Elements of a programme for the management of a Natura 2000 site
Programme & Financial plan
Land purchase
Education & awareness
Monitoring
IAS Habitat restoration
Management plans
Species Conservation
Agricultural measures
Training farmers
Competent body submits proposal for an integrated project under LIFE covering specific activities
Large infrastructure
Others
LIFE
Scientific studies
Risk management
Tourism promotion
Recurrent management
Decontamination
Management bodies Institutional capacity
Visitors facilities
Proposal shows how other Funds will be used to finance complementary activities
Cohesion Fund
ESF
ERDF
Horizon 2020
EARDF
Other funds are mobilised at national/regional level to finance complementary activities included in the plan
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COMPETENT BODY
Drafts
National and regional fund, private sector funds
03. Example of Integrated Project - Nature SOURCE European Commission
4.5 PRIORITISED ACTION FRAMEWORKS (PAFS) In order to encourage better integration of funds and to promote more strategic planning of investments in Natura 2000, the Commission is assisting Member States in the development of their Prioritised action frameworks (PAFs) under Article 8 (4) of the Habitats Directive. It is intended that the PAF will identify key priorities for managing the Natura 2000 network, to achieve the objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020. As Natura 2000 plays a central role in the EU efforts to promote biodiversity conservation, it is expected that PAFs will be an important planning tool for identification and prioritization also of the wider set of nature-related investment needs and their integration into the Partnership Agreements and Operational Programmes (OPs). The aim is to ensure strategic focus on the funding need priorities, while maintaining complementarity and consistency between the information contained in the prioritised actions frameworks and the relevant Operational Programmes.
The PAF is not intended as a stand-alone document but as a strategic tool to assist in the mainstreaming of funding for Natura 2000 across different EU financial instruments. This is in line with Commission proposals for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (20142020), which advocates a strengthened integrated approach using the various EU funds to provide a strong basis for the new Natura 2000 financing strategy. These include the EARDF, EMFF, the ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund, as well as the LIFE. Proposed measures for funding Natura 2000 sites in the OPs should be consistent with the PAFs. PAFs will also provide opportunities for improved stakeholder involvement in programme and project development The PAFs will also be valuable references for the development of ‘integrated projects’ under the proposed LIFE Regulation.
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