How is AEWA financed?

Annual contributions from Contracting Parties

The General Trust Fund of AEWA receives its revenue from the mandatory annual contributions from the Parties to the Agreement, in accordance with Resolution 7.12. It covers the core administrative costs of the Secretariat (i.e. salaries, travel, office operation and maintenance) and part of the costs of the Meeting of the Parties and its subsidiary bodies, the Standing Committee and the Technical Committee. The General Trust Fund contains only very limited budget provisions for implementation purposes.

Access the Status of contributions to the AEWA Trust Fund
This information is updated weekly.

Voluntary contributions from donors

Most of the AEWA projects and activities to implement the Agreement are financed through earmarked voluntary contributions from donors. They flow into a separate trust fund.

For the implementation of AEWA MOP6 decisions, the Secretariat received voluntary contributions from the Governments of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and from the European Commission.

These contributions have funded the following activities:

Development and operations of the European Goose Management Platform:
   Intergovernmental Meeting on the Establishment of the European Goose Management Platform
    1st Meeting of the AEWA European Goose Management International Working Group
    2nd Meeting of the AEWA European Goose Management International Working Group Coordination and implementation of the International Single Species Action Plan for the Lesser White-fronted Goose Coordination and implementation of the African Initiative and Plan of Action for Africa Action-planning Workshop for the Velvet Scoter Action-planning Workshop for the Dalmatian Pelican 1st Meeting of the AEWA White-headed Duck International Working Group Development of the AEWA Strategic Plan 2019 – 2027 World Migratory Bird Day Waterbird monitoring activities in Africa Development of MOP7 documents Activities undertaken to improve the online visibility of AEWA documents Development of the Plan of Action for Africa 2019-2027 Project on climate resilient site network across the African-Eurasian flyway

In-kind support

In-kind support can, in principle, be provided by any government, organization or private institution hosting an AEWA meeting or providing a service, product or human resources for free, e.g. through the secondment of personnel.

The Secretariat has received in-kind support for the implementation of MOP6 decisions from the Governments of Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Senegal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The following activities were implemented with the help of in-kind support:

Development and Operation of the European Goose Management Platform:
   Intergovernmental Meeting on the Establishment of the European Goose Management Platform
    1st Meeting of the AEWA European Goose Management International Working Group
    2nd Meeting of the AEWA European Goose Management International Working Group Technical Support Unit to the AEWA African Initiative 13th Meeting of the Technical Committee, 14 - 17 March, Israel Meeting of the AEWA Lesser White-fronted Goose International Working Group, 12 - 14 April 2016, Trondheim, Norway Regional workshop aiming to enhance cooperation and implementation of AEWA for countries situated along the Adriatic Flyway, 13 - 15 September 2016, Samobor, Croatia Action-planning Workshop for the Velvet Scoter, 4 - 6 October 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania 1st Meeting of the AEWA White-headed Duck International Working Group, 24 - 26 October 2016, Madrid, Spain Action-planning Workshop for the Dalmatian Pelican, 22 - 24 November 2016, Lithotopos, Greece 2nd Meeting of the North-Western European Range States of the AEWA Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) International Working Group, 23 - 24 November 2016, The Hague, the Netherlands 12th Meeting of the AEWA Standing Committee, 31 January - 1 February 2017, Paris, France Translation of the Agreement text into Arabic Printing of the Portuguese version of the Agreement text Printing of Single Species Action Plans (Taiga Bean Goose, Eurasian Curlew) PoAA workshop, 10-12 October 2017, Senegal

The Secretariat would like to thank the above-listed donors for their generous and regular contributions towards the implementation of the Agreement.

Call for funding

If you would like to contribute to the implementation of AEWA through financial and/or in-kind support, please contact the Secretariat at AEWA.Secretariat@unep-aewa.org

AEWA activities can also be funded by the private sector!