Funding Allocation

In the past two years IUCN-Med has managed around 30 projects with a budget of approximately € 4,5 million.
For 2104, the amount of implemented activities reached 1.981.000 € (Figure 1) The total expenses for 2015 summed up to € 2.516.000 € (Figure 2). Of this, 49 % of the funding came from the MAVA Foundation, 15 % from the European Union, 11 % from the French Global Environment Facility (FFEM), and 14 % from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) and Andalusia’s Regional Government (CMAOT). The rest is distributed among the CEPF, RAC/SPA, and other donors.

An addendum to the Protocol between IUCN and the Spanish Government was signed in 2015 for 2 years, with a view to renew it for a 5-year period in due course. In the framework of this addenda, both Spanish administrations (Ministry of Environment and the Regional Government of Andalusia) will maintain the same level of funding for 2016 (123.000 € and 142.000€ respectively).

General Operations

Project	Objectives	Main Donors
Junta de Andalucía 2014-2015, Office Support Ongoing	Finance part of IUCN-Med staff and office costs according to the General Protocol of Understanding.	Consejería de Medio Ambiente y Ordenación del Territorio, Junta de Andalucía.
MAGRAMA 2014-2015, Office Support Ongoing	Finance part of IUCN-Med staff and office costs according to the General Protocol of Understanding, Chapter 4.	Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental y Medio Natural, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (MAGRAMA).
MAGRAMA 2014-2015, Activity Support Ongoing	Finance part of IUCN-Med´s activity plan, Chapter 7.	Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental y Medio Natural, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente (MAGRAMA)
MAVA Office and Activity Support 2015 Ongoing	Finance part of IUCN-Med staff, office and activity costs according to a joint strategy programme.	MAVA Foundation

Mediterranean Species Programme

Project	Objectives	Main Donors
Mediterranean Biodiversity Assessment (Phase II) Ongoing	To assess the state of conservation of Mediterranean biodiversity - plants and invertebrate groups – for a regional Red List and the Identification of Key Freshwater Biodiversity Areas.	MAVA Foundation, CEPF, Junta de Andalucía, OAPN, MAGRAMA, AECID
Structure and development of Mediterranean Species Action Plans Ongoing	Capacity building for making Species Conservation Strategies in three Maghreb countries.	MAVA Foundation, OAPN, FB
Assessment of the socioeconomic value of species Completed	Assessment of the socio-economic value of freshwater fish and plants in North Africa and dissemination of information among managers and decision makers.	Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID)
Conservation and monitoring of prey birds through collaboration and exchange of experiences between Spain and North Africa Completed	Capacity building for managing and monitoring migratory prey birds between Spain and North Africa.	Fundación Biodiversidad

North Africa Programme

Project	Objectives	Main Donors
Support to conservation in North Africa Ongoing	Institutional support for the development of the IUCN North Africa Programme.	MAVA Foundation
Key Biodiversity Areas in North Africa Ongoing	Promote the value of Key Biodiversity Areas in North Africa by strengthening the role of NGOs in their management and conservation.	CEPF (Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund)
IUCN Forum of Nature Conservation in North Africa Completed	Organization of a Regional Nature Conservation Forum and IUCN Members meeting in 2015	MAVA Foundation, IUCN Global
PPI-OSCAN Small Initiatives Programme for Civil Society Organizations in North Africa. Ongoing	Strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations through the implementation of site projects on biodiversity miles and management of natural resources.	MAVA Foundation, French Global Environment Facility (FFEM)
Strengthening partnerships for the sound and efficient management and governance for biosphere reserves in the Mediterranean Ongoing	Prepare a roadmap for the management of Biosphere Reserves in North African countries and validate it in joint workshop with managers and stakeholders.	OAPN

