EU-LIFE ENVIRONMENT:LIFE III - THIRD COUNTRY:

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) Technical assistance projects contributing to the creation of the necessary administrative capacities and structures for the environment and the development of policies and action programmes relating to the environment in non-member countries bordering the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea, other than the countries of Central and Eastern Europe which have concluded association agreements with the Community.

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


Start and end of programme:
2000-2004 

Level of contribution:
Technical assistance projects: 70%; Accompanying measures: 100%.

Baltic 21 country which may benefit from the programme:
Russian Federation (Kaliningrad and St Petersburg regions).

Organisations which may benefit from the programme:
Any natural or legal person established in a non-member country bordering the Mediterranean or Baltic, other than the countries of Central or Eastern European which have concluded an association agreement with the Community, and the international organisations working for the protection of the environment in the geographic areas in question.

LIFE-Third Countries is primarily directed at national administrations. However, it is also open to persons or companies of whatever legal status, residing in eligible countries, who wish to propose and implement projects at a local, national or regional (two or more countries) level.


Procedure to be followed:
Proposals for projects are transmitted by the national authorities of the non-member countries in question or by international organisations working for the protection of the environment in the geographic area in question. 

More information:
LIFE third country website

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