As part of the project ”Capacity Building Plans for Efficient Protected Area Management in Eastern Europe”, ProPark – The Association for Protected Areas is organising between 07^th-11^th March 2016  the training seminar called “Community Outreach and Participatory Protected area Management”. The 12 participants were elected from the staff of protected area management bodies in charge with community development and  community outreach experts in protected areas working at local or regional level from Central and Eastern European countries.

The main purpose of this course is to contribute to developing the competences of the protected area staff in Eastern European countries to work with the local communities and stakeholders towards achieving the conservation objectives and supporting local communities in their endeavour to value the protected areas for their sustainable development.