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Final Report Annexes Mid-Term Evaluation of the Implementation of the LIFE+ Regulation Final Report Annexes In association with Arcadis and VITO March 2010 1 2 Document Control Document Draft Final Report Annexes - Mid-term evaluation of LIFE+ Job No. 30257084 Prepared by James Medhurst, Laurent Franckx, Arcadis, Karla Schoeters, VITO Checked by Vanessa Foo, Charlotte Slater Date 2nd March 2010 3 CONTENTS A ANNEX A: SUMMARY OF THE INTERVENTION LOGIC FOR LIFE+ .......................................... 5 B ANNEX B: SUMMARY OF THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE EX-POST EVALUATION ................... 8 C ANNEX C: OVERVIEW OF EU PROJECTS REVIEWED IN DESK STUDY ................................ 12 D ANNEX D: OVERVIEW OF THIRD COUNTRY ACTIVITY IN LIFE AND OTHER PROGRAMMES 23 E ANNEX E: REVIEW OF FOREST FOCUS ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 34 F ANNEX F: REVIEW OF THE CO-OPERATION FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOMENT (SUD) .......................................................................................................................... 45 G ANNEX G: REVIEW OF NATIONAL ALLOCATIONS .................................................................. 53 H ANNEX H: REVIEW OF NATIONAL PRIORITIES ........................................................................ 59 I ANNEX I: REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS ................................................................ 63 J ANNEX J: REVIEW OF THE APPRAISAL AND SELECTION PROCESS ................................... 66 K ANNEX K: REVIEW OF ENRTP APPLICATION PROCESS ....................................................... 76 L ANNEX L: REVIEW OF PROJECT MONITORING ....................................................................... 81 M ANNEX M: REVIEW OF COMPLEMENTARITY........................................................................... 87 N ANNEX N: OVERVIEW AND SELECTION OF NGOS ................................................................. 99 O ANNEX O: DETAILED ANALYSIS OF NGO OPERATING GRANTS ....................................... 111 P ANNEX P: QUANTITATIVE OUTCOME ANALYSIS OF NGO OPERATING GRANTS ............ 150 Q ANNEX Q: OVERVIEW OF THE LEGAL AND POLICY CONTEXT FOR THE NGO PROGRAMME .................................................................................................................................... 177 R ANNEX R: IDEA FOR INCREASING EU VALUE ADDED THROUGH MUTUAL LEARNING . 196 4 A ANNEX A: SUMMARY OF THE INTERVENTION LOGIC FOR LIFE+ Objectives Main objectives include: . Contribution to implementation, updating and development of Community environmental policy and legislation . Integration of environmental issues into other policies . Contribution to sustainable development . Support the implementation of the 6th Environmental Action Programme (6th EAP) . Financing measures and projects with a European added value Specific objectives set out under each of the 3 LIFE+ components: Nature & Biodiversity; Environmental Policy & Governance and Information & Communication, help to achieve the needs of target groups Context and Operation of LIFE+ at a European level: Evolution . Centrally managed by the Commission. Commission is responsible for commissioning the annual call for proposals and selecting, revising and monitoring projects with the help of external experts. At a national level: . Member States forward project proposals (prepared by the applicants) to the Commission, set national objectives/priorities, prepare comments on proposals (especially in relation to national annual priorities). Evolution of LIFE+ from previous programmes is characterised by: . Greater involvement of MS in definition of priorities to enable proposed projects to respond to various national and regional environmental needs. New provision to ensure proportionate distribution of projects by establishing indicative national allocations based on set of criteria (population size, nature and biodiversity). At least 15% of budget to be dedicated to project action grants allocated to transnational projects. Broader application that includes theme relating to biodiversity loss, forest fire prevention and awareness raising, NGO and policy support. Significant proportion of funding for nature and biodiversity, especially nature conservation – 50% (or €836 million) of the budgetary resources for LIFE+ dedicated to action grants for projects have been ring-fenced for measures to support conservation of nature and biodiversity. Absorption of other programmes – replaces the current LIFE programme, the Forest Focus and Urban programmes, DG Environment's funding programme for environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and a general fund for policy development and implementation. Activities and The following types of activities will be supported to address objectives of the Rationale LIFE+ programme: . demonstration of innovative policy approaches, technologies, methods and instruments; 5 . specifically for nature and biodiversity component - preparatory actions (such as developing biodiversity action plans, preparatory inventories, technical planning etc) and conservation actions (such as implementation of biodiversity action plans, site related conservation actions etc); . information and communication actions including awareness-raising campaigns; . operational activities of NGOs involved in development and implementation of Community policy and legislation; . developing and maintaining networks, databases and computer systems directly linked to the implementation of community environmental policy and legislation; . studies, surveys, modelling and scenario-building; . capacity building assistance; . monitoring (including the monitoring of forests); . training, workshops and meetings; and . networking and best practice platforms Results and More immediate results: Impacts . greater innovation and demonstration . improved awareness, learning and capacity . greater knowledge base . better dissemination of good practice throughout Europe . broadening stakeholder involvement in development and implementation of environment policy and legislation . development and effective implementation of Community environmental policy . improved governance of environmental legislation LIFE+ programme will contribute to the achievement of following longer-term impacts: . Nature & Biodiversity – halting the loss of biodiversity within the EU by 2010 . Climate Change - stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentration at a level that prevents global warming above 20C . Water - enhanced water quality . Air – levels of air quality that do not give rise to significant negative impacts on and risks to human health . Soil – protection of soil and soil biodiversity . Urban environment – improvement in environmental performance of Europe’s urban areas . Noise – reduction in noise levels . Chemicals – protection of the environment and health from risks posed by chemicals by 2020 . Environment and Health – improved health and environment . Natural resources and waste – sustainable management and use of natural resources and waste 6 . Forests – protection of forests against fire 7 B ANNEX B: SUMMARY OF THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE EX-POST EVALUATION B.1 Summary of Recommendations from the Ex-post Evaluation of the LIFE III Programme (COWI, 2009) The following is a summary of recommendations from the ex-post evaluation of projects and activities financed under the LIFE Programme. Strategic management and programming: 1. Clarify the role and objectives of the LIFE Programme in relation to implementation of EU environmental policy and creation of European added value Set targets and indicators for the Programme to determine the degree of success. The Life Unit should increase co-ordination with Policy Units e.g. through a steering committee for the LIFE programme. The LIFE Unit could also be reorganised into thematic desks. The role of the Life programme is unclear and having a unit dedicated to project management has improved streamlining and efficiency but it has become removed from the policy development function. A review of the Environmental Action Plans shows that the 6th EAP mentioned the LIFE programme which indicates increased formal connection between the policy and the programme. This link seems weak as the reference was focused on the subject of product innovation and the 6th EAP did not contain any consideration of how the LIFE instrument was to be used in relation to the overall environmental priorities identified in Art. 1. Interviews with officers from the policy units in DG Environment who have interacted with the LIFE programme show there is limited coordination between policy units and the LIFE unit. European added value is not mentioned in the objectives of the LIFE Programme in any of the Regulations covered by the evaluation period. The LIFE Nature components had a stronger link to policy objectives than LIFE Environment, whereas the latter was more focused on European value added than was the case for LIFE Nature. 2. Implement regular monitoring and reporting on the performance at programme level Systems for regular monitoring and performance should be developed on the basis of objectives and indicators. A uniform set of indicators should be applied across all projects and a regular annual status report on programme performance could be produced. Current monitoring and reporting systems are focused on the project level - monitoring of programme performance is irregular (external evaluations) and lack of knowledge exists about programme performance against objectives.
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