Assistance and technical support for the tasks related to actions under the LIFE programme

LIFE (L'Instrument Financier pour l'Environnement) is the main European Commission funding mechanism for improving the state of the environment in the European Union. The contract deals with the 3 brands of the LIFE Programme: LIFE-Environment, LIFE-Nature, LIFE-Information. The project management support provided to the Commission comprises:

• Providing technical support to the monitoring of projects co-financed by LIFE
• Assessing the administrative, technical and financial implementation of the projects, Assisting and coaching project beneficiaries
• Conducting ex-post evaluations
• Preparing monitoring and assessment reports
• Evaluating annual reports of NGOs receiving grants through LIFE+ and undertaking financial audit missions
• Providing support to dissemination activities

Prospect is the main partner in a consortium set-up in a EEIG (Astrale) and deals with the projects in two EU sub-regions: Benelux and South-East MS: Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria. Prospect hosts the entire coordination team in its Brussels office and has provided 4 out of the 6 staff members of this co-ordination team.

Client: European Commission, DG Environment

Location: EU Members States.