LIFE Programme Newsletter | September 2023
Latest news from the LIFE programme: The LIFE Programme reintroduces lynxes to our forests, enriching Europe’s Biodiversity…
Here you will find our latest news of all topics
Hackathon “DaibeZero”
BALTIPLAST project promotes the generation of innovative ideas for plastic waste recycling based on the principles of…
25 active and innovative solutions by NATALIE project
Adapting to climate change is a key issue for the survival of ecosystems. Our new project “Accelerating…
The European Environment Agency’s photo competition
The European Environment Agency (EEA) invites everybody to capture the unsustainable consumption and production patterns that threaten…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | August 2023
Latest news from the LIFE programme: New public LIFE projects dashboard promotes transparency and understanding Super soil:…
Invitation to participate in the LIFE GoodWater IP project conference
LIFE GoodWater IP project is organizing the international conference “Let the waters flow: removal of dams, weirs…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | July 2023
Latest news from the LIFE programme: New Nature Restoration Law boosts biodiversity and climate action across Europe…
International Plastic Bag Free Day
International Plastic Bag Free Day is celebrated every year on July 3 to create awareness of the…
LATESTadapt project international workshop materials
Workshop “Planning and operationalizing green infrastructure and ecosystem service concepts for improving urban climate resilience” was held…
Review on the 3rd NEXOGENESIS workshop
On the 15th of June, we organized the third NEXOGENESIS stakeholders workshop on “Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Governance, Policy, and…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | June 2023
Latest news from the LIFE programme: Celebrating 31 years of LIFE and Natura 2000 All you need…
LATESTadapt project international workshop
Workshop “Planning and operationalizing green infrastructure and ecosystem service concepts for improving urban climate resilience” will be…
SELINA’s newsletter #1
SELINA is excited to announce the release of its first newsletter, which was prepared to keep SELINA’s…
International seminar “Hazardous Substances in Building Materials”
Sustainable construction creates a base for sustainable, healthy, and safe city. However, substances of concern can be…
SELINA’s first thematic workshop
From 27 to 31 March 2023, nearly 120 experts and key stakeholders from public and private sectors…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | April 2023
Highlights, news, events and many more from the LIFE programme – please read the latest newsletter: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/cinea…
Symposium on Hazardous Chemicals in European Parliament
On 20 April 2023, the INTERREG project NonHazCity has a very special date coming up: representatives of…
LIFE 2023 Calls for proposals
The European Commission has launched the LIFE Programme’s 2023 Calls for project proposals – €611 million available…
NEXOGENESIS project’s video on Lielupe River Basin case study
The Lielupe case study is located in North-Eastern Europe and includes the 17,788 km2 Lielupe river basin shared…
Virtual EU LIFE Info Days
On 25-26 April, CINEA organizes virtual EU LIFE Info Days to guide potential applicants through the LIFE 2023 Calls for…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | March 2023
Latest news from the LIFE programme: Save the date: #EULife23 Info Days Ocean biodiversity: global agreement on…
The UN 2023 Water Conference
Water is a fundamental part of all aspects of life. Water is inextricably linked to the three…
LATESTadapt project focus – nature based and smart solutions
Main aim of the LIFE LATESTadapt project is to develop demonstration portfolio of nature based and smart…
Video: what will NEXOGENESIS project do?
Water, energy, food and ecosystems (WEFE*) form an interconnected nexus that is central in providing resources and…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | February 2023
Latest news from the LIFE programme: Make EU Green Week 2023 your own – organise a partner…
Art. 33 REACH – A right to know, not a right to ask!
