A grant was received from the Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL) to establish coordination mechanisms for the implementation of the International Single Species Action Plans for the Sociable Lapwing and for the Black-winged Pratincole (as adopted at the Second Meeting of the Parties to AEWA, Bonn, Germany, 2002) and on the Red-breasted Goose (adopted by the Council of Europe and the European Commission in 1995).

Part of the financial support will also flow into the International Waterbird Census in Central Asia. The AEWA Secretariat wishes to thank the Government of Switzerland for this generous contribution to four important waterbird conservation projects.