Our Partners and Funders

The EUROPARC Federation is fortuate to be supported by a number of generous funders, without whom the work of the Federation could not continue. In addition we also work with a number of organisations active in the field of protected areas and environmental protection, who help us to carry out our work and support the work that we do. You will find a list of these organisations below. We are grateful to all of these partners for their help and support and look forward to continued co-operation in the future!

Funders:

We are grateful to the following organisations for financially supporting the Federations work:

• The European Commission
• The Alfred Toepfer Foundation (DE): Alfred Toepfer Scholarships
• The German Federal Agency for Nature Protection (BfN): CharterNet project
• TUI AG (DE), the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Klagenfurt University Masters Programme “Protected Area Management” (A), the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung (DE), the Irish Heritage Council (I), the Heinz Sielmann Stiftung (DE), the Direktoratet for Naturforvaltning (NO), Stichting Samenwerkingsverband Nationale Parken (NL), Österreichische Bundesforste AG (A) and Natural England (UK): The project “Celebrating 100 Years of National Parks in Europe”
• The German Federal Foundation for the Environment (DBU): NatuRegio
• WWF Danube Carpathian Programme: Protected Areas for a Living Planet
• European Fund for Regional Development: Parks and Benefits

Partners in projects:

The organisations on this list are partners with EUROPARC in various projects that the Federation is currently working on:

• Alfred Toepfer Scholarships: Alfred Toepfer Foundation (DE)
• Protected Areas for a Living Planet (Danube Carpathian Project): WWF
• Wild Europe Initiative
• NatuRegio: Alfred Toepfer Akademie for Naturschutz (NNA), University of Lüneburg, Euronatur (D)
• Protected Area Management Effectiveness (PAME): University of Greifswald (D), the University of Queensland (AU), UNEP-WCMC (United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre), Equilibrium Research (UK), The German Federal Agency for Nature Protection
• Parks and Benefits: Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Consumer Protection M-V (DE), Müritz National Park Authority (DE), Administration of Biosphere Reserve South East Rügen (DE), Tourist Board Mecklenburg Lake District (DE), Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald / Institute for Geography (DE), Association for sustainable mobility Germany (DE), Roskilde University, Dept. of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change (DE), Region Zealand, Nature & Environment (DK), Municipality of Guldborgsund, Department for Nature and Environment (DK), Lolland Municipality, Department for business development (DK), The Dovrefjell Council (NO), Environmental Board (EE), Nature Protection Agency, Kemeri National Park administration (LV), Latvian Country Tourism Association "Lauku celotajs" (LV), The Association of Lithuanian State Parks & Reserves (LT), The Directorate of Kurtuvenai Regional Park (LT), Directorate of ?emaitija National Park (LT)

Memoranda of Understanding

Memoranda of Understanding have been signed between the organisations listed below and the EUROPARC Federation. These are the first step to closer cooperation between the organisations in particular areas of work.

• Parks Forum Australia and New Zealand
• REDPARQUES (Latin America)
• Slow Food International
• International Rangers Federation
• National Parks Service (USA)
• World Commission on Protected Areas

 Supporters of the Federation:

EUROPARC has close relations to the following organizations and initiatives, who support our work. They in turn support the activities of the Federation.

• The Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) Secretariat
• Countdown 2010
• European Habitats Forum
• European Landowners Organisation
• Eurosite
• Federation of European and International Associations Established in Belgium (FAIB)
• Klagenfurt University, Masters of Protected Area Management
• The Wild Europe Initiative including Pan Parks
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• The European Commission DG Environment
• TUI AG
• European Documentation Centre on Nature Park Planning - University of Torino
• The Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Consumer Protection of Mecklenburg Vorpommern
• BfN’s International Nature Conservation Academy on the Island of Vilm (DE)