Art. 33 REACH – A right to know, not a right to ask!” – Final conference takes…
81st International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia
The conference will be held in February – May 2023 and it has become an integral part…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | January 2023
Latest news from the LIFE programme: What’s coming up for LIFE in 2023 How EU funded projects…
New year, new office address
New year, new projects, new challenges and also new office address – from January 2023 we are…
Register for LIFE AskREACH Final Conference
With its overall goal to enhance substitution of substances of very high concern (SVHC) in articles by…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | November 2022
Latest news from the LIFE programme: LIFE in a warming climate The European Commission proposes stronger rules…
MAREA project final seminar materials
MAREA project final seminar “Sustainable planning and governance for marine and coastal areas” was held on November…
LIFE GoodWater IP first conference materials
Conference “Nature-based solutions for improvement of water quality and river basin management” was held on 26-27 October…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | October 2022
Latest news from the LIFE programme: #LIFEis30 podcast series – Food for thought LIFE turns 30 –…
LIFE GoodWater IP welcomes to its first conference
Conference “Nature-based solutions for improvement of water quality and river basin management” will be held on 26-27…
Save the date – LIFE AskREACH Final Conference
Save the date – LIFE AskREACH Final Conference January 25 ,2023 (10-17 CET), Brussels, Kartuizercenter (Rue des…
VivaGrass, 7th PROGRESS Good Practice video
The 7th video of the series PROGRESS project’s Good Practices introduces (by Anda Ruskule, Baltic Environmental Forum…
NEXOGENESIS project partners’ meeting in Riga
At the end of September, the NEXOGENESIS partners met for their annual partners’ meeting, this time in…
MAREA project final seminar
The seminar “Sustainable planning and governance for marine and coastal areas” covers topics from mapping and modelling…
Lielupe transboundary workshop in Bauska
An international workshop “Exploring possibilities for cross-border and ‘beyond the projects’ co-operation linking water-energy-food-ecosystems in the Lielupe…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | September 2022
Latest news from the LIFE programme: Forest fires: how LIFE is dealing with a burning issue LIFE…
Video about Lielupe River Basin is out
What is the Lielupe River Basin? Watch the NEXOGENESIS project video and find out more about the…
4th ESP Europe Conference: Call for Abstracts
The 4th ESP Europe Conference, which brings together ecosystem services’ experts and stakeholders from all around Europe,…
SELINA – new project starts
In SELINA (Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decIsions about NAtural capital), a total of 50 partners from…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | June 2022
Latest news from the LIFE programme: LIFE 2022 Calls for proposals open: €598 million to help make…
Agriculture and good water quality?
On 26 and 27 May 2022, the LIFE GoodWaterIP project workshop in Jelgava “Agriculture and good water…
WWF Baltic Newsletter | May 2022
WWF’s Baltic Ecoregion Programme with partners from every country around our shared sea continues joint work in…
LIFE Programme Newsletter | May 2022
Latest news from the LIFE programme: #EULife22 Call for proposals Register for the #EULife22 Info Days LIFE…
AskREACH Summer Scanning Contest
Summer is on its way and we are all looking forward to spending more time outside again…
LIFE is 30!
On 21 May 2022 the LIFE programme – the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action – will turn…
Improving renovation of multi apartment buildings
“Improving renovation of multi apartment buildings in the Baltic Sea Region – innovative management and new technologies”…
LIFE Programme Newsletter-April
Latest news from the LIFE programme: Sign up for the #LIFEAwards22! Register for the #EULife22 Info Days…
LIFE Awards 2022 nomination also for our project
LIFE Fit for REACH project (“Baltic pilot cases on reduction of emissions by substitution of hazardous chemicals…
CAMS Platform project is coming to an end
On March 31, 2022, the project CAMS Platform “Climate adaptation and mitigation synergies in energy efficiency projects”…
Renovation of buildings in the Baltic Sea Region
“Renovation wave of buildings in the Baltic Sea Region: challenges and opportunities” an online workshop was held…
LIFE Programme Newsletter-March
Latest news from the LIFE programme: Save the date: #EULife22 INFO DAYS #LIFEis30 campaign Framework Contract on…
WORLD WATER DAY 2022
GROUNDWATER – MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE This year’s theme – groundwater. It is invisible, but its impact…
Land-Sea-Act Map Explorer final version available to users
The final version of the Land-Sea-Act Map Explorer is now available to users. The Map Explorer provides…
AskREACH company awards
Substances of very high concern in articles: Could your company be Europe’s best supply chain communicator or…
LIFE Programme Newsletter-February
Latest news from the LIFE programme: EU to invest more than €110 million in LIFE Integrated Projects…
First Nexus international stakeholder meeting in the Lielupe River Basin
Water, energy, food, and ecosystems (WEFE) form an interconnected nexus that is central in providing resources and…
First call for project proposals – Interreg programs
Interreg is one of the key instruments of the European Union supporting cooperation across borders through project…
Results of database check are encouraging
Products of everyday use may contain harmful substances, which often have serious effects on human health and…
First NEXOGENESIS Lielupe case study stakeholder workshop
First Lielupe CS stakeholder workshop “Exploring and linking water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus in the Lielupe River Basin” will…
What is IMPETUS?
