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Dow — Midterm conference of the Life K-12 project (May 2017)
42 slides from Dow's conference presentation, May 18, 2017
Slide 1: LIFE funding opportunities
Midterm conference of the Life K-12 project LIFE funding opportunities Federico Benvenuti Italian LIFE NCP’s Office/Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea/TA Sogesid S.p.A. 18th May 2017 Polo Museale Cannon - Sandretto, Pont Canavese (TO)
Slide 2: What is LIFE?
What is LIFE? The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. LIFE began in 1992 and to date there have been four complete phases of the programme (LIFE I: 1992-1995, LIFE II: 1996-1999, LIFE III: 2000-2006 and LIFE+: 2007-2013). The budget for the LIF
Slide 3: LIFE 2014-2020: general objectives
LIFE 2014-2020: general objectives to contribute to the shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy, to the protection and improvement of the quality of the environment and to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, including the support of the Natura 2000 network
Slide 4: LIFE 2014-2020: Sub-programmes and priority areas
LIFE 2014-2020: Sub-programmes and priority areas Sub-programme for Environment Sub-programme for Climate Action Climate Change Mitigation Environment and Resource Efficiency Climate Change Adaptationi Nature and Biodiversity Climate Change Adaptation Environmental Governance and Information Each of
Slide 5: LIFE 2014-2020: Legal documents
LIFE 2014-2020: Legal documents • Regulation (UE) n. 1293/2013: specific objectives for each priority area (Articles. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 ) - both Sub-programmes • Annex III Allegato of the LIFE Regulation: thematic priorities for the Sub- programme for Environment and related priority areas • LI
Slide 6: Thematic priorities/EU policy priorities
LIFE 2014-2020: Thematic priorities/EU policy priorities Thematic priorities for the Sub-programme for Environment Priority area “Environment and Resource Efficiency” • Thematic priorities for Water, including the marine environment • Thematic priorities for Waste • Thematic priorities for Resource
Slide 7: LIFE 2014-2020: an overview - who may submit
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Who may submit a proposal? A proposal may be submitted by any legal person registered in the European Union. Entities participating in the proposal may fall into three types of beneficiaries: public bodies, private commercial organisations and private non-commercial
Slide 8: LIFE 2014-2020: an overview - the actors
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview The “actors” Once a proposal has been accepted for co-funding, the applicant will become the coordinating beneficiary who is responsible for ensuring the implementation of the project. The coordinating beneficiary receives the EU financial contribution from the Contractin
Slide 9: LIFE 2014-2020: an overview - the actors
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview The “actors” The associated beneficiary must always contribute technically to the proposal and hence be responsible for the implementation of one or several project actions. An associated beneficiary must also contribute financially to the project. An associated beneficia
Slide 10: Where can a LIFE project take place?
