Second Meeting of the South Asia Experts Group on Illegal Wildlife Trade 29-30 January, 2011

Second Meeting of theSouth Asia Experts Group

on Illegal Wildlife Trade

29-30 January, 2011Paro, Bhutan

Introductions

Why are we here?

Where have we come from?

Where are we going to?

How are we going to get there?

South Asia: 15% of the world’s flora and 12% of its fauna

Home to elephants, rhinos and tiger

Target of organised international crime syndicates

Porous borders

Inter-agency cooperation

International cooperation

Technical Capacity

Intelligence-sharing

Joint operations

Why are we here?

South Asia Wildlife Trade Initiative regional workshop (Kathmandu, January 2008)

11th Meeting of the Governing Council of SACEP (Jaipur, May 2008)

Global Tiger Workshop (Kathmandu, October 2009)

16th SAARC Summit and Convention on Cooperation on Environment in South Asia (Thimpu, April 2010).

Where have we come from?

First Meeting of the South Asia Experts Group on Illegal Wildlife Trade (Kathmandu, May 2010)

International Tiger Conservation Forum (St. Petersburg, November 2010)

First Meeting of the South Asia Experts Group on Illegal Wildlife Trade (Kathmandu, May 2010)

Where have we come from?

PROGRAMME: A Work programme for SAWEN will be agreed.

OPERATIONAL STRUCTURE: The TOR for the Secretary‐General will be finalized and a decision will be made regarding the location for the SAWEN Secretariat (acknowledging the offer from Nepal).

FUNDRAISING: A donor roundtable meeting will be held to highlight SAWEN’s objectives, plans and activities

Where are we going? GOALS

•CHAIRS•FACILITATORS•RESOURCE PROPLE

The First Experts Group Meeting: Summary of outcomes and workshop report (presentation by Nepal)

Update by focal points on recent and ongoing activities on capacity building, national consultations, needs assessments, forensics, investigations training, etc. (15-minute presentations by Member countries)

How are we going to get there?

Hotspots, Trade Routes, Markets, Transits, Species, Operational Planning and Implementation Research & information, training and capacity-building, technical and equipment, communications and outreach, funding Partner countries, advocacy engagement, IGOs, NGOs, demand reduction  Agreed work programme for next 6-12

months

How are we going to get there?

Identify and prioritise

(i) the activities needed for each of the three programme themes identified,

(ii) national-level activities that can link with these,

(iii)who is responsible for coordinating the relevant activity,

(iv)which member countries would be involved in the activity,

(v) other partners who would be involved in these activity,

(vi)the approximate timing and location for the activity,

(vii)expected outputs from the activity, and

(viii) funding needed and funding available or secured for the activity.

How are we going to get there?

SAWEN Operational structureSecretariat Location and StructureSecretary-General ToRFocal points and operational structure for information exchange

Fundraising updatesFundraising strategyGTRP Resource DeploymentDonor roundtable meetingCommunications and SAWEN brochure draft

How are we going to get there?

OUTPUTS

 • SAWEN governance structure• SAWEN Workplan for next 6-12 months• Calendar of regional and national events • Operational structure for information exchange

How are we going to get there?

 CONCLUSION

• TIME IS ESSENTIAL

• SPECIFICS: WHAT, WHO & WHEN

• AMBITIOUS BUT PRACTICAL

• ON-THE-FIELD RESULTS & IMPACT

• IMMEDIATE, SHORT-TERM & MEDIUM TERM

• USE RESOURCES IN THE ROOM

• THINK NATIONAL, REGIONAL & INTERNATIONAL

• THINK NETWORK: COORDINATION, COLLABORATION & COORDINATION

How are we going to get there?