Capacity building
To evolve towards sustainability and professional development.
OPERATIONAL CAPACITIES AND ORGANIZATION
The CSOs participating in the PPI-OSCAN and TransCap programmes receive significant support to develop their operational and organizational capacities, helping them evolve towards sustainability and professional development.
TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES
Bespoke training and activities are organized to consolidate the structures, technical and financial expertise, and coordination with the action of public bodies.

Materials
ONLINE COURSES
IUCN-Med has also developed two online courses as additional support to Civil Society Organizations to consolidate their structure and support their growth over time. These courses will be available shortly on the IUCN Academy Platform for the programmes’ recipient organizations in North Africa:
- Effective communication for Civil Society Organizations
- Financing strategy for Civil Society Organizations
NEWS
One year after the closure of TransCap 1, the association GREPOM observed the first reproduction of the Common Tern on the floating raft installed in Marchica (Nador lagoon), north-east of Morocco Sebkha Bou Areg (also known as Marchica) is the largest lagoon on the southern shore of the Mediterranean. It was designated ...
After two phases of implementation and the positive results of the 12 projects from the supported organizations in Morocco and Tunisia, the General Directorate of Cooperation from Balearic Islands renews its support to the TransCap program with a 3rd phase. The TransCap programme to support civil society in the Maghreb is coordinated ...
Zuwara - June 2023 In the far northwest and near the Libyan-Tunisian border lies the Berber city of Zuwara, long famous for its production of natural salt. Extracting salt from the salt marshes around the city has been for a long time the main source of income for the local population. Besides ...
The PPI OSCAN is not only a program for financing conservation projects for biodiversity, on the contrary, its particularity lies in its strategy of supporting young civil society organizations (CSOs) to professionalize in their environment. https://youtu.be/bPFBIPfa1zA These young organizations often created one or two years before access to the PPI OSCAN ...
The rural region of Hezma in the governorate of Medenine in southern Tunisia is one of the regions most subject to agricultural land degradation and declining rainfall. Yet its main economy remains arboriculture and more and more families migrate from the region, victims of the loss of productivity of their land. To ...
In Tunisia, within the Bouhedma National Park, lies the only savannah landscape formed of steppe flora of Acacia tortilis. Because of the unique nature of this ecosystem and the importance of conserving its species in Tunisia and the Maghreb, the national park created in 1980 is also part of the UNESCO network ...
TESTIMONIALS
"It’s very important to increase cooperation with the southern shores of the Mediterranean. We share numerous challenges and urgent problems, and it’s ...
"Having a network of members with the necessary capacities, tools and resources will be invaluable to help countries achieve conservation goals ...
"There’s growing awareness, and growing assurance, among communities. That comes from having such a successful programme, which isn’t imposed from the outside ...
"In financing these programmes, the MAVA Foundation is investing in the future. We think that supporting small organizations is essential: they have ...
"With PPI-OSCAN, we’ve opened up new avenues and our environmental corridors project was highlighted by IUCN as an example of a ...
"Its approach to providing support is innovative because it engages young NGOs in nature conservation. It contributes to conservation projects and works ...

Platform promoting civil society’s role in biodiversity protection and action against the effects of climate change. Developed by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature, Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation).