Using the Standards: Starting a CTF

Please join us on Tuesday, 16 November at 11 am EST for the "Using the Standards - Starting a CTF," the 11th webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds.

The webinar will focus on how the Standards can be useful in the initial stages of creating a Conservation Trust Fund.

Scott Lampman from USAID-TFCA will provide a context-setting overview, and Sasha Middleton, CEO of the MEPA Trust, and Mirjam de Koning, Executive Director of PONT, will present case studies of their practical experiences using the Standards.

Powerpoint presentations:
Scott Lampman - USAID-TFCA (download)
Mirjam de Koning - PONT (download)
Sasha Middleton - MEPA Trust (download)

Risk Management and Safeguards

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds
Risk Management and Safeguards

When: October 19th, 11am EDT
Where: Register Below!

Please join us on Tuesday, October 19 at 11 am EDT for the 10th webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for CTFs. This month's webinar will focus on Risk Management and Safeguards, a new core area in the 2020 edition of the Standards. Kathy Mikitin, the chair of the CFA's task force on Environmental and Social Safeguards, will present an overview of the topic, and Lourdes Lares from Profonanpe will share their experiences with safeguards. Please click below to RSVP.

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds - Using the Standards: Accreditation

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds - Using the Standards: Accreditation

RedLAC XXII Virtual Assembly

The ninth webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for CTFs will focus on how the Standards can support CTFs in the process of becoming accredited by partners like the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund. The webinar will be conducted as part of the RedLAC Virtual Assembly during the last week of September.

The webinar will be held at 1400 EDT on Wednesday, September 29. Please visit the RedLAC website to register.

Governance and Institutional Effectiveness

When: August 17th, 11am EDT
Where: Register Below!

Please join us on Tuesday for the eighth webinar in our series on the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds. This month's webinar will focus on the core areas of Governance and Institutional Effectiveness.

Speakers:
Paquita Bath, co-author of the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards, and CEO and Founder, Aligning Visions
Angelique Pouponneau, CEO, Seychelles' Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT)
Jean Paul Rugama, CFO, Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre

The webinar is hosted by the CFA's Environmental Funds Working Group. Simultaneous English/Spanish translation will be provided by Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre.

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds Series - Technology

When: July 20, 11am EDT

Please join us for the seventh webinar in our series on the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds. The July webinar focused on the new cross-cutting theme of Technology. Herminia Lugo from Fondo de Conservación de Bosques Tropicales de Paraguay (FCBT) presented technological tools that FCBT is using to connect with grantees. Following the presentation, we used breakout rooms on Zoom to hold smaller group discussions on technological challenges and solutions that are working for CTFs.

Speakers and Panelists:

Katy Mathias, Wildlife Conservation Society

Herminia Lugo, Manager of Administration, Finance and Sustainable Project Management, FCBT Paraguay

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds Series - Asset Management

The sixth webinar in our monthly series on the Practice Standards for CTFs will focus on the Asset Management core area, with a particular focus on the new Asset Management Standard 10, on mission-aligned investing. Fondo Accion and Coast Funds will share their experiences. The webinar will be held on June 15 at 11 am EDT.

Speakers:

Viviana Luhan - Environmental Finance Lawyer & Consultant

Natalia Arango - Executive Director, Fondo Accion

Eddy Adra - CFO, Coast Funds

Resource Mobilization

When: May 18, 11am EDT

On Tuesday, May 18, at 11 am EDT, please join us for the fifth webinar in our monthly series taking a deeper look at the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards for CTFs. The May webinar will focus on Resource Mobilization. The webinar will include an overview on new content in the 2020 edition of the Standards, and presentations by two Conservation Trust Funds on their practical experiences.

Speakers and Panelists:

Katy Mathias - Wildlife Conservation Society

GroupAmilcar Guzman - Partner, Wolfs Company, and co-author of the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds, 2020 update

Romain Renoux - Executive Director, The MedFund

Sean Nazerali - Director of Innovative Financing, Biofund

Administration and Human Resources

On Tuesday, April 20, please join us for the fourth webinar in our monthly series taking a deeper look at the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards for CTFs. The April webinar will focus on Administration and Human Resources. Human Resources is a new cross-cutting theme, and the Administration Standards have been expanded in the new edition to include Human Resource Management and Technology. The webinar will include an overview on the new standards, and presentations by two Conservation Trust Funds on their practical experiences.

Speakers and Panelists

Zdenka Piskulich - President of RedLAC and Co-Chair of the CFA's Environmental Funds Working Group

Paquita Bath - Aligning Visions and co-author of the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds, 2020 update

Mirjam de Koning - Executive Director, Prespa Ohrid Nature Trust / also representing Nature Trust Alliance

Additional panelist to be confirmed

Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds Webinar Series - Communications

On Tuesday, March 16, please join us for the second webinar in our monthly series taking a deeper look at the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards for CTFs. The March webinar will focus on Communications, a new cross-cutting theme. The webinar will include an overview on the new communications standards and presentations by two Conservation Trust Funds on their communications experience.

Links shared during the webinar:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIoMaOGl5tA

Zdenka Piskulich - President of RedLAC and Co-Chair of the CFA's Environmental Funds Working Group.
Camila Monteiro - Convergencia Sustentabilidade
Kerry Maree - Manager, Table Mountain Fund
Daniela Seligson - Communications Specialist, Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza

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February: Programs and Monitoring & Evaluation

On Tuesday, February 16, please join us for the second webinar in our monthly series taking a deeper look at the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards for CTFs. February's webinar will focus on the Programs Core Area and the Monitoring & Evaluation Cross-Cutting Theme.

The webinar will be held at 11 am Eastern Time.

Zdenka Piskulich - President of RedLAC and Co-Chair of the CFA's Environmental Funds Working Group.
Amílcar Guzmán - Partner, Wolfs Company
Paulina Arroyo - Director, Adaptive Management and Evaluation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Pia Paaby - Terrestrial Conservation Manager, Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre

Links and Resources shared during the webinar: https://www.conservationmeasures.org/

Webinar: What's New (January)

As a follow-up to the publication of the 2020 edition of the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds (link to download), we are pleased to announce a series of monthly webinars exploring the Standards in more depth. Each webinar, to be held on the third Tuesday of the month, will focus on specific content of the 2020 edition (Core Areas and/or Cross-Cutting Themes). The webinars are hosted by the CFA's Environmental Funds Working Group.

The first webinar, on Tuesday, 19 January at 11 am Eastern, will introduce key changes in the 2020 edition. The upcoming webinar will include an overview on what is new in the 2020 edition of the Standards, a case study on the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund's use of the Standards, and time for a robust Q&A with the audience.

Meet the Speakers and Panelists:

Zdenka Piskulich - President of RedLAC and Co-Chair of the CFA's Environmental Funds Working Group. Moderator.

Paquita Bath - Aligning Visions and co-author of the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds, 2020 update.

Viviana Lujan - Conservation Finance Specialist, Wolfs Company and co-author of the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds, 2020 update.

Karen MacDonald Gayle - Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF), will be sharing the CBF experience in using the Standards.

Vanessa Hartmann - KfW, will be sharing KfW's perspective on how the Practice Standards are useful from a donor viewpoint.