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Where can a LIFE project take place? LIFE projects shall take place in the territory of the European Union Member States. The LIFE Programme may also finance activities outside the EU and in overseas countries and territories (OCTs), provided that the coordinating benefic
Slide 11: Research activities and large infrastructure
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Research activities and large infrastructure Whereas EU funding for research activities is provided under Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014–2020)6, limited research aimed to improve and enhance the knowledge data underpinning the pro
Slide 12: Traditional project types by priority area
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Which type of Traditional project may be submitted to which priority area? Sub-Programme Priority Area Types of Traditional projects eligible Environment Environment and Resource Demonstration and pilot projects Efficiency Environment Nature and Biodiversity Best practice
Slide 13: Traditional projects
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Projects supported by way of action grants: «Traditional» projects Pilot projects: projects that apply a technique or method that has not been applied or tested before, or else where, that offer potential environmental or climate advantages compared to current best practi
Slide 14: National allocations
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview National allocations National allocations: For the duration of the first MAWP (20142017), national allocations applicable only to “Traditional projects” under the ENV sub-programme From the second MAWP (2018-2020), national allocations are phased out and selection is
Slide 15: Integrated projects
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Projects supported by way of action grants: other project types Integrated projects: projects implementing on a large territorial scale, in particular, regional, multi-regional, national or trans-national scale, environmental or climate plans or strategies required by spe
Slide 16: Preparatory, technical assistance, capacity-building projects
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Projects supported by way of action grants: other project types Preparatory projects: projects primarily identified by the Commission in cooperation with Member States to support specific needs for the development and implementation of Union environmental or climate polic
Slide 17: Maximum co-financing rates
LIFE 2014-2020: LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Maximum co-financing rates for the projects supported by way of action grants Traditional «Nature and Biodiversity» projects: 60% co-financing, but 75% for projects tergeting priority habitat and species Integrated projects, preparatory projects and techni
Slide 18: Transnational projects
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Transnational projects The LIFE Regulation indicates that, while selecting the projects to be co-funded, the Contracting Authority shall have special regard to transnational projects, when transnational cooperation is essential to guarantee environmental or nature protect
Slide 19: Other than grants for projects
LIFE 2014-2020: an overview Other than grants for projects EU operating grants to environmental and/or climate non-governmental organisations (NGOs): operating grants support certain operational and administrative costs of non-profit making entities which pursue an aim of general Union interest, are
Slide 20: Call 2017 for action grants
LIFE CALL 2017 FOR ACTION GRANTS Opening: 28 April 2017 Area Closing Budget 17 (€ Mil.) Budget 16 (€ Mil.) ~% CLIMATE 07-Sep-17 €52.1 € 47.4 + 10% ENV-RE 12-Sep-17 € 83 € 75.5 + 10% NAT 14-Sep-17 € 101.9 € 97.5 + 5% GIE 14-Sep-17 € 16.9 € 19 - 12% IPCs 1st Ph. 26-Sep-17 - - - IPCs 2nd Ph. Mid-March
Slide 21: Call 2017: total budget
LIFE CALL 2017 FOR ACTION GRANTS Total budget The total budget for project action grants in this year’s call is over €373 million. Of this, over €290 million is foreseen for the Sub-programme for Environment and over €82 million for the Sub-programme for Climate Action. At least 55% of the budgetary
Slide 22: Call 2017: transnational projects and allocations
LIFE CALL 2017 FOR ACTION GRANTS “…The Commission shall consider the award of funding to transnational projects even in cases where the indicative national allocation balance of one or more Member States participating in those transnational projects has been exceeded….” Article 19(7) If too few prop
Slide 23: Call 2017: close-to-market projects
LIFE CALL 2017 FOR ACTION GRANTS In this year’s call the Commission is particularly interested in close-to-market projects, i.e. projects that propose a new solution with clear environmental and/or climate benefits and which have a level of technical and business readiness allowing them to implement
Slide 24: Call 2017: application packages
LIFE CALL 2017 FOR ACTION GRANTS Application packages Applicants must use the LIFE 2017 application packages (in English only) for the preparation of their proposals. Each application package contains full and detailed explanations with regard to eligibility, procedures, co-financing rates and all o
Slide 25: Preparatory projects for the ESC call
LIFE PREPARATORY PROJECTS FOR THE ESC CALL Following the feedback received in response to the call launched on the 7th of December 2016, the Commission has decided to publish a second call for proposals to support the European Solidarity Corps (ESC). LIFE Preparatory projects to support deployment o
Slide 26: 25 years of LIFE and the Habitats Directive
