First published on 10/01/2011, and last updated on 01/23/2018
By: Iris Benes, Collaborator for East and Central Europe
The Consortium’s President, Global coordinator and European coordinator attended the regional GEF-SGP workshop in Bratislava where they presented the ICCA concept and the work of the Consortium. It was noted that the Consortium can assist local communities and partners to develop GEF SGP initiatives, to strengthen specific ICCAs and safeguard them from impending threats and to restore and reaffirm governance rights and management capacity over ICCAs damaged by a variety of policies and circumstances. The workshop was dedicated to the launching of the GEF/SGP fifth operational phase (OP5) in Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Arab States. In the policy document for the next four years, one of the specific objectives of the OP5 is to improve sustainability of protected areas and ICCAs through community-based actions.
