LIFE programme

The LIFE programme (French: L’Instrument Financier pour l’Environnement) has been the European Union's funding instrument for the environment and climate action since 1992. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. LIFE began in 1992 and to date there have been five phases of the programme (LIFE I: 1992–1995, LIFE II: 1996–1999, LIFE III: 2000–2006, LIFE+: 2007–2013 and LIFE 2014–2020) plus the current one (LIFE 2021-2027). Until 2021, LIFE had co-financed some 4600 projects across the EU, with a total contribution of approximately 6.5 billion Euros to the protection of the environment and of climate. For the current phase of the programme (2021–2027) the European Commission proposed to raise the budget to 5.45 billion Euro.

The European Commission (DG Environment, DG Climate Action and DG Energy) manages the LIFE programme. The commission delegated the implementation of many components of the LIFE programme to the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) until March 2021 and to the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) since 1 April 2021. External selection, monitoring and communication teams provide assistance to the Commission and CINEA.

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