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Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
LIFE Environment
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
“ … to contribute to the development of innovative and
integrated techniques and methods, and to the further
development of Community environment policy”
Objective
Article 4 of LIFE Regulation
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
LIFE-Environment projects - 1
• Demonstration projects
• Transferability and dissemination
• Clear link with EU policy/legislation
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
LIFE-Environment projects - 2
• Around 1,550 projects co-financed since 1992
• Contributing €1,640 million to the development of innovative environmental projects and protection of the environment
• Project duration: usually 1.5 - 3 years
• Total project budget: usually € 1,000,000 - 5,000,000
• Preparatory Action Programme: up to €6,000,000 annually to preparation of projects on selected themes
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
• Land-use development and planning (319 projects 1992 - 2006)
• Impact of economic activities (487)
• Water management (287)
• Waste management (301)
• Integrated production policy (149)
LIFE-Environment: thematic areas
Proportion of projects by theme (1992 – 2006)
31%
19%
20%10%
20%
Land-use Water
Economic activities Waste
Integrated Product Policy
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
• Urban environment
• Air quality and noise abatement
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Land-use development and planning
Aim
To promote the integration of environmental and
sustainable development considerations into land-use
development and planning
Fields of action
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
Impact of economic activities
Aim
To minimise the environmental impacts
of economic activities
Fields of action
• Clean technologies
• Integrated environment management
• Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
• Sustainable tourism
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
Water management
Aim
To support the protection and improvement
of water resources
Fields of action
• Wastewater treatment
• Water supply – water quality – ground water protection
• Water management at river basin scale
• Diffuse and dispersed pollution sources
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
Waste management
Aim
The prevention, reuse, recovery and recycling
of waste of all kinds and sound management of
waste streams
Fields of action
• Packaging and plastics
• Hazardous or problematic waste
• Waste important in volume
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
Aim
To reduce the environmental impact of products through an integrated approach to the production, distribution, consumption and handling at the end of lifetime
Fields of action• Eco-design, eco-efficiency, green financial products
• Eco-labelling
Integrated product policy - 2
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
• 464 proposals for LIFE-ENV funding
• 50 LIFE-ENV projects selected in…
• 14 countries
• Total investment: €214 million
• EU contribution: €66 million
New projects in 2006
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
Projects “expected to generate significant income”
can only be funded at 30% of eligible costs
– Can be actual revenue or reduction of operational costs
– Timescale runs beyond close of project
– Includes project partners
– Beneficiary must match Commission’s contribution
– “Go-NoGo exercise”
Land purchase costs are not eligible
LIFE-Environment:specific provisions
Event, Date, Place Name, Surname, Position
• After-LIFE communications plan
• Long-term environmental benefits
• Go/No-Go exercise
LIFE-Environment: specific contractual requirements