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T HE LIFE P ROGRAMME 2014-2020 Bent Søholm Jepsen Technical monitor/NEEMO LIFE Info Day Denmark 11 April, 2019 / Odense

T HE E XTERNAL M ONITORING T EAM

M AIN A CTIVITIES  Monitoring of projects supported by the LIFE Programme:  Checking the compliance with LIFE rules – administrative, financial, communication  Checking the project technical progress –monitoring missions  Policy impact/relevance – through DeNTE Hubs  Organising platform meetings  Carrying out analysis, producing studies

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W HO DOES WHAT IN LIFE?

LIFE' S OVERALL OBJECTIVE To contribute to: the implementation, update and development of the EU environmental and climate policy and legislation L’Instrument Financier pour l’Environnement

LIFE – T HEN AND N OW  LIFE 1992-2013 : more than 4700 projects in the fields of  Nature & biodiversity  Other environmental sectors and governance  Environmental information  LIFE 2014 to 2020 , two sub-programmes for:  Environment  Climate action

LIFE 2014-2020 – O BJECTIVES  Contributing towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy ; protecting and improving the environment ; maintaining and improving biodiversity , ecosystems and, in particular, the Natura 2000 network  Improving the development, implementation and enforcement of Union environmental and climate policy and legislation  Integrating and mainstreaming of environmental and climate objectives into other Union policies  Improving environmental and climate governance  Implementing the 7 th Environment  Action Programme

W HAT IS LIFE FINANCING ?

LIFE 2014-2020 – S TRANDS  Environment sub-programme  Environment & Resource Efficiency (ENV)  Nature & Biodiversity (NAT, BIO)  Environmental Governance & Information (GIE) LIFE10 ENV/PL/000661 LIFE10 ENV/RO/000729 LIFE05 NAT/FIN/000104 LIFE12 INF/BE/000459 LIFE05 NAT/FIN/000105

LIFE 2014-2020 – S TRANDS  Climate Action sub-programme  Climate Change Mitigation (CCM)  Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)  Climate Change Governance & Information (GIC) LIFE09 ENV/IT/000186 LIFE07 INF/E/000852 LIFE10 ENV/ES/000456 LIFE07 ENV/S/000908

LIFE 2014-2020 – B UDGET  Total budget of €3.5 billion  Action grants and financial instruments : €2.8 billion (81% of total)  Sub-programme for environment: €2.1 billion  Nature & Biodiversity including related governance and information: €1.22 billion (>55% of sub-programme ENV minus Financial Instruments)  Sub-programme for Climate Action: €0.69 billion  Operating grants to environmental and climate NGOs: €63 million (2,25%)  European Solidarity Corps: 4,5M€ (only calls 2016 & 2017)

LIFE 2019 – B UDGET LIFE Call 2019 opening: 4 April 2019 AREA CLOSING C.N. CLOSING Full P. BUDGET 19 ~ % vs 2018 CLIMATE n.a. 12-Sep-19 € 57.7 Mill. + 15.6 % ENV-RE 17-Jun-19 Feb-20 € 78.59 Mill. -1.8% NAT 19-Jun-19 Feb-20 € 136.9 Mill. + 6,5% GIE 19-Jun-19 Feb-20 € 9.15 Mill. + 1,6% IPE 5-Sep-19 14 March-20 (tbc) € 97 Mill. + 3% IPC 5-Sep-19 14 March-20 (tbc) € 26 Mill. + 13,3% TAE* n.a. 08-Jun-19 € 0.98 Mill +5.1% TAC* n.a. 08-Jun-19 € 0,3 Mill + 0% *: The submission process is explained in the Participant Portal Online Manual (together with detailed instructions for the IT tool)

LIFE - G ENERAL FEATURES  Applicants - Companies, research institutes, NGOs, public administrations within the field of environment and climate protection ; all legal persons registered in the EU  Average size? 1 to 5 beneficiaries; EU contribution: €500,000 to €1.5 million  Emphasis on replicability/transferability, long-term sustainability, and an EU added value of the project results  Not focused on research (  H2020)  No large infrastructure; not focused on rural or regional development (  agricultural, structural funds)  Support and monitoring: from Contracting Authority (EASME or European Commission) and external monitoring team

LIFE G ENERAL FEATURES  Funding rate : in general, 55% of eligible costs in the MAWP 2018- 2020; but up to 75 % for NAT.  Actors: EASME for all grants except preparatory projects, and; EIB/intermediary banks for financial instruments ; intervention of NCPs only if desired  National allocations : do not apply in MAWP 2018-2020.

