anne louise friedrichsen, life unit life+ results and lessons learned from the first application...

Anne Louise Friedrichsen, LIFE unit

LIFE+ Results and lessons learned from the first application

round 2007

Anne Louise Friedrichsen, European Commission - DG ENV LIFE unit

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/index.htm


Budget LIFE+• Overall budget 2007-2013: € 2.143 billion • At least 78% dedicated to project action grants:

– Gradually increasing: 2007 187 M€

2008 207.5 M€

2009 225 M€

2010 240 Me– Minimum 50% to NAT: 93.500.000€ in 2007– Indicative National Allocations

• Up to 22% for operational expenses of DG ENV– NGO operational grants, impact assessments, management of LIFE+,

Communication activities such as Green week


Indicative National Allocations 2008Country Indicative amount Country Indicative amount Country Indicative

amount

AT 3.895.038 € FI 7.431.275 € MT 2.384.000 €

BE 4.282.100 € FR 18.154.414 € NL 6.654.410 €

BU 4.467.666 € GR 7.053.895 € PL 9.830.858 €

CY 2.200.000 € HU 5.186.640 € PT 5.810.890 €

CZ 4.117.414 € IE 3.267.012 € RO 9.033.381 €

DE 24.152.660 € IT 18.265.318 € SE 8.528.922 €

DK 5.095.709 € LT 2.856.683 € SI 4.471.481 €

EE 3.438.168 € LU 2.268.234 € SK 3.170.514 €

ES 22.228.050 € LV 2.750.000 € UK 16.505.268 €


2007 Application package 2008• Call for proposals + national annual priorities

• General guidelines for applicants

• Specific guidelines for applicants (merged with general guidelines)– LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity (considerable changes in guidelines)

– LIFE+ Environment policy and governance (definition of innovation and demonstration)

– LIFE+ Information and Communication (considerable changes in guidelines)

– Guidelines for the completion of the financial application forms

• Application forms (one per component + financial forms) submission format– Part A: Administrative information (public bodies only)

– Part B: Technical application forms + output monitoring indicators

– Part C: Detailed technical description of the proposed actions

– Financial forms (2% civil servants rule)

• Evaluation guide: eligibility criteria, merge of award critiria


2007 Evaluation and selection phases• Proposals: 707 (264 NAT, 325 ENV, 118 INF)

• Eligibility: 585 retained (82%), 122 rejected

• Financial selection: 509 retained (87%) (Public authorities 283, others 226), 70 rejected, 6 not evaluated

• Technical selection: 423 retained, 86 rejected

• Award: 181 retained

• Revision: 168 proposals (140 + 28 reserve)

• Selected: 143 projects


Eligibility: reasons for failure

• Without request for further information (51)– Several forms missing or incomplete: 43

– Not submitted in electronic format: 2

– Not submitted via national authority: 3

– Beneficiary not legally constituted in EU: 3

• After request for further information (71)– No reply within 7 work days: 36 !!!

– Resubmitted docs still incomplete: 26

– Beneficiary refused to submit docs: 9


Eligibility: 2008 changes

• Public bodies (+ declaration) replace the unclear distinction between public bodies and public authorities

• Further information deadline 5 workdays

• Submission formats: PDF scan and produced


Financial selection: reasons for failure

• Negative assessment (insufficient financial capacity): 35

• Proof for public authority status not provided: 26

• Assessment not possible (insufficient data):4

• Auditors certificate not qualified, adequate: 5


Technical selection: reasons for failure• ENV: Neither innovation nor demonstration: 4

• INF: Not within the scope: 4

• Nature:– Not within scope: 5

– Neither best practice nor demonstration: 2

– Less than 25% for concrete conservation actions: 18

– Insufficient/ inadequate Natura2000 conservation status: 14

• Biodiversity:– Not within scope: 6

– Neither innovation nor demonstration: 23

– Less than 25% for concrete conservation actions: 10


2007 Award evaluation criteria 2008• Technical coherence and quality (8/15)

• Financial coherence and quality (8/15)

• Contribution to the general objectives of LIFE+ (12/25)

• European added value (12/25) (15/30)

• Complementarity and optimal use of EU funding (5/10) out

• Transnational character (5)

• National added value (5) (10) and compliance with National annual priorities


Revision phase 2007

• Withdrawn proposals: 13

• Budget reductions for all proposals

• Forest Focus project: EU contribution reduced from 45 to 16.1 mio€


The final list: national allocations

0 5.000.000 10.000.000 15.000.000 20.000.000 25.000.000 30.000.000

UKSK

SISEROPT

PLNLMTLV

LUXLTIT

IEHUGRFR

FIESEEDK

DECZCYBG

BEAT

Blue: national allocation used White: national allocation not usedYellow: national allocation surpassed (all amounts in €)


Final shortlist

0 50 100 150 200

NoiseHealth

SoilChemicalsInnovation

AirForests

Urban environmentStrategic approaches

WaterClimate change

Waste and natural resources

Forest f ire prevention trainingAw areness raising campaigns

LIFE+ BiodiversityLIFE+ Nature

Proposals submitted vs. projects retained per policy

area


Final list by Member State and by component

0 5.000.000 10.000.000 15.000.000 20.000.000 25.000.000 30.000.000 35.000.000

UKSKSI

SEROPTPLNLMTLV

LUXLTITIE

HUGRFRFI

ESEEDKDECZCYBGBEAT

LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance

LIFE+ Information & Communication

LIFE+ Nature & Biodiversity


Lessons learned for 2008

• Eligibility criteria softened

• Financial viability criteria restricted to private bodies

• Clarification provided on the scope of LIFE+ biodiversity and INF


Important dates 2008 call

15/07/2008: Call for proposals

21/11/2008: Deadline to national authorities

05/01/2009: Deadline to the Commission

Evaluation and selection

01/01/2010: Project start date


Conclusions

•Information on LIFE+ and call available on website

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/index.htm

•Questions ? Contact you national authority !

•Carefully follow instructions on formalities

•Focus on your main objective: the environment !

•Good luck and thank you for your attention

anne louise friedrichsen, life unit life+ results and lessons learned from the first application...

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