Challenges, monitoring (delegations) CLIMA & MARE interested, roundtable
Next steps
Implementation of the third (and last) year of the Preparatory Action BEST not through an open call for proposals, but through an open call for tender with 2 LOTs aiming at 1 or 2 service contracts for 4 years on "Measures towards sustaining the BEST Preparatory Action to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services in EU Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories".
Aim: Covering all OR and OCTs
Need for partnerships, collaboration, solidarity and clever networking; synergy and complementarity with on-going initiatives.
2 LOTs 1 or 2 contracts working together
view to the setting up of a structure/platform that would enable and facilitate information sharing on funding availability from different sources (EC but also MS and other possible partners – from international financial institutions to NGOs to business) for projects aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services in EU Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories. This structure/platform will make information available between the finance providers and possible project implementers, as well as contribute to the development of any required support mechanisms (including ecosystem profiles).
Interactive Platform
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support mechanisms
Biodiversity
actors
Project proposers
Funding organisations
EC, MS and other
Sustainable funding for
BEST projects
Milestones of third year of BEST Preparatory Action
• Commission Financing Decision adopted 18 April 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/comm2006/2020.htm#best
• Open Call for Tender launched: 2 May 2013
• Publication on eTendering launch+12 days : 14 May 2013 https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=239
• Closing date : 2 September 2013
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