BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation partnership. Through our unique local-to-global approach, we deliver high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people. Since 2012 BirdLife has led the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) in the Mediterranean Basin Biodiversity Hotspot for the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). CEPF is a joint programme of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan and the World Bank. A fundamental goal is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation. The BirdLife RIT is responsible for distributing CEPF funds to civil society organizations, in the form of small grants, for eligible countries (cur