LIFE25 Welcome Meeting
Nature and Biodiversity
Thematic Session: 20 October 2026
Comet Meetings Louise, Place Stéphanie 20, 1050 Brussels
| Time | Topic / Content | Speaker |
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| 08:30 – 09:15 | Registration of participants & breakfast (ground floor) | |
| Join the Plenary room (6th floor, room 6.4) | ||
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Welcome to the LIFE Programme |
Laszlo Becsy Head of Sector LIFE Unit D2 |
| 09:30 – 10:15 | Latest policy developments: Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 / Nature Restoration Law / Nature Credits / Invasive Alien Species |
Frank Vassen / Sylvia Barova DG ENV D.3 Daniel Nuijten DG ENV D.2 |
| 10:15 – 10:40 |
Presentation by Experienced project LIFE Coordinator |
Alessandro Lucchetti LIFE DELFI |
| 10:40 – 10:50 |
Meet your Project adviser/Financial officer Meet the External Monitoring Team Instructions for Thematic group sessions |
Manuela Osmi LIFE Unit D2 Iva Rossi ELMEN |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Key reminders to start well your project |
Manuela Osmi LIFE Unit D2 |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break, 5th floor | |
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Moving to break-out rooms (split into Thematic sessions and meet CINEA Project Adviser and ELMEN External Monitor) (see group table below) |
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| 11:30 – 13:30 | Thematic Group Sessions | Project presentations and discussion by facilitators |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Networking Lunch on the rooftop | |
| 14:30 – 17:00 | Thematic Group Sessions (cont.) | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Financial questions session (Q&A) and networking coffee | |
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17:00 End of event |
Closing remarks and wrap-up in each thematic group If group discussions finish, project representatives are free to stay in COMET (up until 18:00) to further network with CINEA staff and external monitors till their departure time for airport/train station |
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WORKING GROUP 1: Habitat Restoration, Natura 2000 governance and IAS, Floor 6th/Room Restoration & IAS, Room Plenary 6.4
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Ana KLENOVSEK, Joseph VAN DER STEGEN & Manuela OSMI
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Ben Delbaere
| Code | Acronym / Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 101293718 | LIFE25-NAT-CZ-Life for Jurinea/Rescue of priority species Jurinea cyanoides in all countries within its range | Hana Pánková, Institute of Botany |
| 101295450 | LIFE25-NAT-ES-LIFE BASOZAR/Recreating old growth features in Oak woodlands for Biodiversity Conservation, habitat restoration and climate resilience | Jaime Uria-Diez, NEIKER - Instituto Vasco De Investigacion Y Desarrollo Agrario SA |
| 101295639 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-LIFE FOREST4FUTURE/Urgent and innovative restoration actions for resilient forests of the future | Valentina Parco, Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino |
| 101295496 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-LIFE Next-GoProFor/Next Generation Tools for Forest Habitat Restoration and Closer-to-Nature Forestry | Serena Buscarini, D.R.E.A.M. Italia |
| 101198144 | LIFE24-NAT-PL-Control IAS for LIFE/Strengthening biodiversity by the prevention of introduction, early warning and control of invasive alien plant species | Anna Krzysztofiak, Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship |
| 101294011 | LIFE25-NAT-PT-LIFE LUDWIGIA/ Integrated Action Framework for Prevention of Introduction, Early detection, Containment and Control of Invasive Ludwigia sp | José Lopes, CIM Coimbra Region & Hélia Marchante, Polytechnic University of Coimbra |
| 101294399 | LIFE25-PRE-BE-Life ForSkills/Training and demonstration of good practices to strengthen foresters’ skills and expertise in biodiversity friendly forest management | Daria Andreeva, Forêt.Nature |
| 101287743 | LIFE25-GIE-CY-LIFE-BioCommunities/Nature-Smart Communities: Engaging Citizens and Businesses in Biodiversity-Conscious Economies | Marius Andreou, Frederick University |
| 101295655 | LIFE25-GIE-EL-PLATANOS/Safeguarding Riparian Plane Tree Ecosystems in Western Greece Against Canker Stain Disease | Fryni Drizou, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation – DIMITRA (ELGO) |
| 101293688 | LIFE25-PRE-IE-RBPS_NETforNature/ EU Results-Based Payments Network: Capacity Building and Support for Biodiversity and Nature Restoration in Agricultural Landscapes | James Moran, Atlantic Technological University |
| 101292453 | LIFE25-NAT-LV-LIFE BIO-CRED Baltic/Piloting the application of nature credit schemes to finance nature restoration in the Baltic | Laura Zvingule, Latvian Fund for Nature |
WORKING GROUP 2: Species Conservation, Floor 5th/Room Species, Room 5.3
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Anita FASSIO, Maria-Jose ARAMBURU & Gustavo BECERRA JURADO
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Jan Ruiz-Sliva
| Code | Acronym / Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 101214048 | LIFE24-NAT-DE-LIFE DinPin Bear/Towards population-level conservation of Dinaric-Pindos brown bears | Antie Henkelmann, EuroNatur |
| 101295110 | LIFE25-NAT-RO-LIFE REFAG/From sky to soil: restoring the Fgra Mountains for wildlife, land and people | Daniel Bucur, Foundation Conservation Carpathia |
| 101294338 | LIFE25-NAT-FR-LIFE CARE/LIFE Conservation Actions and Reintroduction of European mink | Flora Dasque, Office Français de la biodiversité |
| 101294930 | LIFE25-NAT-ES-LIFE SAVE Desman/Strategic Actions to Save the Iberian Desman from Extinction and Restore Its Habitat | Ramon Pérez de Ayala, WWF |
