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LIFE PROGRAMME INFORMATION SESSION - MALTA

The experience of the Italian LIFE NCP and the role of the “Knowledge

Platform” to implement activities for the complementarity of EU funds

Federico Benvenuti

LIFE NCP Unit - Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea - TA Sogesid S.p.A.

26th January 2018

Le Meridien Hotel - St. Julians, Malta

Summary

1. 25 years of LIFE in Italy: an overview

2. The Italian LIFE NCP: our activities

3. The “Knowledge Platform - Best practices for the Environment and

Climate Action”

4. The Italian LIFE NCP in the context of LIFE CAP projects

25 years of LIFE in Italy: an overview

Since 1992, a total of 828 projects have been co-

financed in Italy by the LIFE programme (including 2

integrated projects): 18% of the EU total.

These projects represent a total investment of € 1.2

billion (EU contribution: € 620 million).

Italy and Spain are the main beneficiaries of LIFE programme!


Source: Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea - Statistical Office (www.minambiente.it/pagina/statistiche-progetti-life) and Italian LIFE NCP

http://www.minambiente.it/pagina/statistiche-progetti-life






LIFE projects 2007-2013: distribution per priority action sector (%)


LIFE projects 2014-2016: distribution per type of beneficiary (number)

The Italian LIFE NCP: our activities

Support activities for the applicants

Support on technical and administrative issues for

the preparation of proposals

Answering inquiries from applicants by

telephone and by e-mail (Telephone and E-mail

Helpdesk)

Bilateral meetings with the applicants aimed at

improving the project proposals technically

and/or from a formal point of view

Partner Researching Form:

http://www.minambiente.it/pagina/ricerca-

partner

http://www.minambiente.it/pagina/ricerca-partner





Organisation of events

National LIFE Info Days, attended by representatives

of EC, EASME, NEEMO EEIG - Timesis (the external

monitoring team of the EC) and some Italian LIFE

beneficiaries who illustrate the experiences of their

projects. During the LIFE Info Days, the features and

priorities of the two LIFE sub-programmes are

illustrated. Wide publicity is also given to the

preparatory projects and the innovative financial

instruments. NEXT LIFE Info Day: Rome, 8th May

2018.

Workshops/Platform meetings (for example:

Workshop “Best practices for managing water

resources and protecting the marine environment:

the contribution of the LIFE projects”, organised

within the event “Aquae Venezia” 2015”, the

international exhibition dedicated to water, a Side

event of Expo Milano 2015 – Venice, 20th October

2015; “LIFE platform meeting on ceramic and brick

manufacturing” – Sassuolo, 11th April 2017).

The LIFE Corner at “Aquae Venezia 2015”


Organisation of events

Writing Workshops, organised in collaboration

with EASME and Neemo EEIG - Timesis: seminars

for applicants who have already started to

prepare a proposal using the ECAS system; these

seminars represent an opportunity to deepen the

most common mistakes made in the drafting of

project proposals, in order to improve the quality

of the proposals.

Writing Workshop 2016

La Sapienza University, Rome (22th June 2016)

Writing Workshop 2017

La Sapienza University, Rome (26th June 2017)


Participating in events

Participation in:

Fairs or similar events (for example: Ecomondo;

Forum Compraverde);

Workshops/Conferences/Seminars organized

by the Italian LIFE beneficiaries in order to

present the objectives and the activities of their

projects;

LIFE projects’ Final Conferences, organized by

the Italian beneficiaries in order to disseminate

the results of their projects;

Events organized by stakeholders (trade

associations, chambers of commerce, regional and

local authorities, universities) to learn about the

features of LIFE Programme and the modalities for

participation in it;

The Italian LIFE NCP: our ctivities

Partecipating in projects monitoring visits

The Italian LIFE NCP takes part in the projects’

monitoring visits carried out by NEEMO EEIG -

Timesis, in order:

to know the projects’ actions and the results

achieved;

to promote the dissemination of projects’

results through the Ministry’s website (“Project of

the month”) and social networks such as Twitter

and Instagram.


Communication and dissemination activities

A significant part of the Italian LIFE NCP’s activities is

dedicated to the beneficiaries, in order to communicate the

objectives and the actions of their projects and to reinforce

the dissemination of the technical information about these

projects (including the results).

These communication and dissemination initiatives are also

aimed at facilitating the exchange of best practices

developed by LIFE projects among the various Italian

beneficiaries and between these beneficiaries and the

stakeholders.



The website

The website of the Ministry is the

main tool for communication and

dissemination activities.

