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 current work:

• The European Commission through the following grant programmes: the LIFE+ NGO Grant, GRUNDTVIG lifelong learning programme, Knowledge Networks for the competitiveness and sustainability of European tourism, INTERREG IVB
• The Alfred Toepfer Foundation (DE): Alfred Toepfer Scholarships, Siggen seminar series
• The German Federal Agency for Nature Protection (BfN): Sustainable Tourism Destinations, Vilm Verifiers Training 2011
• 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”
• European Fund for Regional Development, INTERREG IVB: Parks and Benefits
• GRUNDTVIG lifelong learning programme: European Volunteers in Parks
• Knowledge Networks for the competitiveness and sustainability of European tourism: STEPPA
• TUI AG: Vilm Verifiers Training 2011

Current 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)
• Wild Europe Initiative
• Parks and Benefits (INTERREG IVB project): 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 (DK), 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 Zemaitija National Park (LT)
• STEPPA - Sustainable Tourism in Enterprises, Parks and Protected Areas (Knowledge Networks for the competitiveness and sustainability of European tourism): University of Eastern Finland (FI), Leeds Metropolitan University (UK), Harz National Park (DE), Alpi Marittime and Adamello Brenta Nature Parks (IT), the Andalucian network of 15 Charter Parks (ES), the State Nature Conservancy of the Slovak Republic (SK), Muránska Planina National Park (SK), the Latvian Country Holidays association (LV) and CoaST Cornish business network (UK)
• Sustainable Tourism Destinations: EUROPARC Consulting, Mourne Heritage Trust (Northern Ireland, UK), the Council of Andalucia represented by the Sierra Nevada National and Nature Park (ES), Alpi Maritimme Regional Park (IT), Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut (FR), Syöte National Park (FI).
• "Volunteer Management in European Parks", Grundtvig: BTCV (UK), Fundación Interuniversitaria Fernando González Bernáldez (ES), EUROPARC Germany (DE), Federparchi - EUROPARC Italy (IT), Administratia Parcului National Muntii Rodnei (RO), EUROPARC Atlantic Isles (UK), The Environment Agency of Iceland (IS), Nature Conservation Agency of Latvia (LV), The Association of Lithuanian state parks and reserves (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
• US National Park Service

Supporters of the Federation:

EUROPARC has close relations to the following organisations and initiatives, who support our work:

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