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# ACAP Secondments still open for applications

![Guzman 1](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Shearwaters/Pink_footed/Guzman_1.jpg)*Pink-footed Shearwaters inside the Coastal Marine Protected Area, Mar de Juan Fernández; photograph by Héctor Gutiérrez Guzmán*

 Applications for the Agreement’s 2023 Secondment Programme are closing soon. 

 Applicants are encouraged to develop proposals that progress the Agreement’s objective to achieve and maintain a favourable conservation status for albatrosses and petrels. Emphasis should be placed on tasks outlined in the work programs of the Advisory Committee (see Annex 4, [AC13 Report](https://acap.aq/documents/advisory-committee/ac13/4458-ac13-report/file)) and Secretariat (see Annex 5, AC13 Report).

 Previous successful applications have proposed: an investigation of the social factors behind the adoption or avoidance of seabird bycatch mitigation measures in fisheries, knowledge-sharing between Parties on mitigation techniques and outreach approaches to fishers, [addressing gaps in population data](https://acap.aq/latest-news/conservation-outcomes-enhanced-through-cross-party-collaboration-new-zealands-department-of-conservation-hosts-peruvian-javier-quinones-acap-secondment-with-aim-to-benefit-chatham-bullers-and-salvins-albatrosses-and-black-petrels?highlight=WyJzZWNvbmQiLCJzZWNvbmRtZW50Iiwic2Vjb25kbWVudHMiLCJzZWNvbmRlZCIsInNlY29uZHMiLCJzZWNvbmRseSJd) of and threats to specific ACAP-listed species, and [enhancing dog detection skills](https://acap.aq/latest-news/naomi-cordeiros-acap-secondment-with-new-zealands-department-of-conservation-to-help-expand-the-role-of-detection-dogs-in-conservation-in-the-south-atlantic?highlight=WyJzZWNvbmQiLCJzZWNvbmRtZW50Iiwic2Vjb25kbWVudHMiLCJzZWNvbmRlZCIsInNlY29uZHMiLCJzZWNvbmRseSJd) for invasive species control and seabird survey capabilities. 

 Only applications from ACAP Parties will be considered, and applications should foster cross-Party collaboration, and promote knowledge-sharing and capacity-building within Parties.

 Applicants are encouraged to contact the [Working Group Convenors](https://acap.aq/contactse/working-groups), the [Advisory Committee Chair](https://acap.aq/contactse/advisory-committee-members) or [Vice-chair](https://acap.aq/contactse/advisory-committee-members), or the [Secretariat](mailto:secretariat@acap.aq?subject=2022%20ACAP%20Secondment%20Programme%20enquiry) to help identify ACAP priority areas for their proposal. 

 Completed applications (in any of the three Agreement languages – English, [French ](https://acap.aq/fr/actualites/prix-subventions-et-bourses)or [Spanish](https://acap.aq/es/news/premios-subvenciones-y-becas)) are to be submitted to relevant [ACAP National Contact Points](https://acap.aq/contactse/acap-national-contacts), who will then forward them to the ACAP Secretariat by Monday 16 October 2023.

 The 2023 application forms, in all three ACAP official languages, are available to download [here](https://acap.aq/news/awards-grants-and-scholarships).

 *29 September 2023 *