Since 2007 the Italian LIFE NCP

earmarked a wider space within the

web portal of the Ministry in order to

promote both the LIFE programme

and the Italian LIFE projects.

http://www.minambiente.it/pagina/life-2014-2020








http://www.minambiente.it/pagina/programma-life-2007-2013

The website










http://www.minambiente.it/pagina/programma-lambiente-e-lazione-il-clima-life-2014-2020

The website




















Particular importance is also given to the Social networks:

Twitter@LIFEprogrammeIT

Instagram: ncp_life_it



“Project of the month”

Every month in the website section “Project of the month”

we propose the deepening of a different project.

This section - enhanced by photos, figures and hyperlinks to

documents or other outputs - offers the opportunity to

present the environmental or climate problem which

represents the starting point of the project, the project’s

features and actions, the context in which the activities are

carried out, the environmental or climate solution found.

The goal of this communication initiative is to promote the

dissemination of best practices, technologies and

methodologies developed by the projects and to encourage

their replication.

The contents of this section are set on the basis of the

contributions we receive by beneficiaries whose projects

have been subjected to a monitoring visit.



Publications of monographs on LIFE projects

“3 country monographs”:

“The success of LIFE Environment Programme in

Italy: examples of innovative solutions replicated at

national level” (2010);

“The LIFE+ Programme and the National Rural

Network. An opportunity for discussing and studying

the environmental priorities of rural development

policies through LIFE+ projects” (2012);

“The experiences of LIFE+ Environment projects -

Best practices in the territories of Italian regions

eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under

the convergence objective” (2014).


Activities for the complementarity

The Italian LIFE NCP – operating in the context of the Office (of the Ministry of the

Environment, Land and Sea) in charge of “Cohesion Policy and Community financial

instruments” – carried out and still carries out, during the 2014-2020 programming

period, some important activities aimed at ensuring the complementarity between

the LIFE programme on one hand, and the European Structural and Investment

Funds (ESI Funds) and other EU financial instruments linked to environmental and

climate objectives on the other hand.



Complementarity with the European Regional Development

Fund (ERFD):

The Italian LIFE NCP has contributed to implement actions

aimed at supporting two Southern Regions of Italy (Calabria and

Sicilia) in accessing innovative environmental and climate-

related “solutions” developed through the following high-quality

LIFE projects: ARUPA, GESTIRE, TRUST, AQUOR, WARBO.

Initiatives/interventions inspired by best practices developed

by these LIFE projects will be realized through the use of the

ERDF Regional Operational Programmes (ROPs) 2014-2020

financial resources and with the support of other European

funds, in order to overcome environmental problems thus far

unresolved.



Complementarity with the European Regional Development

Fund (ERFD) and the European Regional Development Fund

(ERFD):

Following the same approach, the Italian LIFE NCP is going to

continue to transfer to (all) the Italian Regions the best practices

developed by LIFE projects in the context of the National

Operational Programme on “Governance and Institutional

Capacity” (a Programme co-funded both through the ERDF and

the ESF).



Complementarity with the the European Agricultural Fund for

Rural Development ( EAFRD)

The Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea is a partner of

several projects implemented through the Rural National

Network Programme 2014-2020 (co-funded through EAFRD),

including the one focused on “Complementarity between the

LIFE Programme and rural development policies”, which

envisages the direct involvement of the Italian LIFE NCP (a

publication is being prepared).

Furthermore, representatives of the Italian LIFE NCP Office

participate in the Monitoring Committees of several regional

Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) for the programming

period 2014-2020.



The role of the “The Knowledge Platform”:

“The Knowledge Platform - Best practices for the Environment and Climate

Action”, designed by the Italian LIFE NCP, is the main tool to implement the

foreseen activities for the complementarity (not just regarding to LIFE programme).

The “Knowledge Platform”

The idea originated from a need

The EU has funded or co-funded in Italy many significant projects through a range of

programmes or initiatives, including LIFE, and these have demonstrated a wide variety of models and innovative environmental and climate-related techniques, methods,

approaches. The projects have moreover contributed to the knowledge base for

implementing EU legislation as well as informing policy-making.

The Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea therefore decided to produce a

“Knowledge Platform” which serves as a valuable and innovative tool for collecting and

sharing best practices for environmental protection and climate action implemented in Italy

with the support of EU funds.

The Knowledge Platform

What is it?

The “Knowledge Platform is a online resource

(“dynamic website”) – connected to the web-portal

of the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea

– collecting best practices developed within the

framework of projects funded or co-funded in Italy,

(during the programming periods 2007-2013 and

2014-2020) under EU programmes and initiatives

such as LIFE, CIP Eco Innovation, CIP IEE, FP7, Horizon

2020, Interreg Alpine Space.

The Knowledge Platform

www.pdc.minambiente.it (Italian version)

www.pdc.minambiente.it/en (English version)

The website

http://www.pdc.minambiente.it/

http://www.pdc.minambiente.it/en


What is the purpose?

The main purpose of the Knowledge Platform is to

facilitate the replication and/or transfer of best practices for Environment and Climate

promoting proven solutions that can be

Action,

easily

implemented by public authorities or the productive

systems (particularly by SMEs) in order to improve the

effectiveness of public funding.

