1. National Contact Point DK
Karsten Gasseholm
Nature Agency
National Contact Point DK

2. Outline Formal role of NCP Danish experience Assistance to applicants
Setting national strategies
Implementing strategies

3. NCP – Formal Status No provision in LIFE+ Regulation
Administrative provision by COMM
”Intelligent mailbox” (cit. Angelo Salsi)

4. NCP as prescribed by COMM
Public official
Provide information and support
Appointed by MS delegate (LIFE Committee)
Support by Commission
Training
Platform meetings etc.

5. NCP in application; practise
E-proposal changed everything
NCP can view titles of applications in progress
Provide national comments
May add up to 5 pts.
Abstain if risk of impartiality
Forward applications

6. NCP in new Regulation - 1 Recital 25bis:
Support to applicants (especially in MS with low uptake)
Dissemination of project experiences
Specific focus on Integrated Projects

7. NCP in new Regulation - 2 Article 26: More active role
Organise seminars in collaboration with COMM
Facilitate exchange of experience etc.
More active role

8. NCP in DK 2 NCPs Common approach ENV approach NAT approach ENV NAT
Home page
Information meeting
ENV approach
Screening
Offers external assistance for scoping and sparring
NAT approach
Advice on the phone

9. Setting National Priorities - NAT
Political agreement : ”Green Growth”
Translation of EU directive obligations
Mobilisation of EU funds
Rural Development Fund
Regional Funds
LIFE+

10. LIFE in ”Green Growth” - 1
Residual
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

11. LIFE in ”Green Growth” - 2
Funds for national co-financing
Condition:
Agreement state/Assoc. Of Municipalities
Eligibility
Focus

12. PLATFORM MEETING ÖSTERSUND SEPTEMBER 2013
Beneficiaries
PLATFORM MEETING ÖSTERSUND SEPTEMBER 2013