Create a partnership between BirdLife International’s Global Secretariat and Middle East Division, La Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux/BirdLife in France, and DOPPs BirdLife in Slovenia as well as other stakeholders to play a key role as stewards of the ecosystem profile for a region. Provide strategic leadership and local knowledge to appropriately delvelop the portfolio of large and small grants. Support civil society in the development of a portfolio of projects as well as monitoring the impacts of the investment portfolio across eligible countries throughout the Mediterranean Basin hotspot.