Cites Master’s Training Program Pre-training Assessment

(Rev. 06/2023) OMB Control No. 1018-####

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C ITES MASTER’S TRAINING PROGRAM

PRE-TRAINING ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

International Affairs Program

in partnership with the Department of Interior

International Technical Assistance Program (ITAP)

TRAINING YEAR

2023 2024 2025

1.0 TRAINEE INFORMATION

1.1 Name of Trainee      

1.2 Gender

Male Female Gender not specified

1.3 Age Range

18-35 years 36-55 years 56 years and above

1.4 Institution Represented      

Enter name of institute that you represent

1.5 Current Job Title/Position      

Enter current job title/position that you occupy at your institution

1.6 Phone Number      

Enter active phone number with country code

1.7 Email      

1.8 Country

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central Africa Republic

Chad

Côte D'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

The Gambia

Togo

Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania

2.0 CURRENT ROLE AND TRAINEE'S EXPECTATIONS

2.1 What role do you currently play in CITES implementation in your country?

Enter information on the role you currently play in CITES implementation in your country

     

2.2 Have you had any training related to wildlife management in the past 3 years?

Yes No

2.3 Have you had any training related to wildlife law enforcement in the past 3 years?

Yes No

2.4 Have you had any training linked to CITES implementation in the past 3 years?

Yes No

2.5 Please state the CITES trainings you have had in the past 3 years.

     

2.6 What are your expectations in terms of the knowledge or skills you hope to gain as a result of the CITES Master's training program?

     

2.7 To what extent do you think the training can help you better perform your work.

Very large extent Large extent Somewhat Little extent Not at all

2.8 Briefly explain how you think the training will help you better perform your work.

     

3.0 KNOWLEDGE OF BIODIVERSITY AND CITES

How would you rate your level of knowledge on the following topics?

3.1 Concepts related to biodiversity?

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.2 Concepts related to wildlife conservation.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.3 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.4 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.5 Animal species regulated by CITES.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.6 Plant species regulated by CITES.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.7 Management of CITES-listed species.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.8 Applications of Geographic Information Systems for species management.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.9 Implementation of CITES: Administrative aspects.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.10 Implementation of CITES: Scientific aspects – Fauna.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.11 Implementation of CITES: Scientific aspects – Flora.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.12 Techniques for identification and management of species in international trade.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.13 The Convention on Biological Diversity – Synergies with CITES.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.14 Wildlife trafficking in your country.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.15 Wildlife trafficking in your region.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.16 Wildlife trafficking on a global scale.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

3.17 Approaches to address wildlife trafficking along the entire trade chain.

Very high High Average Low Very low No knowledge

4.0 CAPACITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE ON BIODIVERSITY AND CITES

Kindly rate your capacity to undertake the following:

4.1 Able to apply the concept of biodiversity at all organizational levels, particularly at species population, and ecosystem levels.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.2 Able to apply and identify problems that hinder proper implementation and enforcement of CITES.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.3 Able to apply research methods in solving problems that hinder the proper implementation of CITES.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.4 Able to implement the administrative process of authorizing import and export permits.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.5 Able to apply processes for reviewing, drafting and adopting legislation on CITES.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.6 Able to apply the enforcement aspects of CITES implementation.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.7 Able to apply biological criteria for listing species in CITES.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.8 Able to apply trade‐related criteria for listing species in CITES.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.9 Able to apply and implement population survey techniques.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.10 Able to design and implement population biology studies and analysis.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.11 Able to design and implement in situ and ex situ approaches for conservation and management of CITES listed species.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.12 Able to apply geographic information systems and spatial analysis for modeling distribution of species and assessing habitat.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.13 Able to undertake species recovery plans.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.14 Able to undertake sustainable wildlife management programs.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.15 Able to make a non‐detriment finding for CITES‐listed species.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.16 Able to conduct analysis and procedures for the CITES Review of Significant Trade.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.17 Able to use technology and scientific techniques for identification of CITES‐listed species and specimens.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.18 Able to apply techniques for the disposal of confiscated CITES‐listed species and specimens.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.19 Able to participate in negotiating multilateral environmental agreements.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.20 Able to use knowledge on and understanding of wildlife trafficking to inform decisions nationally and in day-to-day tasks.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.21 Able to develop, amend and implement a wildlife trafficking strategy or policy.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

4.22 Able to apply and promote the prevention of wildlife trafficking among stakeholders.

Very high High Average Low Very low Not at all

NOTICES

PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT

Authority: The Service is authorized to collect this information by 5 USC 301 and 16 USC 1531-1544.

Purpose: The Service will use this information to consider you for a scholarship to attend the International University of Andalucía’s The Management and Conservation of Species in Trade: The International Framework (CITES Master’s Course).

Routine Uses: This information may be disclosed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Privacy Act of 1974 and the routine uses listed in System of Records Notice, INTERIOR/FWS-27, Correspondence 58 FR 41803 (August 5, 1993); modification published 88 FR 16277 (March 16, 2023) available at https://www.doi.gov/privacy/fws-notices.

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary; however, failure to provide all requested information may prevent the Service from being able to consider your application.

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service collects

necessary information to consider you for a scholarship to attend the International University of Andalucía’s The Management and Conservation of Species in Trade: The International Framework (CITES Master’s Course), and to respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974. Information requested in this form is purely voluntary. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned Control No. 1018-####.

ESTIMATED BURDEN STATEMENT

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