Introduction

1. National cross-border networks established – A large carnivore governance network has already been established in Fennoscandia for some years, but the project succeeded in enhancing the networking of managers and practitioners in the field through engaging them in the survey and in several meetings and the revision process of the documents produced by the project. Representatives of the national enforcement authorities were introduced during this project and were given the opportunity to reflect on both the present national activities and interest as well as possible Nordic networking and collaboration initiatives in the future. The project also brought together field personnel and experts through various activities and document revision processes.
2. Regional cross-border networks and collaboration groups established – Due to lack of resources, the project did not manage to organise meetings in all regional cross-border areas but raised the need for a regional approach in the cross-border collaboration consistently in all discussions. The meeting on the Norwegian – Swedish border brought up many good examples of how such a network could be organised in the future. 
3. Action plan for future activities – The ambitious output stated in the application was not reached as the authorities in charge of the large carnivore management expressed the lack of the mandate in the project group to present an action plan for implementing the developed structural models. However, the project group did present suggestions for two alternative ways forward; 1) continue the process through a civil service assignment within the authorities in charge, or 2) test the model in a pilot project in some regional cross-border areas. These scenarios were also added to the final documents produced by the project.

Final Report and Accounts

Resources