This Wednesday, 15 May 2024, representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and members National Contact Points (NCP) the LIFE Programme; the Conference Hall the Torpedo Production Park, presented a European Union instrument intended to finance activities in the fields of environmental protection, nature conservation and climate action.
The presentation was organized in order to bring the program closer to potential beneficiaries, i.e. project promoters who have the opportunity to co-finance their initiatives with the LIFE program, so that they can find out all the possibilities and ask questions directly from key persons in one place. Specifically, the LIFE programme offers co-financing benefits for project initiatives in the range of 60% (for SAP projects) up to 95% (for CSA coordination and support actions) costs, if the projects submitted correspond to at least one of the four LIFE thematic areas also presented individually to those present. The LIFE Programme supports projects in the field of: Nature and Biodiversity, Circular economy and quality of life, Climate change mitigation and adaptation and Clean Energy Transition (CET).
The programme of events took place in two parts:
- presentation for business users where interested representatives from the business sector could develop ideas and strategies for using LIFE financial benefits in green projects that will strengthen and modernise their business activities
- presentation for scientific-research users where representatives of various institutions and civil initiatives could observe and elaborate with leaders the potential of the LIFE programme to co-finance scientific and research projects
In both parts of the program, the director Nenad Antolović and the head of the program addressed those present in front of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin. Europe Direct Rijeka, by Ana Jerkovic. In the central part of the programme, presentations were made by already existing beneficiaries of LIFE financial support; Representative of the Istrian Regional Energy Organisation – IRENA implementing the project JUSTEM (JUStice in Transition and EMpowerment against energy poverty) and project partners Contra Ailanthus which deals with the establishment of the control of the invasive alien species Ailanthus Altissima in Croatia.
