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The BEST 2.0
Programme
An update by:
Arnold Jacques de Dixmude,
DEVCO.C2
EU Overseas Roundtable – 31 March 2015
Contexts
• The BEST Initiative
• The GPGC thematic programme within
the B4Life flagship initiative
• The EU Overseas Association Decision
Context: the BEST initiative
• 2008 message from Reunion Island
• 2009 conceptual thinking
• 2010 BEST preparatory action
• Open call for proposals : 9 grants BEST-2011
•
Including BEST Facilitating Project  toward a long-term governance
mechanism and financial sustainability
• 2011 BEST preparatory action (year 2)
• Open call for proposals BEST 7 grants +2 (AfD) BEST-2012
• 2012 BEST preparatory action (last year 3)
• Open call for tender: BEST III service contract signed
December 2013, duration 4 years, won by a consortium coordinated by IUCN . http://ec.europa.eu/best
• 2014 BEST 2.0 8 million allocation for BEST in OCTs
from DCI-GPGC
Context: B4Life and GPGC
• Multi-year Financial Framework 2014-2020
• Various funding instruments:
• EDF
• ENI
ACP
OCT
South: Mediterranean
East: Eastern Europe
• DCI geog
• DCI themat
 Asia
 Lat.-America
CSO+LA
GPGC (5 areas)
Global Public Goods and Challenges
• Allocation for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
within the Environment/Climate Change
allocation of GPGC ≈ € 230 M over 7 years
• ≈ 0.36% of (EDF+DCI+ENI)
•  need for enhancing and mainstreaming
biodiversity across all development cooperation
instruments and programmes
 flagship initiative
 Biodiversity for Life
B4Life objective
•
" Contribute to halting biodiversity loss and
reducing poverty by promoting a crosscutting and innovative approach to fully
integrate biodiversity and ecosystem
conservation with socio-economic
development and poverty eradication".
•
Three priority areas,
in line with the Agenda for Change:
1. Good governance
2. Food security
3. Green economy
+ a special Wildlife Crisis Window (WCW)
•
B4Life is not alone…
…several flagships
HEALTH RISK
AND THE
ANIMALHUMANECOSYSTEM
INTERFACE
FLEGT
GOVERNAN
CE
FOOD
SECURITY
SWITCH
TO
GREEN
GREEN
ECONOMY
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCE
RESOURCE
TRANSPARENCY
INITIATIVE
PRO-POOR LAND
GOVERNANCE
Context: EU-OCT Association Decision
Objectives (p.m.)
• The establishment of close economic and trade relations between
the EU and the OCTs as a whole;
• The promotion of EU's values, standards and interests in the wider
world via the OCTs;
• The enhancement of OCTs' competitiveness;
• The strengthening of OCTs' resilience and reduction of their
vulnerability;
• The establishment of a more reciprocal relationship between EU
and OCTs based on mutual interests and shared values;
• The promotion of cooperation of OCTs with third partners.
EU-OCT Association Decision
• Part two/Chapter 1: environmental issues,
climate change and disaster risk reduction
• Art. 16: Sustainable management and
conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem
services
• Art. 17: Sustainable forest management
• Art. 18: Integrated coastal management
• Art. 19: Maritime affairs
• Art. 20: Sustainable management of fish stocks
• Under the European BEST Initiative…
• Under the GPGC Env/CC allocation and the B4Life
flagship initiative…
• Under the EU-OCT Association Decision…
The BEST 2.0 Programme
Financing Decision adopted on 28 November 2014
BEST 2.0 = promoting the conservation
and sustainable use of Biodiversity and
Ecosystem Services in overseas
countries and Territories
• EU support: € 8 million
• Duration: 5 years – starting January 2015
• OCT only ≠ BEST preparatory action (OCT and
OR) but match funding with ORs and SIDS
possible
• Support to OCTs actors for implementation of
projects through an eased access to European
grants ≈ BEST p.a.
BEST 2.0 objectives
• General objective: to promote the conservation of
biodiversity and sustainable use of ecosystem
services, including ecosystem-based approaches to
climate change adaptation and mitigation, as a basis
for sustainable development in OCTs.
• Specific objective: to enable, empower and
strengthen local authorities and civil society
organisations and actors who are committed to local
development, biodiversity conservation and
sustainable use of ecosystem services in OCTs.
BEST 2.0 results
• Result 1: The project will constitute a facility that
provides swift and easy access to resources, and is
flexible enough to be adapted to the varying
conditions and situations encountered in OCTs.
• Result 2: Projects will be implemented in all OCTs,
having a positive impact on the needs and priorities
of the OCTs, as identified in the EU-OCT Association
Decision and further oriented through the OCTs
Environmental and Regional ecosystem profiles.
BEST 2.0 results
• Result 3: The visibility of OCTs will be increased as
key contributors to the achievement of EU and
global biodiversity targets (Aichi Targets) through
maintenance and restoration of biodiversity and
sustainable use of ecosystem services and as
demonstrators of ecosystem-based approaches to
climate change mitigation and adaptation and lowcarbon economy through genuine partnerships.
BEST 2.0 activities
• R1A1. To elaborate guidelines for submission of proposals,
including application forms and taking into account
stakeholder consultations and needs assessment.
• R1A2. To launch calls for proposals across the
implementation period.
• R1A3. To carry out region-based advertising and training
(capacity building) campaigns.
• R2A1. To evaluate and select proposals.
BEST 2.0 activities
• R2A2. To contract with the selected partners and manage
the contracts and payments.
• R2A3. To monitor and evaluate the implementation of the
selected projects.
• R3A1. To promote knowledge sharing between the grant
beneficiaries at the regional and/or global level in
collaboration with existing activities.
• R3A2. To promote the visibility of BEST – or more
generally, biodiversity in the OCT – within the international
biodiversity and sustainable development communities.
BEST 2.0 implementation
• 1 global grant awarded to a "BEST 2.0 consortium"
• BEST 2.0 consortium = BEST III consortium – 4
members
• OCT approached through 5 regions: (1) Caribbean;
(2) South-Atlantic; (3) Indian Ocean; (4)
Polar/subpolar; (5) Pacific Ocean
• Elegible beneficiaries: OCT local authorities and
services, civil society organisations, actors working
in OCTs
• 2 types of Grants:

Small Grants (€25 000 to €100 000);

Medium Grants (€100 000 to €400 000)
BEST 2.0 consortium: 5 members
BEST 2.0 governance
BEST 2.0 (tentative) calendar
• Year 1: inception; establishment of the BEST 2.0
board; 1st Call(s)for Proposal (number of regions
TBD).
• Year 2: 2nd Call(s) for Proposal (number of regions
TBD).
• Year 3: implementation and monitoring
• Year 4: implementation & monitoring.
• Year 5: implementation, monitoring and closure.
the BEST initiative
Context
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