LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance Projects 2011

The European Commission has approved funding for 113 new environmental innovation projects in 18 countries under the LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance programme 2011. These projects will demonstrate new methods and techniques for dealing with a wide diversity of Europe’s environmental problems. The projects are led by ‘beneficiaries’, or project promoters, based in Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. They represent a total investment of €258.4 million, of which the EU will provide some €124.4 million.