Full title of the project is “Dynamic information management approach for the implementation of climate resilient adaptation…
LIFE Programme Newsletter-January
Latest news from the LIFE programme: More than €7 million in LIFE funding for NGOs LIFE 2022…
Using upstream private land to reduce flood risk
Landowner – can you spare a field? Providing space for controlled flooding of fields more effectively controls…
Review on “Workshop on water ecosystem services assessment methodologies”
Workshop on water ecosystem services assessment methodologies and their practical usage was held online at 13th of…
A sustainable Christmas in the kitchen
As Christmas draws nearer, a lot of us will be cracking out our aprons and getting to…
Playing Safe during Christmas time
Christmas time is a wonderful time for children. They are the ones who feel most joy and…
LIFE Programme Newsletter-December
Latest news from the LIFE programme: More than €290 million for nature, environment and climate action projects…
Hazardous Christmas: decoration may contain chemicals that are harmful to health and environment
Christmas time – decoration time: many people like to arrange light chains, Christmas trees and balls in…
Let’s have a sustainable and toxic-free Christmas
The most wonderful time of the year is just around the corner – we love Christmas but…
Integrated Report on Stakeholder Involvement and Engagement in Maritime Spatial Planning
Within the framework of the project platform ‘Strengthening the Capacity of MSP Stakeholders and Decision Makers: Capacity4MSP’,…
LIFE Programme Newsletter-November
Latest news from the LIFE programme: LIFE and the New European Bauhaus EUSEW 2021 – the clean…
Land-Sea-Act project events
One of the aims of the Land-Sea-Act project is to raise awareness, knowledge, and skills of stakeholders…
Baltic Sea Action Plan 2021 update
The Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP), adopted by the HELCOM Contracting Parties in 2007 and updated in…
Implementation of IMPETUS project started
As of October 1, 2021, we have started the implementation of a new project IMPETUS: Turning climate…
LIFE Programme Newsletter-October
Latest news from the LIFE programme: EUR 95 million available for funding your project ideas to accelerate…
Land-Sea-Act project latest news
Interested to attend workshop on Multi-level Governance or training on land-sea interactions in spatial planning? Attracted to…
Review on Baltic-Nordic region thematic workshop 29.-30.09.2021.
Baltic-Nordic region thematic workshop on synergies and trade-offs between nature, water, climate and flood prevention policies was…
Implementation of NEXOGENESIS project started
As of September 1, 2021, we have started the implementation of a new project NEXOGENESIS; transcription of…
LIFE Programme Newsletter-September
Latest news from the programme, LIFE projects, events – please find out more HERE.
Interreg Central Baltic: Annual Event & European Cooperation Day
It’s time to register for the Central Baltic Programme 2014-2020 Annual Event! This year’s event will be…
Invitation to participate in the social survey about favourite seaside places and activities
Within the framework of Central Baltic Programme’s project MAREA, experts from Baltic Environmental Forum-Latvia, in collaboration with…
Environmental topics in the LAMPA Conversation festival
In our forever-changing world, we invite you to participate in the LAMPA Conversation festival that takes place…
E-learning course for municipalities
Everyday life with both home and office environments cannot be imagined without a wide range of chemical…
First LIFE Call for Proposals 2021 opened
On 13 July the first LIFE Call for Proposals opened under the new LIFE programme 2021-2027, which…
Glimpse in the Land-Sea-Act activities and expected results
Main project Land-Sea-Act results are expected in the end of 2021, meanwhile we invite everyone to watch…
FINAL issue of UNISECO project newsletter
Project team is very pleased to inform you that we have just released the last issue of…
4th BalticMSP Forum – presentations
The 4th Baltic MSP Forum took place on 1-2 June 2021, online and was broadcasted from Latvia.…
Third ESP Europe Conference
Ecosystem Services Science, Policy and Practice in the face of Global Changes Third ESP Europe Regional conference…
The Commuting Master Plan has been published
Sustainable urban mobility is one of the priority areas for cities in the European Union. The development…
Retailer Info day materials
On April 29, the Baltic Retailer Info Day was organized. Aim of this event was to present…
Following a Plastic Diet
The campaign – NonHazCity Plastic Diet – plastics and the hidden threat to your health – wants…
How’s the LIFE programme synchronized with the EU Green Deal goals?
Learn more by reading the interview with Angelo Salsi, European Commission, who is responsible for the LIFE…
Registration for the 4th BalticMSPForum is now open
The 4th Baltic MSP Forum will take place on 1-2 June 2021, online and will be broadcasted…
Third ESP Europe Conference
Ecosystem Services Science, Policy and Practice in the face of Global Changes The Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) is happy…
UNISECO project – final conference materials
The UNISECO project comes to an end on 30 April 2021. Hence, we celebrated its legacy with…
Review to the mapping and assessment of the coastal ecosystems, landscape and ecosystem services in the southwestern Kurzeme coast
How to balance the trade-offs and use of land-sea resources in the Southwestern Kurzeme coast of Latvia?…
Project ENGRAVE presented in the international symposium
10th World congress of the International Association for Landscape Ecology/ IALE) took place in Milano, Italy, on…
UNISECO project newsletter
We are very pleased to inform you that we have just released the 2nd issue of the…
Situation of multimodal mobility and future challenges
The conference on transport modelling and data management organised by the INTERREG BSR project “Sustainable Urban Mobility…
Final conference of the project “Baltic energy areas – a planning perspective”
How to best integrate spatial planning and regional energy policy perspectives in the Baltic Sea Region? What…