LIFE Third Countries

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LIFE Third Countries
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Objective

• to contribute to the establishment of
  capacities and administrative structures needed
  in the environmental sector and in the
  development of environmental policy and action
  programmes in third countries bordering on the
  Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea

Article 5 of LIFE Regulation
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14 benefiting countries

• Albania
• Algeria
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Egypt
• Israel
• Jordan
• Lebanon

• Morocco
• Syria
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• The West Bank and Gaza
• The Baltic shoreline of Russia (Kaliningrad and
  St. Petersburg regions)

Malta and Cyprus were eligible until accession in
2004. Some projects are still being implemented
in these countries.
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LIFE TCY Framework
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LIFE Third Countries projects

• 229 projects supported since 1992
• Project duration generally 2-3 years
• EC financial support maximum 70 of eligible
  costs
• Average size of EC co-financing rate 320,000
  per project

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New projects in 2006

• 100 proposals received
• 16 project selected in 11 countries
• Total investment nearly 10 million
• EU contribution max 6,5 million

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Projects favoured

• Technical assistance projects
• Contribution to sustainable development
• Solution to major environmental problems
• Contribution to implementation of international
  agreements
• Priority to promotion of cooperation at
  transfrontier, transnational and regional level
• Approximation to the EU environmental acquis

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Examples of projects

• Strengthening of eco-auditing structure in St.
  Petersburg (99/ROS/047)
• Towards a sustainable mechanism for forest fire
  fighting in Lebanon (00/RL/022)
• Reducing traffic emission in Cyprus (00
  TCY/CY/051)
• Strengthening of the Palestinian Environmental
  Action Programme (02/GA/071)
• Contributing to the conservation and management
  of wolves in Croatia (02/TCY/CRO/014)

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Examples of capacity building elements

• Improvement of environmental legislation and
  policies
• Development of innovative methods and tools
• Planning and monitoring of environmental issues
• Management structures
• Training activities