Deadline: 22 February 2024
With the support of the MAVA Foundation and Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy, The MedFund launches the third call for expressions of interest specifically dedicated to highly protected marine protected areas.
The MedFund is an environmental trust fund which aims to mobilize public and private actors to promote the development and effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Mediterranean.
The Fund provides financial support by granting subsidies to management and co-manager structures of Mediterranean MPAs in order to contribute sustainably to covering the recurring management costs of these protected areas.
Objectives
The objective of this call is to support:
- Management of newly created strong protection MPAs,
- Strengthening the effectiveness of the management of existing strong protection MPAs,
- The extension of strong protection zones within MPAs.
Eligible Activities
Eligible activities are as follows:
- human resources (excluding administration salaries),
- maintenance of equipment, infrastructure and small equipment purchases,
- monitoring and application of regulations,
- active governance and stakeholder participation including monitoring activities co-management,
- raising awareness among different audiences and communication,
- scientific monitoring (on the impacts of the management of strong protection zones and on 3 conservation targets),
- management activities to improve the effectiveness of the protection zone strong and the state of conservation targets,
- the promotion/support of socio-economic activities,
- taking climate change into account.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be an MPA officially created or in the advanced creation phase in one of the priority countries: Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Greece, Lebanon, Morocco, Montenegro, Tunisia, Turkey;
- Have a management guidance document or a management plan specifying strong protection zones (no-take zones, exclusion zones, complete reserve) and related management activities;
- Have a dedicated management body and team in place.
- It should be noted that an MPA already benefiting from financial support from the MedFund cannot be financed again.
For more information, visit The MedFund.