Mediterranean Terrestrial Ecosystems Programme

Project	Objectives	Main Donors
SEARCH Social, Ecological and Agricultural Resilence in the face of climate change in the Mediterranean Region. Completed	A three year regional project working in five countries to develop and pilot a resilience framework for local action planning capacities, and methodologies to increase climate change resilience through joint learning, planning and testing by stakeholders through demonstration sites.	European Union (EuropeAid)
MEET Mediterranean Experience on Ecotourism. Ongoing	Improve the sustainability and the rationalization in distribution of the tourism sector in the Mediterranean region. In the framework of cross-border cooperation, under the strategic line “Promoting sustainable tourism for the socio-economic development and enhancement of territories”, this strategic project involves 10 countries: Italy, France, Spain, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Malta, Cyprus, Greece and Tunisia.	European Union (ENPI)
TRANSHABITAT Sustainable development of transboundary areas belonging to Natura 2000 and Habitats of Common Interest between Andalucía and Morocco. Completed	Action 1.1. Transfer of knowledge and experience to Moroccan partners. Action 1.2. Foster Spanish-Moroccan synergies in relation to species and habitats. Action 1.3. Cooperative Environmental Management Programme.	European Union (Poctefex)
IUCN Green List of Protected Areas Ongoing	Coordinate the Mediterranean contribution to an IUCN Green List of Protected Areas with effective management plans.	OAPN
IPA-Med Conserving wild plants and habitats for people in the South and East Mediterranean. Ongoing	Work on Important Plant Areas to help and encourage public citizens, management authorities, local and national governments, experts and NGOs to conserve this subset of Key Biodiversity Areas with a special emphasis on 20 IPAs in Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon, Montenegro, Macedonia FYR, Croatia and Turkey.	MAVA Foundation, EuropeAid (Macedonia), Ernest Kleinwort Foundation (Balkans)
LIFE AdaptaMed Protection of key ecosystem services by adaptive management of Climate Change endangered Mediterranean Socioecosystems. Ongoing	Mitigate the negative effect of Climate Change on key ecosystem services that representative Mediterranean Natural Protected Areas provide to local inhabitants and their socioeconomic sector in a Mediterranean wetland (Doñana); a high mountain range (Sierra Nevada); and a subdesertic coastal area (Cabo de Gata).	European Union (Life), Aguas Font Vella y Lanjarón S.A.
RBIM and Moroccan PA workshop Completed	Support for the implementation of a workshop for RBIM and other Moroccan protected areas, focusing on indicartos´ development and participatory bodies.	OAPN
EUOBs Eco-neighbourhoods versus rehabilitation. Ongoing	Improve neighborhoods obsolete in terms of sustainability by providing models of analysis of urban land and ecosystem management based on IUCN’s experience.	Fundación Habitec

Mediterranean Marine Programme

Project	Objectives	Main Donors
Marine Protected Areas for Fisheries in Morocco Completed	Develop a strategy for the development of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) for fisheries in Morocco and the creation of Marine Protected Areas in pilot sites.	Millenium Challenge Corporation
FishMPABlue FIshing governance in MPAs: Potentialities for a Blue Economy. Completed	Develop a relevant state of the art of artisanal fisheries in 20 MPAs to propose recommendations for improvement of governance models in transnational actions involving artisanal fishermen and relevant stakeholders.	European Union (MED)
PEGASO People for Ecosystem-based Governance in Assessing Sustainable development of Ocean and Coast. Completed	Identify the necessary tools and strengthen capacities to implement the principles of the ICZM protocol (Integrated Coastal Zone Management) in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea in order to help countries put the Protocol into practice.	European Union (FP7)
MEDINA Marine dynamics and ecosystem indicators for North Africa Completed	Improve the capacity of North African countries to implement environmental policies, agreements and protocols to maintain and improve the quality of their marine and coastal ecosystems.	European Union (FP7)
Life+Posidonia Andalucía Completed	Conservation of Posidonia oceanica meadows along the Andalusian coast.	European Union (Life+), FB, MAGRAMA
ALBORAN Common management of a natural cross-border space Completed	Action 1.1. Establishment of an Alboran Observatory for conservation and sustainable development. Action 1.2. Alboran artisanal fishing network. Action 1.3. Cooperative working group on “shared management of marine protected areas and biodiversity.” Action 3.1. Advance on Cape Three Forcas pilot appraisal, following the Marine Strategy. Action 3.3. Cooperative proposal for the creation of a Centre for Marine Environmental Management on the south shore.	European Union (POCTEFEX), FB
NEREUS Identification of areas, features, species, ecosystems and threats in the Mediterranean for the construction of a representative network of Marine Managed Areas for Conservation. Completed	Collect, produce, synthesize, and communicate information on the marine environment (species, features, resources, and threats) to identify priority areas for conservation in the Mediterranean Sea.	MAVA Foundation
PROMETEOS PROtection of the MEdiTErranean Open Seas Completed	Provide the best information available on mountains and sea canyons and research some case studies.	MAVA Foundation
MedOpenSeas Establishment of SPAMIs in the Mediterranean open seas, including the deep sea. Completed	Advance work on the spatial planning and evaluation of priority areas in the Adriatic Sea, Alboran Sea and the Sicily Channel/Tunisian Plateau.	The Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (PNUMA PAM – RAC / SPA)
Legislation in the Adriatic Completed	Analyse the legal and institutional framework for the creation of Marine Protected Areas in Adriatic countries.	The Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (PNUMA PAM – RAC / SPA)
Inventory of seagrass angiosperms in Spain Completed	Edition and production of a collective work for a Spanish Atlas of marine meadows.	Fundación Biodiversidad
Life Natura Blue Ongoing	Quantify carbon deposits and sequestration rates of seagrass meadows and marsh habitats in Andalusia to evaluate the environmental services by these habitats to mitigate climate change; and explore and encourage existing initiatives to finance conservation and restoration projects of blue carbon sink-habitats with climate change mitigation and adaptation policies, with a special attention to carbon emissions trading or carbon markets.	European Union (Life), Cepsa
Alien invasive species in Mediterranean marine protected areas belonging to the Natura 2000 network Ongoing	Improvements to the monitoring of invasive species in marine protected areas through the use of the MedMIS tools in Spain	Fundación Biodiversidad, MAVA Foundation AFAMP