New opportunities in the outdoors – creative approaches to funding, partnerships and publicity ‘People, Partners, Promotion What else do we need?’

Nature knows no boundaries Bárbara Pais Comms and marketing manager b.pais@europarc.org Nature knows no boundaries EUROPARC is founded on the principle that the future protection and conservation of nature is achieved through: International co-operation Personal contact Mutual understanding, shared experiences Knowledge and Innovations

Take a birds-eye view of the EUROPARC Federation

400 members 37 countries The biggest European network of Protected Areas

Bringing People together Supporting Parks Protecting Nature Bringing People together Sustainable nature; valued by people

Programmes and management tools Partnerships Communications and capacity building Lobbying

In 1973… -1 conference 5 days - 1 trimestral bulletin In 2017 1 conference Several networking events on specific topics Monthly newsletter Printed magazine Webinars Case studies Toolkits Social media channels

Let’s take a (digital) tour

France

Finland

Portugal Poortugal opportunity Landownership Centralised Structure

1st PRIVATE PROTECTED AREA – BUYING LAND FOR NATURE

PROPERTY ACQUISITION FUND 1 bottle 500 ml = 2,5€ for land acquisition = 30m2 of land PROPERTY ACQUISITION FUND Bank account specific for land acquisition

Partnership with local school Crowdfunding 4500€ to buy material Lack of human resources to manage the trees nursery Environmental education programme Partnership with local school Crowdfunding 4500€ to buy material

Montis 12.000€ Crowdfunding to buy land

Austria

Friends of the Hohe Tauern National Park Created in 1993 by a business man Sponsoring programme 3 levels of membership: Organisational members Supporting members Individual members (10€ contribution, over 3000) 23 years: 11,5million € raised

The Netherlands

Be wise as an owl

(how) Are you valuing your work? Be proud of your organisation and your role! Are you building up your community? Get that license to operate Do you need money or do you need a partner? Partner with the non-usual suspects! How are you promoting innovation within your team?

What do I want? Who will benefit with it? With whom can I join forces? How can I communicate about it? How do I get funds?

“Innovation is not about having new ideas It’s about losing old habits!” Dare to think differently Dare to ask Dare to connect.

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