The Dinaric Arc Ecoregion (DAE) Project is a part of the WWF's Protected Areas for a Living Planet Programme (PA4LP) , which is helping Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania to fulfil their obligations under the CBD Programme of Work on Protected Areas. The project aims to create the enabling conditions for the successful implementation of the CBD through three pillars of work and the establishment of partnerships with key stakeholders.

1.       Information. The project gathers, elaborates, produces and makes available the basic information that is needed by decision-makers and other stakeholders, and that provides the basis for the implementation of the PoWPA. A Protected Area Gap Analysis for the ecoregion based on the best available information will be produced, as well as a set of biodiversity indicators, a set of maps of existing and planned infrastructure and land use, and a website.

2.       Capacity. The project will build the capacity and increase the skills of those stakeholders (mainly national and local authorities) who have the ultimate power to translate the PoWPA into concrete conservation results. A capacity building plan linked to the implementation of the PoWPA will be developed, and at least 75% of it will be enacted by the end of the project. The plan will encourage the establishment of trans-national links between nature conservation institutions in the ecoregion.

3.       Poltical will and buy-in of relevant decision makers and stakeholders. Information and capacity are not enough without the genuine will and buy-in of decision-makers. The project will work to make sure that the PoWPA receives greater attention in the political agenda of all five countries, and will work, among other things, on strengthening / improving the economy of PAs. Business plans will be developed for the main PAs of the ecoregion and related projects will be discussed with potential donors.