Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme
Promoting excellence and leadership among emerging nature conservation leaders from Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
The Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme aims to strengthen organisations from the nature conservation sector in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, by developing the personal capacity of early-career conservation professionals to overcoming global biodiversity loss. The training programme catalyzes personal capacity development through training on international best conservation practice and policy, management training, and personal network development.
Key features of the Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme:
- The only extra-occupational training programme for established conservation professionals from both government and non-governmental organizations of the region
- A broad biodiversity policy focus
- Promoting professional excellence
- Focusing on technical, management and leadership skills
- Considering the ecological, historical and political linkages among the transition countries of the Eurasian region
- Fostering a professional network in support of regional cooperation in biodiversity conservation
- Combination of highly interactive seminars held in English language, field-trips and inter-sessional assignments, e-learning as well as a transfer project.
The Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme is implemented by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) in partnership with IUCN, the CBD Secretariat and UNEP-WCMC. Funding of the programme is provided by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU).
News
Applications for the 2012 - 2013 Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme are now closed. Twenty highly qualified young professionals have been selected for participation in the programme. Please find below information on the fellows, their professional background and motivation for participation in the programme. The announcement for the next round of the KTF will be published on this website in due course.
Flyer-download (English version)
Flyer download (Russian version)