25 YEARS OF LIFE AND THE HABITATS DIRECTIVE This year we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the LIFE Programme and of the Habitats Directive, both approved on 21st May 1992. Since then they have successfully contributed to the preservation of our unique European natural heritage. To mark the 25
Slide 27: LIFE at 25: key information
LIFE AT 25: KEY INFORMATION LIFE has funded some 4.500 projects in total across the Europe, of which over 1.000 are ongoing (€8.7 billion invested in the environment, nature and climate action; creating 74.500 jobs). Italy overview (projects funded): Since the launch of the LIFE programme in 199
Slide 28: The Italian LIFE NCP's activities
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Activities in support of the applicants Support on technical and administrative issues for the preparation of proposals Answering inquiries from applicants by thelephone and by e-mail (Telephone and E-mail Helpdesk) Bilateral meetings with the applicants aimed at
Slide 29: The Italian LIFE NCP's activities: events
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Organization of events National LIFE Info Days, attended by representatives of EC, EASME, NEEMO EEIG - Timesis (the external monitoring team of the EC) and some Italian LIFE beneficiaries who illustrate the experiences of their projects. During the LIFE Info Days,
Slide 30: The Italian LIFE NCP's activities: events
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Organization of events Writing Workshops, organized in collaboration with EASME and Neemo EEIG - Timesis: seminars for applicants who have already started to prepare a proposal using the ECAS system; these seminars represent an opportunity to deepen the most commo
Slide 31: The Italian LIFE NCP's activities: participating in events
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Participating in events Participation in: Fairs or similar events (for example: Ecomondo; Forum Compraverde); Workshops/Conferences/Seminars organized by the Italian LIFE beneficiaries in order to present the objectives and the activities of their projects; LIFE
Slide 32: Participating in project monitoring visits
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Partecipating in projects monitoring visits The Italian LIFE NCP takes part in the projects’ monitoring visits carried out by NEEMO EEIG - Timesis, in order: to know the projects’ actions and the results achieved; to promote the dissemination of projects’ result
Slide 33: Communication and dissemination activities
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Communication and dissemination activities A significant part of the Italian LIFE NCP’s activities is dedicated to the beneficiaries, in order to communicate the objectives and the actions of their projects and to reinforce the dissemination of the technical informa
Slide 34: Communication: the website
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Communication and dissemination activities The website The website of the Ministry is the main tool for communication and dissemination activities. Since 2007 the Italian LIFE NCP earmarked a wider space within the portal of the Ministry to promote both the LIFE pro
Slide 35: Communication: info website
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Communication and dissemination activities Info – website http://www.minambiente.it/pagina/programma-life-2007-2013
Slide 36: Communication: info website
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Communication and dissemination activities Info – website http://www.minambiente.it/pagina/programma-lambiente-e-lazione-il-clima-life-2014-2020
Slide 37: Project of the month
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Communication and dissemination activities Project of the month Every month in the website section “Project of the month” we propose the deepening of a different project. This section - enhanced by photos, figures and hyperlinks to documents or other outputs - offer
Slide 38: Publications of monographies on LIFE projects
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Communication and dissemination activities Publications of monographies on LIFE projects Produced 3 monographies: “The success of LIFE Environment Programme in Italy: examples of innovative solutions replicated at national level” (2010); “The LIFE+ Programme and t
Slide 39: Activities for the complementarity
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Activities for the complementarity The Italian LIFE NCP – operating within the Office (of the Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea) in charge of “Cohesion Policy and Community financial instruments” – carried out and still carries out, during the 2014-2020 prog
Slide 40: The role of the Knowledge Platform
The Italian LIFE NCP’s activities Activities for the complementarity The role of the “The Knowledge Platform” “The Knowledge Platform” - Best practices for the Environment and Climate Action”, designed by the Italian LIFE NCP, is the main tool to implement the foreseen activities for complementarity
Slide 41: The Knowledge Platform: best practices for Environment and Climate Action
The Knowledge Platform: best practices for Environment and Climate Action The Platform is an environmental and climate best practice on-line sharing tool. Its objective is to promote the replication and transfer of best practice developed under projects co-financed in Italy by EU programmes such as
Slide 42: The Italian LIFE NCP Office
The Italian LIFE NCP Office References and contacts Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea - Administration in charge of the Italian LIFE NCP Directorate for Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage, European Union and International Affairs/Division II - Cohesion Policy and Community financi
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