This is a group of EAZA members ( European Zoos) that we have brought together to make a advocacy programme specifically to DG Environment and the forthcoming LIFE+ funding instrument, and to increase the potential for successful bids when this opens in the latter half of 2007.
In addition, we have had dialogue with a number of other EU funding streams of potential interest to European zoos, including the environmental theme within Europe’s overseas aid programme and DG Culture.
A document ‘The EU and Europe’s progressive zoos’ tracing the alignment of zoos’ socio-environmental work and EU policy and referencing specific members of the EU Interest Group is in preparation.
The overall programme of work will end in th next couple of months (April/ May 2007). There have been no discussions to date as to whether the EU Interest Group might have a role thereafter.