The Platform aims to ensure that investments have

the maximum environmental or climate impact and

that initiatives are well coordinated.

The Platform also aims to encourage private-public

partnerships and raise awareness of key issues across

all sections of society (it will allow visitors to stay

informed about the latest environmental and climate-

related technologies and methodologies in key areas).


Who are the intended users?

The Platform was set up to provide opportunities for those who have developed best practices,

and thus added to this knowledge base, to network with potential “replicators”.

The Platform is aimed at all public and private entities that plan to invest in the environment or in

the climate action, using replicable methods, techniques, models and approaches that have already

been successfully tested in Italy at the national, regional or local level.

SMEs

Universities

PA

LA

Research

centers Parks

….

Third

Sector


What does it contain?

The Platform currently includes 88 projects, grouped

into 8 thematic areas: Nature and Biodiversity (19),

Water (12), Urban environment (5), Energy (5), Soil (5),

Resources efficiency (17), Waste (12) and Climate (13).

For each project a “project sheet” describes the results

achieved and the main outputs and deliverables

produced (guidelines, handbooks, software, etc.). The

“project sheets” are useful working tools for

stakeholders interested in replicating the best practices

collected in the Platform.

Furthermore, the website features sections on: national

and EU environmental and climate legislation; EU

funding programmes and initiatives that provide grants

for environmental and climate-related actions; LIFE and

H2020 financial instruments.

88 project sheets (currently related to 5 EU

programmes and initiatives)

Knowledge Platform


Main focuses

Replication

Transfer

Sustainability of the projects’ results

Complementarity with other EU funding mechanisms

Synergies


Project sheet: an example

The Italian LIFE NCP in the context of LIFE CAP projects

Study visit/study tour to LIFE projects in Italy

Study visit to Italy of the Hungarian LIFE Climate Team under the project “LIFECapHUN -

LIFE14 CAP/HU/00010” (Rome, Florence, Venice, Ferrara, Bologna, Mantova/26th - 30th

September 2016);

Study visit to Italy of the Slovenian LIFE Team under the project “LIFE CB SI - LIFE14

CAP/SI/000012” (Treviso, Modena, Florence, Perugia/4th - 7th April 2017);

Study visit to Italy for the Bulgarian LIFE Programme Officials under the project “LIFE

CAPTA BG - LIFE14 CAP/BG/000013” (Rome, Latina/26th - 27th July 2017);

Study tour of LIFE “Nature and Biodiversity” projects in Italy (Croatian LIFE Team) under

the project “HR NCP - MENP - LIFE14 CAP/HR/000014” (Mantova, Pordenone/25th - 26th

October 2017);

Study tour of LIFE projects in Italy (Cypriot LIFE Team + Greek LIFE Task Force) under the

project “CYCLamEn - LIFE14 CAP/CY/000006” (Rome, Perugia, Arezzo, Pisa, Milan/12th - 15th

December 2017).


Study visit/study tour to LIFE projects in Italy: some pictures (Hungary)


Study visit/study tour to LIFE projects in Italy: some pictures (Slovenia)


Study visit/study tour to LIFE projects in Italy: some pictures (Bulgaria)


Study visit/study tour to LIFE projects in Italy: some pictures (Croazia)


Study visit/study tour to LIFE projects in Italy: some pictures (Cipro + Greece)


Other events …

Participation in the “LIFE Capacity Building Networking Workshop”, organised by the

Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture under the project “LIFECapHUN - LIFE14

CAP/HU/00010” (Budapest, 22th - 23th November 2016);

Participation in the “NCP - networking & experience exchange workshop”, organised by

the Croatian Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection under the project “HR NCP

- MENP - LIFE14 CAP/HR/00001” (Zagreb, 7th - 9th December 2016);

Participation in the “LIFE international networking conference”, organised by the

Slovenian Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning under the project “LIFE CB SI -

LIFE14 CAP/SI/000012” (Ljubljana, 25th - 26th May 2017);

Participation in the “Malta LIFE Unit Information Session”, organized by the Maltese

Ministry for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate change (MSDEC)

under the project “Increase LIFE ! - Increasing Malta’s participation in LIFE- LIFE14

CAP/MT/000005” (St. Julians, 26th January 2018).

The Italian LIFE NCP: about us

References and contacts

Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea - Administration in charge of the Italian LIFE NCP

Directorate for Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage, European Union and International

Affairs/Division II - Cohesion Policy and Community financial instruments

Ms. Stefania Betti

Italian LIFE NCP for Environment and Climate Action

Ms. Simonetta Pulicati

Mr. Federico Benvenuti

Phone: +39 06/57228252 - 57228274 - 57228150

E-mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.minambiente.it/pagina/life-2014-2020

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