Effective Enforcement Actions against Sturgeon Trafficking

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Date of latest update: 2023-11-06

Description

Description (EN):

The Action plan of the EUSDR has identified the “differences in the national legislative frameworks can make cross-border law enforcement lengthy and cumbersome and facilitate organised and serious crime”. The recommendation for improvement of Priority Area Security (PA11) is that “frameworks of international cooperation and existing initiatives should be reinforced”. The EU has recognized that wildlife trafficking is one of the most profitable types of organized crime in the world nowadays. Revenue from it is a powerful incentive for people to contribute to nature degradation and the near extinction of valuable key species, such as sturgeons. The EU has prioritised addressing the problem by adopting the EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking. As implementation of existing legislation is lacking and varying from country to country, member states have committed to improving through disrupting organized crime groups (OCGs) involved in environmental crime. Among the desired results of the Action plan is improving the rate of detection of illegal activities throughout the known trafficking routes for different animal parts and derivatives that is especially difficult in Eastern Europe. As a high value commodity, with prices reaching 6,000 euros per kilogram, trafficking of sturgeon caviar is a showcase for wildlife trafficking in the Danube region and is directly linked to EUSDR Target 4 of Priority Area 6 “...the ongoing work and efforts to securing viable populations of Danube sturgeon species and other indigenous fish species by 2020”. The SMF will provide the groundwork for a comprehensive approach through chain mapping of the illegal trade in sturgeon products, analysis of best practices for crime detection and response, accumulation of innovative test cases for successful wildlife crime prevention and response from outside of the region and their adaptation and upgrade to local conditions.

Website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/

Thematic information

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Specific Objective: Support to the governance and implementation of the EUSDR (short title). Improve the governance system and the capabilities and capacities of public institutions and key actors involved in complex transnational project development to implement the EUSDR in a more effective way

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority: (11 ETC) ETC specific for transnational cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by developing and coordinating macro-regional and sea-basin strategies

Partners (2)

Lead Partner: Сдружение "ВВФ - Световен фонд за дивата природа, Дунавско-Карпатска програма България"

Address: Bul. Tzar Boris III 19b, 1612 Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal status: private

Website: http://wwf.bg

Total budget: EUR 41 250.00

ERDF budget: EUR 35 062.50

WWF Világ Természeti Alap Magyarország Alapítvány

Name: WWF Világ Természeti Alap Magyarország Alapítvány

Address: Álmos vezér útja 69/A, 1141 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.wwf.hu

Total budget: EUR 6 787.50

ERDF budget: EUR 5 769.38

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Summary

Project name (EN): Effective Enforcement Actions against Sturgeon Trafficking

Project acronym: EAST

Project start date: 2018-09-03

Project end date: 2019-08-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 48 037.50

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 40 831.88

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 40 831.88.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-09-22

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

155 / 155 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 582 / 1 582 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.interreg-danube.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-10-06, 2023-01-10 and 2024-01-30.

The financial data featured in keep.eu for this programme, it's projects and its partners is not exact and should be taken as a reference only.

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