LIFE & CATCH

1. LIFE & CATCH CATCH Seminar London House March 17th 2005 Santiago URQUIJO ZAMORA, Desk Officer LIFE Unit

2. Contents • LIFE Environment strand/themes • How CATCH fits in • LIFE +

3. LIFE-Environment Themes • Land-use development and planning • Water management • Minimising impact of economic activities • Waste management • Reducing environmental impact of services & products

4. Sustainable urban development: Development and promotion of sustainable urban transport plans for town and cities reduce urban transport demand, increase share of public transport, encourage less polluting transport modes improve the environmental performance of the transport system as a whole) Implementation of integrated urban environmental management in towns and cities effective reduction of noise level meeting specific environmental targets.

5. LIFE URBAN ENVIRONMENT Thematic Strategy for the Urban Environment (VI EAP) Priorities Sustainable urban management Sustainable urban transport Sustainable construction Sustainable urban design

6. Sust. Urban Management Sust. Urban Design Sust. Urban Transport Sust. Urban Construction Air Noise Regeneration Social Inclusion Sustainable Tourism Climate Change Governance Water Waste 37 projects 14 projects 13 projects 12 projects 5 projects 4 projects 2 projects 2 projects 4 projects 3 projects 5 projects 15 projects 5 projects LIFE URBAN ENVIRONMENTProjects

7. LIFE URBAN ENVIRONMENT The initiatives taken in the framework of LIFE-Environment can be considered as complementary to the policies funded under Structural Funds. Either they explore grounds that are left untouched by the mainstream programmes, or they act as innovators, showing the way to follow to the mainstream programmes

8. LIFE URBAN ENVIRONMENT What was the main impact of LIFE in this area? • LIFE showed that area-based projects are most efficient if they take a ‘participative approach’ involving both stakeholders and the local population. • LIFE provided decision-makers at regional / local-level with tools designed to help them to take the right decision for local-area planning. • The LIFE programme has contributed to improving the quality of life. • LIFE has contributed directly and indirectly to European policy-making on coastal zone management • LIFE has helped to design specific tools for the protection of specific type of areas

9. Where does CATCH fit in? • CATCH is a demonstration project which aims to improve the air quality in Liverpool through practical measures • CATCH helps the LIFE goal to support the Community’s VI EAP by promoting sustainable mobility

10. CATCH and LIFE CATCH is using an implementation strategy that blends different types of measures. • Concrete solutions and monitoring: clean buses, the Health Impact Methodology (HIA) • Soft solutions: personal travel plans and calorie mapping • International Focus: Related schemes implemented in Romania (Suceava) and Italy (Potenza) and the results will be used for best practice guidance throughout Europe.

11. LIFE+: Twin-track approach The European Commissionhas proposed a twin-track approach to funding for the environment • The main Community funding instruments will support physical and tangible investment in the environment as well as support for research (integration track) • The policy support track is to be funded through LIFE+

12. LIFE +: Comparison DG Environment currently manages: • Forest focus • Programme for ONGs • URBAN • LIFE

13. LIFE + The current LIFE programme (extended to the end of 2006) will change into the new LIFE+ programme: • the environmental technology and eco-innovation component of the current LIFE Environment programme would be integrated in the EU’s competitiveness framework programme

14. LIFE + • The current LIFE Third Countries, would be funded under the external assistance instruments in the future. • The current LIFE Nature would be only applicable to certain actions and the active management of the sites will be eligible for co-funding from structural and rural funds.

15. LIFE +: Components • Implementation and Governance: 75-80% allocation • Information and Communication: 20-25% allocation

16. LIFE +: Components Implementation and Governance: • contribute to the development and demonstration of innovative policy approaches and instruments, • contribute to consolidating the knowledge base for the development, assessment, monitoring and evaluation of environmental policy

17. LIFE +: Components Implementation and Governance: • support the design and implementation of approaches to monitoring and assessment of the state of the environment • facilitate the implementation of Community environment policy, with a particular emphasis on implementation at local and regional level, • provide support for better environmental governance

18. LIFE +: Components Information and Communication: • disseminate information and raise awareness on environmental issues, • provide support for accompanying measures (information, communication actions and campaigns, conferences, etc).

19. LIFE +: Single instrument A single instrument would allow for a single set of rules and decision-making and financing procedures, as well as more consistent policy targeting A feature of the instrument is that the Commission may delegate part of the budget implementation to national public-sector bodies or bodies governed by private law with a public-service mission

20. LIFE +: Budget The proposal sets a financial framework of €2,190m for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013. It is included within Heading 2 ‘Conservation and management of natural resources’ of the Commission proposal for the multiannual Financial Perspectives 2007-2013.

21. MORE INFORMATION • LIFE Database with all LIFE projects • http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/life/project/index.htm • Contact Santiago URQUIJO ZAMORA- Thematic Desk Officer for LIFE Urban Environment Projects