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Donors
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the European Community’s executive body. Led by 27 Commissioners, the European Commission initiates proposals of legislation and acts as guardian of the Treaties. The Commission is also a manager and executor of common policies and of international trade relationships. It is responsible for the management of European Union external assistance.
ACP Secretariat
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is an organisation created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. It is composed of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific states, with all of them, save Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, also known as the "ACP-EC Partnership Agreement" which binds them to the European Union. There are 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the Pacific.
Partners
Four of IUCN's Regional Offices will be involved in the implementation of BIOPAMA:
To ensure effective coordination, communications and liaison with the EC, its Members States associated to this project as well as with the ACP Secretariat, IUCN's European Programme will also engage in project implementation.
Two of IUCN's expert commissions are working together to implement BIOPAMA:
Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC)
As the Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre's mission is to provide EU policies with independent, evidence-based scientific and technical support throughout the whole policy cycle. Working in close cooperation with policy Directorates-General, the JRC addresses key societal challenges while stimulating innovation through developing new methods, tools and standards, and sharing its know-how with the Member States, the scientific community and international partners. Key policy areas include: environment and climate change; energy and transport; agriculture and food security; health and consumer protection; information society and digital agenda; safety and security, including nuclear; all supported through a cross-cutting and multidisciplinary approach.
ABS Capacity Development Initiative
Established in 2006, the ABS Capacity Development Initiative is a multi-donor initiative that aims to support relevant stakeholders on the African continent and in the ACP countries (African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States) in developing and implementing national ABS regulations, in particular to ratify and implement the Nagoya Protocol on ABS.
Protected Planet - UNEP-WCMC
Protectedplanet.net allows you to search in any language to find information about individual protected areas. If you don’t know exactly what you are looking for, you can explore the world with intuitive and beautiful maps, photo’s from ©Panoramio and ©Flickr and text descriptions from ©Wikipedia. Our aim is to play nicely with the web, make use of the huge resources out there and concentrate our efforts on delivering the most relevant and accurate protected areas information to the community.
