AUTHORS: Clare Miller-Marianne Kettunen-Peter Torkler (WWF Germany)

This Guidance Handbook is a European Commission publication, primarily intended for the Member State authorities responsible for formulating national and regional programmes for use of European funds in the 2007-13 period. The handbook aims to assist these authorities in identifying the opportunities for EU co-financing of Natura 2000 and encourage these opportunities to be fully incorporated into national and regional funding programmes. The handbook was drafted by IEEP with support from WWF-Germany and WWF-EPO.