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eaza news 58 2007 04 from the eaza office Introducing…..the EAZA Executive Office EAZA Executive Office, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Although many colleagues within the EAZA community are familiar with the EAZA Executive Office, not everyone is aware of its tasks and responsibilities, or knows the staff working at the office. The relocation of the EAZA Executive Office within the Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam in February 2007 felt like a good opportunity to describe the new location and to introduce the current staff members. But let us start with some history first… A close cooperation between zoos The need for a close cooperation between zoos became obvious after the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) came into force in 1975. Suddenly, zoos were cut off from the import of wild-caught animals and had to build up self-sustaining animal populations. In 1985 a meeting took place at Antwerp Zoo, in order to discuss possibilities for coordinating breeding programmes in Europe. A second meeting at Cologne Zoo the same year resulted in the establishment of the first 19 European Endangered species Programmes (EEPs), and the formation of the EEP Committee. The European Community Association of Zoos and Aquaria (ECAZA) was established in 1988 and in 1992 it was transformed into the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) as its pan-European successor. Merging coordination and administration The EEP Committee established rules for running breeding programmes, but a procedure for selecting species for new EEPs was needed. The first Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGs) were formed in 1990 when it became obvious that the overall coordination and administration could not be handled by the EEP Committee alone. That same year the Dutch Zoo Federation (NVD) offered assistance in establishing an EEP Executive Office based at its National Foundation for Research in Zoological Gardens (NFRZG) office, housed at Artis Royal Zoo. The EEP Office later developed into the EAZA Executive Office (EEO). The EEO was established in order to assist EAZA’s members and its decision making bodies, especially the EAZA Council, in reaching the objectives of the organization. The first executive director of the office was Bert de Boer, followed by Koen Brouwer in 1993 and the current executive director, Harry Schram, in 2006. A more representative office Office staff members initially worked for both the Dutch Zoo Federation and EAZA, and shared an office located on the first floor of the gorilla house in Artis Royal Zoo. In 2005 it was decided to legally separate the offices of the Dutch Zoo Federation and EAZA and to move both organisations to a different, more representative building on the premises of Artis Royal Zoo. Since 2006 staff members of both associations have been employed by the European Zoo and Aquarium Foundation (EZAF), a foundation created to take over the office activities and staff members from the former National Foundation for Research in Zoological Gardens. All staff members relocated to the new office, housed in a beautiful 1880 building which was previously used as necropsy room and has been entirely renovated for its new purpose, in February 2007. Services to EAZA The EAZA Executive Office (EEO) will continue to provide the EAZA membership with a wide variety of services. The EEO work is currently done by ten people (8.9 full-time equivalents). The main tasks that the EEO focuses on include: – coordination and support of breeding programmes and collection planning; – education, marketing and sustainability activities; – coordination of conservation campaigns; – lobbying and representation; – organisation of conferences and meetings; – support to EAZA Council and committees; – maintaining a resource centre and website; – external communications and publications; – training, support and consultancy; – administration. The office basically operates with two departments; Membership Services and Accreditation (MSA) and Collection Coordination and Conservation (CCC). MSA mainly focuses on campaigns, legislation, accreditation, PR, finance and other services to the EAZA membership, whereas CCC focuses on the coordination of breeding programmes and animal management. Besides these departments, there is an office manager/secretary, a staff member managing the EAZA website and the EAZA News magazine and an ISIS European liaison. The EEO is furthermore assisted by two people working on a consultancy basis out of Antwerp Zoo, Belgium and Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark. EAZA very much appreciates Amsterdam Royal Zoo for acting as a host for the EEO facilities. The next page shows the beautiful new office building, including the current EEO staff members. • executive director harry schram harry.schram@eaza.net offıce management and secretariat fleur kist info@eaza.net membership services & accreditation (msa) corinne bos | Manager corinne.bos@eaza.net martijn los | Assistant manager martijn.los@eaza.net sietske veenman | Assistant manager sietske.veenman@eaza.net collection coordination & conservation (ccc) bart hiddinga | Manager bart.hiddinga@eaza.net danny de man | Assistant manager mammals danny.de.man@eaza.net william van lint | Assistant manager birds, lower vertebrates and invertebrates william.van.lint@eaza.net eaza news & website jeannette van benthem jeannette.van.benthem@eaza.net isis european liaison sander cozijn sander.cozijn@eaza.net conservation database | yearbook katrine garn katrine.garn@eaza.net population management kristin leus kristin.leus@eaza.net
The first meeting of the EAZA Amphibian Campaign Planning Group took place at the EAZA Executive Office on 6 March 2007. The planning group, led by Quentin Bloxam of Durrell (Jersey), discussed various aspects of the campaign and finalised the composition of the planning group. It was recognised that the amphibian campaign will be different from previous campaigns in several ways. First of all, because the world conservation community has called on zoos and aquaria to set up ex situ breeding programmes for many amphibian species, as such programmes are the only hope for survival of these species in the short term. The World Zoo and Aquarium Association (WAZA), has, together with the IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, called on all regional associations to join this world wide effort by zoos and aquaria to save the amphibians. The EAZA Amphibian Ark Working Group was established to take up this challenge and work on plans for ex situ breeding programmes. The EAZA Amphibian Campaign will aim to support and promote the work of the Amphibian Most important decisions of the EEP Committee meeting The EAZA Executive Office hosted the annual mid-year meeting of the EEP Committee on 8 and 9 March 2007. The meeting started with a successful and productive workshop on non-EAZA EEP participation on Thursday. The results of the non-EAZA EEP participation workshop will be summarized in an updated policy document on this topic. This document will be discussed during the next EEP Committee meeting scheduled for the upcoming EAZA Annual Conference. On Friday the EEP Committee discussed other topics relevant to EAZA collection management, such as proposed changes to existing and new TAGs, EEPs and ESBs. During the meeting the first two ESBs for fish species were approved under the umbrella of the EAZA/EUAC Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate TAG. The first EEP evaluation from the eaza office harry fleur corinne martijn sietske bart EAZA Annual Conference 2007 The early registration deadline of the 24th EAZA Annual Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 11 to 15 September 2007, is approaching rapidly; the deadline for early registration and payment is 30 June 2007. All EAZA members are therefore recommended to register without delay. Please refer to the ‘Conference’ section of the EAZA website for more details on registration and accommodation. Upcoming; EAZA Amphibian Campaign 2007/8 We of course welcome everyone interested in touring the new office building! danny william jeannette sander katrine kristin Ark. Other regional zoo associations will organise similar campaigns, thereby creating a worldwide amphibian campaign in 2008; ‘The year of the frog’. Liaisons with the EAZA Amphibian Ark Working Group, WAZA/CBSG Amphibian Group, EAZA Amphibian and Reptile TAG and EUAC have been included in the planning group to ensure optimal alignment of the various amphibian activities. As always, the European campaign will be launched during the EAZA Annual Conference, where all attending EAZA members will receive a campaign info pack. reports were also discussed during the meeting, following the launch of the EEP evaluation system in Madrid, October 2006. Besides the EEP Committee meeting and according to the tradition, the office hosted the EAZA Callithrichid TAG mid-year meeting on Saturday 10 March 2007. When completed, the minutes of both meetings will be available through the EAZA website. eaza news 58 2007 05
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