| 101292872 | LIFE25-NAT-FI-LIFE SOS/LIFE in Support of Survival: Uniting local and science-based know-how to support the long-term survival of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal population | Eija Hurme, Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland |
| 101293817 | LIFE25-NAT-ES-LIFE Reptiles/Preventing Extinction and Safeguarding Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity of Endemic Island Reptiles Threatened by Snake Invasions in the Canary and Balearic Islands | Mario Rizkallal Monzón, GESPLAN |
| 101294736 | LIFE25-NAT-FR-LIFE RI/LIFE Rept'island | Fabian Rateau, OFB |
| 101263105 | LIFE25-NAT-PL-LifeHerpetofaunaPL25/Comprehensive protection of herpetofauna in Natura 2000 areas in north-eastern Europe | Jaromir Krajewski, WOJEWÓDZTWO WARMIŃSKO-MAZURSKIE (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship) |
| 101294195 | LIFE25-NAT-ES-LIFE Aqua Trito/Restauration of the ZEC Montseny River habitat to conserve the endemic newt Calotriton arnoldi | Daniel Guinart, Montseny Natural Park - Diputacio de Barcelona |
| 101293517 | LIFE25-NAT-NL-LIFE PolliNature/Pollinators for Nature | Maartje De Snoo, Provincie Utrecht |
WORKING GROUP 3: Birds, Floor 5th/Room Birds, Room 5.2
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Simona Bacchereti & Iva Obretenova
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Ivaylo Zafirov
| Code | Acronym / Title | Speaker |
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| 101294589 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-LIFE PERSISTS/Pan-EuRopean actions to Support lesser kestrel and allIed Species resilience againsT global changeS | Michelangelo Morganti, CNR National Research Council |
| 101293766 | LIFE25-NAT-BG-LIFE EV Safe Return/Securing the recovery of the Endangered Egyptian Vulture in the Balkans through restocking, community engagement and cross-continental action | Volen Arkumarev, Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds/BirdLife Bulgaria |
| 101293809 | LIFE25-NAT-CY-Raptors for LIFE/Safeguarding priority birds of prey in Cyprus | Martha Petrou, BirdLife Cyprus |
| 101294092 | LIFE25-NAT-RO-LIFE for VULTURES/Return of the Griffon and Cinereous vultures to the Southern Carpathians for a wilder, more connected Europe | Alexandra Stancu, FUNDATIA REWILDING ROMANIA |
| 101295580 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-LIFE MEDWINGS/Integrated actions to protect Larus audouinii in Mediterranean countries | Chiara Braschi, Legambiente |
| 101294823 | LIFE25-NAT-BG-Diving Ducks LIFE/Conservation of Globally Threatened Diving Ducks Across the Flyway | Nicky Petkov, Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds |
| 101293971 | LIFE25-NAT-ES-LIFE Iber-RICOTI/Habitat restoration and population reinforcement of the Iberian metapopulation of the Dupont’s lark (Chersophilus duponti) | Cristian Pérez Granado, Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia |
WORKING GROUP 4: Marine & Coastal habitats, Wetlands and Freshwater, Floor 5th/Room Fresh & Marine, Room 5.5
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Edouard GATINEAU, Ilenia BABETTO & Rosemarie HINGSAMER
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Lynne Barratt
| Code | Acronym / Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 101214340 | LIFE24-NAT-FR-Life Dombes/LIFE restoration of species and habitats in fish pond landscape of Dombes (region) thanks to sustainable water management. | Pierre Lévisse, Communauté de Communes de la Dombes |
| 101213071 | LIFE24-NAT-PL-LIFE DRAWA BIS/Life Drawa Bis - Restoration of the river basin and improvement of hydrological conditions in the Drawa River catchment in response to ongoing climate change and catchment development | Maciej Humiczewski, Komes Water Sp. z o.o. |
| 101293374 | LIFE25-NAT-AT-LIFE Wild Morava/Restoring large-scale dynamic processes for riparian and wetland habitats of the Morava River in the unique trilateral Ramsar site | Georg Frank, WWF Austria |
| 101294644 | LIFE25-NAT-FR-LIFE Palustris/Coastal Wetlands Partnership – Restoring Habitats, Conserving Species, Ensuring Sustainable Uses | Adeline Leray, FDC85 |
| 101293463 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-REGROWTH/ Restoration of Habitat 1150* through the reintroduction of aquatic angiosperms in choked shallow waters of the central southern basins of the Venice Lagoon | Graziano Caramori, Istituto Delta Ecologia Applicata srl |
| 101294618 | LIFE25-NAT-BE-LIFE COCON/COnnecting COastal Nature | Reinhardt Strubbe, ANB (Agency for Nature and Forests) |
| 101295084 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-LIFE BYCATCH/Bycatch Yield Control, Advancing Technology, Conservation, and Habitat protection | Alessandro Lucchetti, CNR-IRBIM |
WORKING GROUP 5: ‘Urban biodiversity, urban governance and the New European Bauhaus’, Floor 5th/Room Urban biodiversity, Room 5.1
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Joelle NOIRFALISSE & Piedad RIVAS LOPEZ
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Theoharis Tziovaras
| Code | Acronym / Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 101294872 | LIFE25-PRE-ES-SuperGREENBlocks/Fostering integrated Green Transition in urban areas through uptaking the Superblocks model, empowering citizens with co-creation and management governance for sustainable and resilient Cities | Matías Yepes Martínez, Ayuntamiento de Cartagena |
| 101294091 | LIFE25-PRE-FR-LIFE RE-HOME/LIFE Reuse and Enable Housing Opportunities through Municipal Experimentation | Aleksandra Kozyra, Energy Cities |
| 101295393 | LIFE25-PRE-HU-INSSURE/Integrated Nature-based Solutions for Stormwater management, Urban heat Resilience, and biodivErsity | Orsolya Barsi, City Hall - Municipality of Budapest |