LIFE 2014-2020 – I MPORTANT DOCUMENTS  The LIFE Regulation (EU Regulation 1293/2013 of 20/12/2013)  The LIFE Multiannual Work Programme 2018-2020 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/210 dated of 12/02/2018)  The call for proposal 2019: https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/section/life/calls- proposals  The Action/Operating grant agreements of beneficiaries with the Contracting Authority (including General Conditions ) or agreements of recipients with banks  Vi vender tilbage til disse!

I MPORTANT HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE LIFE C ALL 2019

LIFE 2019 – B UDGET LIFE Call 2019 opening: 4 April 2019 AREA CLOSING C.N. CLOSING Full P. BUDGET 19 ~ % vs 2018 CLIMATE n.a. 12-Sep-19 € 57.7 Mill. + 15.6 % ENV-RE 17-Jun-19 Feb-20 € 78.59 Mill. -1.8% NAT 19-Jun-19 Feb-20 € 136.9 Mill. + 6,5% GIE 19-Jun-19 Feb-20 € 9.15 Mill. + 1,6% IPE 5-Sep-19 14 March-20 (tbc) € 97 Mill. + 3% IPC 5-Sep-19 14 March-20 (tbc) € 26 Mill. + 13,3% TAE* n.a. 08-Jun-19 € 0.98 Mill +5.1% TAC* n.a. 08-Jun-19 € 0,3 Mill + 0% *: The submission process is explained in the Participant Portal Online Manual (together with detailed instructions for the IT tool)

LIFE MAWP 2018-2020  As in MAWP1, strong emphasis on:  Long term sustainability of the project: continuation, replication and transfer  EU added value  Indicators  New priority topics and evaluation criteria  Consider findings of the Mid-Term evaluation of the LIFE programme:  Simplification of the application & reporting processes  Improving the communication strategy

LIFE MAWP 2018-2020 ( II )  Takes up recent development in EU policy: e.g.  Circular Economy Action Plan  Action Plan for nature, people and the economy  For ENV Sub-programme:  Reduced number of topics (87 to 42) and stronger focus to EU policy priorities  Reorientation of GI project topics to focus on more specific awareness raising and governance-related issues

LIFE MAWP 2018-2020 ( III )  For both Sub-Programmes:  Further enhancement of the results-orientation by introducing the requirement to produce measurable effects under all priority areas  Encouragement to further engage private entities by highlighting the advantages of the Close-to-Market approaches  Simplification of the grant management procedure

EU A DDED VALUE : LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY  Sustainability of project results should be built in the proposal  Potential to use project results beyond the project life time  Particularly important for Award Criterion 4: EU-Added value – Sustainability

EU A DDED VALUE : LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY  Go beyond dissemination of project results and sharing of knowledge  Include activities and approaches integrated in project actions which aim to facilitate their continuation, the replication and/or transfer of the project results beyond the project, including in other sectors, regions or countries

EU A DDED V ALUE  Each project should demonstrate EU Added Value in terms of:  Extent and quality of the contribution to the specific objectives of the priority areas of the LIFE Sub- Programme.  Multi-purpose, synergies and integration  Transnational scope (if necessary for achieving project results)

I MPACT I NDICATORS  LIFE Programme 2014-2020 puts an emphasis on impact indicators – to measure impact of each individual project  Each applicant has to identify indicators relevant for the project and fill in a simple, one-page excel form  Once selected, each project has to report on key project indicators (KPIs) during and after the project end (KPI database)  Social and economic indicators mandatory for ALL projects!

F ACTS OF THE LIFE P ROGRAMME

F ACT 1: T HERE IS SIGNIFICANT COMPETITION FOR LIFE FUNDS ENV + NAT + GIE – Submitted CN by Member State

S UBMISSION OF PROPOSALS – C ALL 2018  281 of 1079 Concept Notes invited to the 2 nd stage :  139 Environment and Resource Efficiency (24 %)  121 Nature and Biodiversity (37%)  21 Governance and Information (12%)

Call 2018: Climate Sub-Programme: applications submitted by Member State

F ACT 2: Y OU CAN ' T GET A GRANT IF YOU DON ' T SUBMIT AN APPLICATION  Two application procedures for the 2019 call:  two-stage approach based on a concept note followed by a full proposal – Sub-Programme ENV  one-stage approach based only on a full proposal – Sub-Programme CLIMATE ACTION

F ACT 3: I T TAKES TIME AND MONEY TO PREPARE A CONCEPT NOTE AND AND THE FULL APPLICATION F ACT 4: P ROPOSALS THAT FAIL ARE POORLY PREPARED OR SIMPLY NOT AS GOOD AS THE OTHERS ; FUNDING IS LIMITED