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BBI Matra

BBI-Matra (formerly PIN-MATRA)

Programme International Nature Management Central and Eastern Europe (BBI-Matra, formerly PIN-Matra)
 
 
The programme International Nature Management Central and Eastern Europe is part of the policy document “Nature for people, people for nature” (2000). The Netherlands nature policy for Central and Eastern Europe has been laid down in the Nature Management Action Plan for Central and Eastern Europe 2001 – 2004.
The programme International Nature Management Central and Eastern Europe (PIN-Matra) has been replaced by the “International Policy Programme Biodiversity” (BBI) in the years 2002-2006, the Action Plan was part of this Programme. PIN-Matra has become BBI-Matra and within the new Biodiversity Policy programme 2008-2011 the BBI-Matra programme is being evaluated at the moment.
 
The Action plan describes the challenges facing nature conservation in Central and Eastern Europe and the way the Netherlands government is planning to assist. It clarifies the priorities the Netherlands wants to set regarding themes, countries and types of activities, directing the cooperation activities of the concerned ministries with Central and Eastern Europe in the area of nature and biological diversity. At the same time, the Action Plan constitutes the policy framework for the granting of financial support to projects of the PIN-Matra (BBI-Matra) programme.
The Programme is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.

The implementation of PIN/BBI Matra is based on:
  1. Agreements and assignments. This concerns agreements about regional activities lasting several years with a number of important international organisations, and projects resulting from agreements made by the Netherlands in international fora; and
  2. Subsidy arrangement nature projects Central and Eastern Europe. This window is every year officially opened for some time.
The new Action Plan BBI-Matra 2005 - 2008 aims to halt the loss of biodiversity in the pan-European region as per 2010. It supports the establishment of national and international (Pan - European) ecological networks as well as the strengthening of civil society in biodiversity conservation. The new action plan 2005 - 2008 focusses on the pre-accession countries and EU neighbouring States.
 
Status update PROFORIS on PIN/BBI Matra:
  • Data on 111 PIN Matra 2001 - 2003 and BBI Matra 2004 - 2008 projects are included on November 2008

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