Final agenda

27 October 2026

Time Session
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome by the event moderator, Ben Delbaere (LIFE Programme Technical Monitor, ELMEN)
09:05 – 09:10 Official opening, Laszlo Becsy (Head of Sector for LIFE Nature and Biodiversity, CINEA)
09:10 – 09:25

Why geospatial information generated by LIFE projects matters, Bruno Combal (Policy Officer, DG Environment, European Commission)

Presentation available here
09:25 – 09:40

Findings of the CINEA/DG Environment survey on LIFE projects’ mapping of nature restoration data, Stefania Dall’Olio (LIFE Programme Technical Monitor, ELMEN)

Presentation available here
09:40 – 10:10

Habitat restoration mapping methods and tools

Project presentations on solutions to key challenges related to technical and content aspects of habitat restoration mapping

  • LIFE21 NAT/IT/LIFE GoProForMED, Serena Buscarini (Presentation available here)
  • LIFE19 NAT/BE/000093 LIFE CONNEXIONS, Sarah Wautelet (Presentation available here)

 
10:10 – 10:20 Break
10:20 – 10:40

Habitat restoration mapping methods and tools – cont.

Project presentations on solutions to key challenges related to technical and content aspects of habitat restoration mapping

  • LIFE20 NAT/ES/000021/LIFE ALNUS TAEJO, José García (Presentation available here)
  • LIFE16 NAT/ES/000707 LIFE IN COMMON LAND, Ramón Diaz Varela (Presentation available here)
  • LIFE24 PRE/IT/101213793 LIFE MAPPER, Valentina Grande (Presentation available here)
10:40 – 11:10 Moderated discussion
11:10 – 11:15 Closing of day 1 by the event moderator Ben Delbaere

28 October 2026

Time Session
09:00 – 09:05 Short recap of day 1 by the event moderator Ben Delbaere
09:05 – 09:35

Georeferenced data governance

Project presentations on solutions to key challenges related to legal and administrative aspects, data ownership and relations with national authorities, followed by a moderated discussion

  • LIFE16 IPE/DK/000006/LIFE NATUREMAN, María Pécseli (Presentation available here)
  • LIFE22 IPN/IE/LIFE SNaP Ireland, Ben Scott (Presentation available here)
  • LIFE24 NAT/ES/LIFE BALLESTEROS, Eduardo Quillis (Presentation available here)
09:35 – 10:05 Moderated discussion
10:05 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:05

Data transfer, data sharing and infrastructure developments

Project presentations on solutions to obstacles to streamlined GIS nature restoration data sharing, followed by a moderated discussion

  • LIFE19 GIE/SI/000161/LIFE NarcIS, Rok Havliček (Presentation available here)
  • LIFE22 CCA/PT/LIFE ResLand, Marlene Marques (Presentation available here)
  • LIFE22 NAT/CZ/LIFE in Salt Marshes, Matúš Pivovar (Presentation available here)
  • LIFE20 NAT/EE/000074 WOODMEADOWLIFE, Triin Reitalu (Presentation available here)
  • Biodiversity Meets Data (BMD), Niels Raes (Presentation available here)
11:05 – 11:35 Moderated discussion
11:35 – 11:45 Next steps by CINEA, Iva Obretenova (Project Adviser, Unit D2 LIFE Environment, CINEA)
11:45 – 12:00 Wrap up and closing by the event moderator, Ben Delbaere (LIFE Programme Technical Monitor, ELMEN)