SADC TFCA Finance Facility

The SADC TFCA Financing Facility (TFCA FF) is a regional financing mechanism established to provide sustainable funding for conservation and management actions in Transfrontier Conservation Areas in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The Financing Facility was established to become a flexible, responsive, demand and performance driven financing mechanism, with the unique purpose of supporting the establishment and sustainable development of Transfrontier Conservation Areas. The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of the German Government, through KfW Development Bank, provided initial funding for establishment of the TFCA Financing Facility. The long-term vision is for the TFCA Financing Facility to be funded by several international cooperating partners and other innovative financing models to reach an initial target of EUR 100 million. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the Project Executing Agency (PEA) for the TFCA Financing Facility through its Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office.

Objectives of the TFCA Financing Facility are as follows:
The TFCA FF aims to invest in tangible measures that strengthen ecological, economic, cultural and institutional connectivity within SADC TFCAs. The SADC TFCA FF addresses the criticcal needs for conservation by integrating the three dimensions of “species”, “habitat” and “people”, and aligning with the overall socio-economic development and regional integration goals of SADC TFCAs.

For more information about the TFCA Financing Facility, please contact Kudakwashe Chigodo on Kudakwashe.Chigodo@iucn.org