Supporting the EUROPARC Conference 2014 in Ireland: Ministry of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht © Don MacMonagle
The EUROPARC Federation is fortunate 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. We look forward to continued cooperation in the future!
Current funders
EUROPARC’s projects and core activities receive funding from:
- European Commission through the following grant programmes: LIFE 11 – Efficienct managers for efficient Natura2000 network; LIFE+ funding programme of operating grants for European Environmental NGOs; Intelligent Engery Europe Programme – Exploiting the potentialities of solid biomasses in EU Parks
- Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. (DE): Alfred Toepfer Scholarships, Alfred Toepfer Medal, annual Siggen seminar series
- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt – DBU (DE): Project “Education opportunities for PA managers”
- German Federal Agency for Nature Protection (BfN): Vilm Verifier training 2014; Project “Impulses from European Nature Parks for the further development of Nature Parks in Germany
Current supporters of the Federation
EUROPARC has close relations to the following organisations and initiatives, who support our work:
- ALPARC – Network of Alpine Protected Areas
- BirdLife Europe
- European Business and Biodiversity Campaign
- European Documentation Centre on Nature Park Planning – University of Torino
- European Habitats Forum
- European Landowners Organisation
- Eurosite
- German Agency for Nature Conservation’s International Nature Conservation Academy on the Island of Vilm
- German Nature Parks Association
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Klagenfurt University, Masters of Protected Area Management, hosting the EUROPARC library
- The Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) Secretariat
- The European Commission, DG Environment
- The European Commission, DG Enterprise
- Slow Food International
- World Travel and Tourism Council – Tourism for Tomorrow Award
We also say a big thank you to all those in the past whose support has helped us grow and develop to become the voice for Protected Areas in Europe.