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 tbc) | |
| 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 tbc Sylvia Barova tbc DG ENV D.3 Daniel Nuijten tbc DG ENV D.2 |
| 10:15 – 10:30 |
Presentation by a Experienced project LIFE Coordinator |
Mr Alessandro Lucchetti LIFE DELFI LIFE18 NAT IT 000942 |
| 10:30 – 10:45 |
Meet your Project adviser/Financial officer Meet the External Monitoring Team Instructions for Thematic group sessions |
Manuela Osmi LIFE Unit D2 Iva Rossi ELMEN |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Key reminders to start well your projects |
Manuela Osmi LIFE Unit D2 |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break | |
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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
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Ana KLENOVSEK, Joseph VAN DER STEGEN & Manuela OSMI tbc
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Ben Delbaere
| Code | Acronym / Title |
|---|---|
| 101293999 | LIFE25-PRE-BE-Life ForSkills / Training and demonstration of good practices to strengthen foresters’ skills and expertise in biodiversity friendly forest management |
| 101287743 | LIFE25-NAT-CY-LIFE-BioCommunities / Nature-Smart Communities: Engaging Citizens and Businesses in Biodiversity-Conscious Economies |
| 101293718 | LIFE25-NAT-CZ-Life for Jurinea / Rescue of priority species Jurinea cyanoides in all countries within its range |
| 101295655 | LIFE25-NAT-EL-PLATANOS / Safeguarding Riparian Plane Tree Ecosystems in Western Greece Against Canker Stain Disease |
| 101295450 | LIFE25-NAT-ES-LIFE BASOZAR / Recreating old growth features in Oak woodlands for Biodiversity Conservation, habitat restoration and climate resilience |
| 101293688 | LIFE25-PRE-IE-RBPS_NETforNature / EU Results-Based Payments Network: Capacity Building and Support for Biodiversity and Nature Restoration in Agricultural Landscapes |
| 101295639 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-LIFE FOREST4FUTURE / Urgent and innovative restoration actions for resilient forests of the future |
| 101295496 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-LIFE Next-GoProFor / Next Generation Tools for Forest Habitat Restoration and Closer-to-Nature Forestry |
| 101292453 | LIFE25-NAT-LV-LIFE BIO-CRED Baltic / Piloting the application of nature credit schemes to finance nature restoration in the Baltic |
| 101198144 | LIFE24-NAT-PL-Control IAS for LIFE / Strengthening biodiversity by the prevention of introduction, early warning and control of invasive alien plant species |
| 101294011 | LIFE25-NAT-PT-LIFE LUDWIGIA / Integrated Action Framework for Prevention of Introduction, Early detection, Containment and Control of Invasive Ludwigia sp |
WORKING GROUP 2: Species Conservation
Floor 6th / Room Species
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Anita FASSIO, Maria-Jose ARAMBURU & Gustavo BECERRA JURADO tbc
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Jan Ruiz-Sliva
| Code | Acronym / Title |
|---|---|
| 101214048 | LIFE24-NAT-DE-LIFE DinPin Bear / Towards population-level conservation of Dinaric-Pindos brown bears |
| 101294195 | LIFE25-NAT-ES-LIFE Aqua Trito / Restauration of the ZEC Montseny River habitat to conserve the endemic newt Calotriton arnoldi |
| 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 |
| 101294930 | LIFE25-NAT-ES-LIFE SAVE Desman / Strategic Actions to Save the Iberian Desman from Extinction and Restore Its Habitat |
| 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 |
| 101294338 | LIFE25-NAT-FR-LIFE CARE / LIFE Conservation Actions and Reintroduction of European mink |
| 101294736 | LIFE25-NAT-FR-LIFE RI / LIFE Rept’island |
| 101293517 | LIFE25-NAT-NL-LIFE PolliNature / Pollinators for Nature |
| 101263105 | LIFE25-NAT-PL-LifeHerpetofaunaPL25 / Comprehensive protection of herpetofauna in Natura 2000 areas in north-eastern Europe |
| 101295110 | LIFE25-NAT-RO-LIFE REFAG / From sky to soil: restoring the Fgra Mountains for wildlife, land and people |
WORKING GROUP 3: Birds
Floor 6th / Room Birds
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Simona Bacchereti & Iva Obretenova tbc
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Ivaylo Zafirov
| Code | Acronym / Title |
|---|---|
| 101294823 | LIFE25-NAT-BG-Diving Ducks LIFE / Conservation of Globally Threatened Diving Ducks Across the Flyway |
| 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 |
| 101293809 | LIFE25-NAT-CY-Raptors for LIFE / Safeguarding priority birds of prey in Cyprus |
| 101293971 | LIFE25-NAT-ES-LIFE Iber-RICOTI / Habitat restoration and population reinforcement of the Iberian metapopulation of the Dupont’s lark (Chersophilus duponti) |
| 101295580 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-LIFE MEDWINGS / Integrated actions to protect Larus audouinii in Mediterranean countries |
| 101294092 | LIFE25-NAT-RO-LIFE for VULTURES / Return of the Griffon and Cinereous vultures to the Southern Carpathians for a wilder, more connected Europe |
WORKING GROUP 4: Marine & Coastal habitats, Wetlands and Freshwater
Floor 6th / Room Fresh & Marine
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Edouard GATINEAU, Ilenia BABETTO & Rosemarie HINGSAMER tbc
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Lynne Barratt
| Code | Acronym / Title |
|---|---|
| 101294618 | LIFE25-NAT-BE-LIFE COCON / COnnecting COastal Nature |
| 101214340 | LIFE24-NAT-FR-Life Dombes / LIFE restoration of species and habitats in fish pond landscape of Dombes (region) thanks to sustainable water management |
| 101294644 | LIFE25-NAT-FR-LIFE Palustris / Coastal Wetlands Partnership – Restoring Habitats, Conserving Species, Ensuring Sustainable Uses |
| 101295084 | LIFE25-NAT-IT-LIFE BYCATCH / Bycatch Yield Control, Advancing Technology, Conservation, and Habitat protection |
| 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 |
| 101213071 | LIFE24-NAT-PL-LIFE DRAWA BIS / Life Drawa Bis – renaturyzacja dorzecza, poprawa warunków hydrologicznych w zlewni Drawy w odpowiedzi na postępujące zmiany klimatu i zagospodarowanie zlewni |
WORKING GROUP 5: ‘Urban biodiversity, urban governance and the New European Bauhaus’
Floor 6th / Room Urban biodiversity
Facilitators:
CINEA Project Advisors: Joelle NOIRFALISSE & Piedad RIVAS LOPEZ tbc
ELMEN Technical Monitor: Theoharis Tziovaras
| Code | Acronym / Title |
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| 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 |
| 101294091 | LIFE25-PRE-FR-LIFE RE-HOME / LIFE Reuse and Enable Housing Opportunities through Municipal Experimentation |
| 101295393 | LIFE25-PRE-HU-INSSURE / Integrated Nature-based Solutions for Stormwater management, Urban heat Resilience, and biodivErsity |