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European Commission provides €268.4 million for 202 new environment projects
The European Commission has approved funding for 202 new projects under the LIFE+ programme, the European Union's environment fund.
The projects cover actions in thefields of nature conservation, environmental policy, climate change and information andcommunication on environmental issues. They represent a total investment of some€516.5 million, of which the EU will provide €268.4 million.
Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "In this 20th anniversary year of the LIFEprogramme and the Habitats Directive, I’m delighted to announce the continuing supportfor high quality environmental projects across the EU.
These latest LIFE+ projectscontinue a trend, started two decades ago, for innovative and best-practice actionsfurthering nature conservation, improving the environment and tackling climate change."The Commission received 1 078 applications from the 27 EU Member States in response toits latest call for proposals, which closed in July 2011.
Of these, 202 were selected for cofundingthrough the programme’s three components: LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity,LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance and LIFE+ Information and Communication.
The selected projects are highlighted in the annex to this press release (seeMEMO/12/585).
Background
LIFE+ is the European financial instrument for the environment and has a total budget of €2.143 billion for the period 2007-2013. The Commission launches one call for LIFE+ project proposals per year.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/news/press/index.htm#annexes2011
For information on LIFE+ see: http://ec.europa.eu/life
It is also possible to contact the relevant national authorities: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/contact/nationalcontact/index.htm
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Joe Hennon & Monica Westeren
Phone: +32 2 295 35 93 ; +32 2 299 18 30 |
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| News type | Procurement |
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http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/news/press/index.htm |
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| Source of information | EC DG Environment |
| Keyword(s) | EU-LIFE, LIFE+ |
| Subject(s) | ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.emwis.net/initiatives/life |
| Geographical coverage | n/a |
| News date | 20/07/2012 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
