EU-LIFE ENVIRONMENT:

General Objective:
Type of Actions:
Start and end of programme:
Level of contribution:
Baltic 21 country which may benefit from the programme:
Organisations which may benefit from the programme:
Procedure to be followed:
More information:

 

General Objective:
The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of Community policy and legislation relating to the environment, in particular, with regard to the integration of the environment into other policies, as well as to sustainable development in the Community.

Type of Actions:
a) demonstration projects contributing to the development of integrated and innovative techniques and methods and to the more advanced development of Community policy relating to the environment in the fields of physical planning and land use, the prevention of the impact of economic activities on the environment, the prevention, recycling and management of waste flows, and the reduction of the impact of products on the environment, by means of an integrated approach

b) preparatory projects for new Community measures or instruments relating to the environment, or the updating of legislation and policies in the field of the environment

c) accompanying measures necessary for the exchange of experience between projects, for the promotion of projects and for the evaluation, monitoring and dissemination of the results of projects.


Start and end of programme:
2000-2004

Level of contribution:
(percentages represent the proportion of costs eligible for Community support) Demonstration projects and preparatory projects (LIFE-Environment): 50% except projects generating substantial net receipts: 30%; Accompanying measures: 100%. 

Baltic 21 country which may benefit from the programme:
EU-members, Estonia and Latvia.

Organisations which may benefit from the programme:
Any natural or legal person established in the European Union or in one of the applicant countries, in accordance with the conditions set out in the association agreements concluded with those countries, on the basis of the provisions laid down in the relevant Council Association Decision for each of the countries in question.

Procedure to be followed:
Proposals for projects are transmitted by the Member States (ministries responsible for nature/environment). National contact persons are presented on the LIFE-Environment website (see below). 

More information:
LIFE-Environment website
European Union’s grants and loan Site