Biodiversity for Life (B4Life)
The EU Biodiversity for Life (B4Life) flagship initiative was launched in 2015 to help the poorest countries protect ecosystems, combat wildlife crime and develop green economies. It takes the approach of emphasising the economic benefits of protecting biodiversity and ecosystems in the interest of sustaining livelihoods and reducing poverty.
EU B4Life is one of several flagship initiatives developed by DG International Partnerships as part of the Global Public Goods and Challenges (GPGC) thematic programme. Large, multidisciplinary development programmes, they were designed to tackle major global problems and maximise impacts through setting a clear objective and recognisable goals.
B4Life focuses on the strong linkages between ecosystems and livelihoods in view of contributing to poverty eradication. The initiative aims at contributing to halt biodiversity loss and deliver on the European Union's commitments by fully integrating biodiversity and ecosystem conservation with socio-economic development and poverty eradication through an innovative and cross-cutting approach.The initiative will gather all European Commission's biodiversity specific activities to create more coherence and a clear strategic framework.
B4Life operates in three priority areas:
- Good governance for a sustainable management of natural resources.
- Ecosystem conservation for food security and sustainable rural development.
- Ecosystem-based solutions towards a green economy.
In addition, it includes a specific window to address the wildlife crisis linked to increasing illegal trafficking which deserves special attention.
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The Biodiversity for Life flagship initiative, set up under the European Commission’s Global Public Goods and Challenges thematic programme 2014-2020, aims to ensure that ecosystems and biodiversity conservation are properly integrated into strategies for poverty alleviation and socio-economic development.
To support this goal, the B4Life Facility was set up in September 2015 to provide technical assistance to staff in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA, formerly DG DEVCO), to EU Delegations and to government officials in developing countries.
Objectives
The Facility aims to:
Services
The B4Life Facility supports DG INTPA Unit F2 (Environment, Sustainable Natural Resources) and responds to requests for support from INTPA Geographic Units and/or EU Delegations in partner countries.
It provides support via its in-house experts (two thematic specialists, one communication expert) or by mobilising short-term expertise as a function of Unit F2’s priorities.
The Facility is also developing a knowledge-sharing component designed to update existing training opportunities to integrate themes linking biodiversity and development
The B4Life Technical Assistance Facility is implemented by the consortium Agreco, MDF, ICF International.
Contact: b4life@agreco.be
New dissemination material about B4Life (brochure, leaflet and poster) to be issued soon !
About the B4Life Facility
The Biodiversity for Life flagship initiative, set up under the European Commission’s Global Public Goods and Challenges thematic programme 2014-2020, aims to ensure that ecosystems and biodiversity conservation are properly integrated into strategies for poverty alleviation and socio-economic development.
To support this goal, the B4Life Facility was set up in September 2015 to provide technical assistance to staff in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA, formerly DG DEVCO), to EU Delegations and to government officials in developing countries.
Objectives
The Facility aims to:
Services
The B4Life Facility supports DG INTPA Unit F2 (Environment, Sustainable Natural Resources) and responds to requests for support from INTPA Geographic Units and/or EU Delegations in partner countries.
It provides support via its in-house experts (two thematic specialists, one communication expert) or by mobilising short-term expertise as a function of Unit F2’s priorities.
The Facility is also developing a knowledge-sharing component designed to update existing training opportunities to integrate themes linking biodiversity and development
The B4Life Technical Assistance Facility is implemented by the consortium Agreco, MDF, ICF International.
Contact: b4life@agreco.be
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