Climate Action Thematic Coordinator – FWC EASME/LIFE/2018/001

The LIFE Programme: The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. The overall objective of the framework contract is to provide the following services to the Contracting Authority:

1. Assistance for the LIFE programme management, financial and technical support for the monitoring of ongoing projects supported by the LIFE+/LIFE programme (action grants and operating grants) and the new LIFE projects (action grants and operating grants) that will be selected under the LIFE calls for proposals, expected to be published in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

2. Assistance in the overall analyses and reporting of the results (in terms of environmental, climate and economic impacts) as well as of the policy implications by individual projects, by strand, by year, by theme, by Member State and by the whole programme.

3. Assistance and technical support for the communication activities of the LIFE programme.

The NEEMO Consortium:

NEEMO EEIG is responsible for the monitoring of LIFE projects (LIFE Action grants) and of NGOs that receive funding from the LIFE Programme (LIFE Operational Grants). Our team also deals with all the communication aspects of the LIFE programme. NEEMO EEIG is a legal entity that comprises 9 partner companies spread across Europe, enabling the consortium to make the best use of its resources, and to provide expertise combined with local knowledge and the necessary language skills. The 9 partner companies have a long lasting experience and expertise in the monitoring of LIFE projects and in communicating about the LIFE programme. The EEIG headquarters is in Freiburg (Germany). The Coordination Team, responsible for the technical coordination of the contract, and the Communication and Event Team are based in Brussels. In the frame of this contract, we have reinforced our EEIG through a partnership with Ecologic, Technopolis Group, Ernst & Young and GOPAcom.

The Coordination Team is composed of:

1 Full time General Coordinator (GCO), 6 full time Thematic/Horizontal Coordinators (TCO/HCO) in the following areas:

• Nature and biodiversity projects and related governance and information projects in the field of nature and biodiversity;
• Environment and resource-efficiency projects and related governance and information projects in the field of environment and resource-efficiency;
• Climate change adaptation and mitigation projects and related governance and information projects;
• NGO grants/Governance/Data;
• Communication and events activities;
• Quality and Process

Another position within the CT is a 25% FTE on Business-related activities. The Central Team is supported by 3 Assistants (1 full time and 2 half time).