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LIFE Programme
Newsletter
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Highlight
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Apply now for LIFE programme funding!
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The new LIFE programme calls for proposals have been launched. €400 million of EU funding for environment, nature conservation and climate action projects are available in 2019. Start your application today.
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News
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LIFE Awards: it is your turn to vote
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Nine LIFE projects have been shortlisted for the LIFE Awards 2019 Citizen’s Prize. Choose your favourite project and cast your vote by 16 May. The winners will be announced during the EU Green Week.
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The EU Birds Directive turns 40
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The EU Birds Directive marks its 40th year in 2019. Since 1992, projects funded by the LIFE programme have helped in implementing the directive by bringing species back from the brink of extinction.
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Co-funding available for close-to-market projects
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Does your company work on solutions benefiting climate and environment? The LIFE programme co-finances projects that propose a new, demonstrative solution able to bring clear environmental and/or climate advantages.
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Help us promote the LIFE programme
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The new LIFE fact sheet and poster are now available. You can order them for free and help us promote investments in a greener future.
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Events
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04/05/2019
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LIFE at the EU Open Days
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The European institutions open their doors on 4 May. This year, two LIFE projects will exhibit at the event in Brussels, offering visitors a chance to learn about – and contribute to – their work.
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15/05/2019 - 16/05/2019
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Join us for the LIFE Awards and Sparkshow
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The EU Green Week will celebrate the most successful LIFE projects during the LIFE Sparkshow, when project leaders will pitch their success story to a jury of journalists, and the LIFE awards ceremony in Brussels. Register now and join the celebration.
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17/06/2019 - 21/06/2019
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EU Sustainable Energy Week – save the date!
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Interested in developments in energy policy? Europe’s biggest energy community will gather in Brussels between 18 and 21 June 2019 to discuss the future of energy. Make sure not to miss the registrations for the policy conference and networking village – sign up or follow #EUSEW19 on Twitter to stay up-to-date!
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Project news
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Boosting solar panels’ efficiency through algae
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With the help of the LIFE programme, Swedish project SUNALGAE is growing solar energy-retaining algae for use in solar panels while advancing modern-day solar technology.
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Saving the Danube's sturgeons
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Danube sturgeons are now the most threatened fish species worldwide. The LIFE FOR DANUBE STURGEONS project is working with law enforcement to set and uphold fishing bans, while supporting fishing communities to find alternative incomes.
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Extracting value from sewage sludge
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The Dutch LIFE Waste2NeoAlginate project is building new plants to produce and extract valuable alginate-like materials from sludge waste. Alginate is widely used in plaster moulds for medicine, paper production, textiles and food stabilisers.
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About this e-mail
The LIFE newsletter is issued 10 times per year by the European Commission's Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME). The content of the newsletter does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the institutions of the European Union.
Visit the LIFE programme website at: http://ec.europa.eu/life
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