Open call for project outlines within this focus area lasted from 19 January to 20 March 2009.
Objective of the focus area: To protect nature and the functioning of eco-systems in a sustainable manner in the geographic focus areas.
Total allocation: Up to 13 Mio Swiss francs
Binding values of the projects:
Minimum value of co-financing the project - 1 Mio Swiss francs
Maximum value of co-financing the project - none
Project approach is obligatory in a given area:
A project is an economically indivisible series of activities fulfilling a precise technical function and with clearly identifiable objectives and addressed at economic, environment or social needs within a given focus area.
A project may consist of a set of sub-projects. Requirement for a minimum value of co-financing the project is not applicable in case of sub-projects.
Types of eligible projects:
PLEASE NOTE: investment actions are allowed under below objective, provided that they do not exceed 30% of the project eligible costs
PLEASE NOTE: It is allowed to combine activities within a given type of project as well as to combine activities of two or more types of projects.
- Improving ecological coherence of Natura 2000 network and of other protected areas
Description
a) development of regional plans and/or programmes for creating and functioning of ecological corridors
b) establishing and managing ecological corridors
Potential Executing Agencies
Public sector entities or non-government organizations, created or registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland according to the Polish law.
- Inventory and monitoring of biodiversity
Description
a) elaborating guidelines and/or programmes for biodiversity inventory
b) field inventory
c) development of biodiversity monitoring system and/or information systems
Potential Executing Agencies
Public sector entities or non-government organizations, created or registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland according to the Polish law.
- Development of regional strategies for sustainable tourism on protected areas
Description
The strategy documents ought to be prepared in cooperation with regional nature conservation authorities.
Potential Executing Agencies
Public sector entities or non-government organizations, created or registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland according to the Polish law.
- Awareness building and environmental protection requirements
Description
a) Preparing and conducting informational campaigns together with trainings in the scope of creating „green” work places and „green orders and purchases” at public administration entities, especially in areas of communes located in areas of Nature 2000
b) educational projects (including trainings for public administration workers of all levels in the scope of environment protection law, seminars, workshops, competitions, informational campaigns, e-learning platforms) prepared in cooperation with non-governmental organizations, local authorities and/or communities, in the scope of shaping pro-ecological attitudes, especially in communes located in areas of Natura 2000
Potential Executing Agencies
Public sector entities or non-government organizations, created or registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland according to the Polish law.
- Carpathian Convention: Networking and implementation
Description
a) activities implementing provisions of an article 4 of the Carpathian Convention
b) networking and capacity building in stakeholders, including establishing national mechanism for consultations, coordination and cooperation between the institutions and regional and local authorities
Potential Executing Agencies
Public sector entities or non-government organizations, created or registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland according to the Polish law.
- Cross-border environmental initiatives
Description
Cross-border cooperation, especially in the scope of creating and functioning of protected areas, including trans boundary protected areas.
Whole above co-operation should be carried out in at least one of four geographic focus of South-Eastern Poland, with content-related participation of foreign partners (financed by Polish Executing Agencies).
Transfer of funds to foreign project partners is not eligible.
Potential Executing Agencies
Public sector entities or non-government organizations, created or registered in the territory of the Republic of Poland according to the Polish law.
PLEASE NOTE: Activities implemented within the above types of projects cannot be accompanied or connected with economic activity carried out by the Executing Agency, with reservation to the exception below.
In case when a particular activity within a project is connected with economic activity of the Executing Agency (which can have potential influence on the competition and trade between Member States of the EU), its co-financing can be granted only in form of de minimis aid (EC Regulation No. 1998/2006 of 15th December 2006 on application of art. 87 and 88 of EC Treaty with regard de minimis aid).
CRITERIA OF CONTENT-RELATED EVALUATION FOR THE FOCUS AREA “Biodiversity, protection of ecosystems and support of cross-border environmental initiatives” (57,0 KB) 