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

2. Nature knows no boundaries Bárbara Pais Comms and marketing manager
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

3. Take a birds-eye view
of the EUROPARC Federation

4. 400 members 37 countries The biggest European
network of Protected Areas

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

6. Programmes and management tools
Partnerships
Communications and capacity
building
Lobbying

7. 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

8. Let’s take a
(digital) tour

9. France

12. Finland

14. Portugal
Poortugal
opportunity
Landownership
Centralised Structure

15. 1st PRIVATE PROTECTED AREA – BUYING LAND FOR NATURE

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

18. 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

19. Montis
12.000€ Crowdfunding to buy land

20. Austria

21. 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

22. The Netherlands

25. Be wise as an owl

26. (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?

27. 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?

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

29. and join our flock
be part of Europe’s biggest network of Protected Areas