ASTRALE GEIE - Your Monitoring Team - Event, Date, Place

The partners GEIE Event, Date, Place

10 partnercompanies CT and CoT in Brussels Event, Date, Place

Organisation Event, Date, Place EC / Nature and Biodiversity Unit (B2 – Thematic) Event, Date, Place

Purpose of the Monitoring Team Why a Monitoring Team? LIFE projects cover a broad spectrum of themes a high number of active LIFE projects limited internal human resources at the European Commission What is the role of the team? assistance to European Commission advice to beneficiaries but not to make decisions on the Commission’s behalf and not involved in the management of financial resources Event, Date, Place

Monitoring & Assessment Assist the Commission with monitoring and assessing ongoing LIFE Environment projects Report evaluations Visits to projects at least once a year Technical verification Ex-post evaluations Event, Date, Place

Support Provide support to LIFE beneficiaries assistance and advice to projects on reporting, the Common Provisions and other issues act as a ‘technical interface’ encourage exchange of experiences and stimulate creation of thematic networks But we are advisors - the Commission is NOT bound by our opinions! E.g. review of draft reports before they are sent to the Commission – in this way, if there are issues that would not pass through the Commission, a lot of time can be saved. Event, Date, Place

Dissemination Assist with the presentation and dissemination of LIFE projects for newly selected projects for the wider public for thematic networks for the media See also COMMUNICATION PRESENTATION Event, Date, Place

Capacity of the team Regional representation and presence Old and new MS Cross cutting expertise in relevant topics A central team for QA and coordination One project – one monitor But one monitor up to 20 projects! DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO ASK A MONITOR ABOUT HIS/HER ADVICE. One monitor will, as far as possible, follow the same project throughout. However, the monitor may have up to 20 projects to follow. This means that the monitor can run into ”peak” periods e.g. if a lot of projects need assistance at the same time and time constraints could become a problem. Event, Date, Place

Working with the Monitoring Team Always keep the Monitoring Team informed Always send one copy of everything that goes to the Commission to the Monitoring Team Send a draft copy of reports to the Monitoring Team But note - the Monitoring Team provides support; our approval does not mean acceptance by Commission! Event, Date, Place