Transcript National Contact Point DK

Karsten Gasseholm
Nature Agency
Outline
Formal role of NCP
 Danish experience
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 Assistance to applicants
 Setting national strategies
 Implementing strategies
NCP – Formal Status
No provision in LIFE+ Regulation
 Administrative provision by COMM
 ”Intelligent mailbox” (cit. Angelo Salsi)
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NCP as prescribed by COMM
• Public official
• Provide information and support
• Appointed by MS delegate (LIFE
Committee)
• Support by Commission
○ Training
○ Platform meetings etc.
NCP in application; practise
E-proposal changed everything
 NCP can view titles of applications in
progress
 Provide national comments
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 May add up to 5 pts.
 Abstain if risk of impartiality
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Forward applications
NCP in new Regulation - 1
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Recital 25bis:
 Support to applicants (especially in MS with
low uptake)
 Dissemination of project experiences
 Specific focus on Integrated Projects
NCP in new Regulation - 2
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Article 26:
 Organise seminars in collaboration with
COMM
 Facilitate exchange of experience etc.
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More active role
NCP in DK
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2 NCPs
 ENV
 NAT
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Common approach
 Home page
 Information meeting
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ENV approach
 Screening
 Offers external assistance for scoping and sparring
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NAT approach
 Advice on the phone
Setting National Priorities - NAT
Political agreement 2011-15: ”Green
Growth”
 Translation of EU directive obligations
 Mobilisation of EU funds
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 Rural Development Fund
 Regional Funds
 LIFE+
LIFE in ”Green Growth” - 1
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Residual
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2140 * Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum
2250 * Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.
2320 Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Empetrum nigrum
2330 Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis
grasslands
4010 Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
4030 European dry heaths
7110 * Active raised bogs
7120 Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural
regeneration
7140 Transition mires and quaking bogs
7210 * Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and
species of the Cariciondavallianae
LIFE in ”Green Growth” - 2
Funds for national co-financing
 Condition:
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 Agreement state/Assoc. Of Municipalities
○ Eligibility
○ Focus
Beneficiaries 2007-2012
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
NGO
50%
Municipality
Nature Agency
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
PLATFORM MEETING ÖSTERSUND
SEPTEMBER 2013
2012
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