Programme

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9.30 a.m. - 9.35 a.m. | Introductory remarks

  • Ricardo Serra Arias, EESC member, President of the EESC study group on the mid-term evaluation of the LIFE programme

9.35 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. | The mid-term evaluation of the LIFE programme: goals and civil society's expectations

  • Hervé Martin, Head of the LIFE Unit, DG Environment, European Commission
  • Ariel Brunner, Senior head of policy, BirdLife
  • Lutz Ribbe, EESC member, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on the mid-term evaluation of the LIFE programme

Q&A

10.30 a.m. - 10.45 a.m.| Coffee break

10.45 a.m. -12.25 p.m. | Roundtable: LIFE's contribution to the EU environmental policy

Moderator: Lutz Ribbe, EESC member, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on the mid-term evaluation of the LIFE programme

  • What LIFE can bring to nature and biodiversity: Hugues Mouret, Director of the Arthropologia association, UrbanBees project (France)
  • The contribution of Integrated Project: Els Martens, Policy Adviser, Flemish Agency for Nature and Forest, LIFE Belgian National Contact Point for nature and biodiversity, Belgian Nature Integrated Project (Belgium)
  • The contribution of financial instruments: Stefanie Lindenberg & Attila Szabo, European Investment Bank

Q&A

12.25 p.m. -12.30 p.m. | Concluding remarks

  • Lutz Ribbe, EESC Member, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on the mid-term evaluation of the LIFE programme

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