Partners and co-financers

The LIFE EBP reinforcement is coordinated by the Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre (CREAF) and has nine associated beneficiaries: the Catalan Ornithological Institute (ICO), the Czech Society for Ornithology (CSO), the Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology (SOVON), the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds (BSPB), the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES), the Ornithological society "Naše ptice" (OD NASE PTICE), the Romanian Ornithological Society (SOR), the Center for Protection and Research of birds of Montenegro (CZIP) and the Bird Protection and Study Society of Serbia (BPSSS).

The project is managed in close collaboration with the EBP project coordination to ensure the efficient coordination and accomplishment of all project actions.

LIFE EBP reinforcement is financed by the European Commission Directorate General for the Environment through the LIFE programme.

The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. LIFE EBP reinforcement project, specifically, is implemented under the 2021-2024 LIFE work programme and, as a Preparatory project (PLP), addresses ad hoc Legislative and Policy Priorities.

The project also counts with the co-financing of the EBCC, Natagora, the Swiss Ornithological Institute, and each of the project beneficiaries.

LIFE EBP reinforcement project beneficiaries

LIFE EBP reinforcement project financer

LIFE EBP reinforcement project co-financers


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