{"id":76829,"date":"2026-06-23T08:43:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/76829\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:43:25","slug":"life-programme-showcases-solutions-for-europes-competitive-innovative-and-secure-green-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/76829\/","title":{"rendered":"LIFE Programme showcases solutions for Europe\u2019s competitive, innovative and secure green future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Held in Sofia, Bulgaria, the Green Transition Forum 6.0<\/a> brought together European Commissioners Jessika Roswall and Ekaterina Zaharieva, alongside senior representatives of EU institutions, national governments, industry, academia and civil society. As one of the leading platforms in Central and Eastern Europe dedicated to Europe\u2019s green and industrial transformation, the Forum provided an ideal setting for discussions on Europe\u2019s next chapter: a competitive, innovative and secure future.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Against this backdrop, the LIFE Programme demonstrated its contribution to Europe\u2019s environmental, climate and energy objectives through a dedicated LIFE session, the participation of four LIFE projects showcasing their achievements, and a LIFE Pitch Corner where prospective applicants could discuss project ideas and assess their potential fit with LIFE funding priorities. Throughout the five-day forum, LIFE projects shared knowledge, exchanged experience and presented practical solutions helping to accelerate Europe\u2019s green transition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A dedicated LIFE Programme stand further served as a hub for networking, dialogue and stakeholder engagement.. More than 100 visitors stopped at the stand seeking for information, including representatives from private companies, , public authorities, policy institutions, academia, NGOs and other organisations. Visitors received full information on LIFE funding strands, eligibility requirements, proposal development, project implementation and examples of relevant LIFE projects. Together, these activities helped reinforce the LIFE Programme\u2019s position as the EU\u2019s flagship funding instrument for environment, climate action and the clean energy transition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The LIFE projects participating in the Forum also featured prominently in high-level discussions. Among them was LIFeHDV<\/a>, which is deploying charging hubs for electric heavy-duty vehicles along the TEN-T network in Central and Eastern Europe. Speaking during the \u201cElectrifying Mobility\u201d session, Aleksander Rajch, project manager, highlighted the project’s contribution to transport decarbonisation: \u2018Our intervention focused on stressing the economic and social benefits of pushing for HDV electrification and how accessible and available electromobility is, as a means of decarbonisation,\u2019 he noted<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sofia Papadogiannaki of LIFE-SIRIUS<\/a> took to the stage for the discussion on Building the Cities of Tomorrow, sharing the project\u2019s experience of integrated environmental information systems for urban heat island effects in Greece. \u2018LIFE SIRIUS demonstrates how scientific knowledge can be\u202ftransformed into practical services that support both environmental\u202fmanagement and public health protection,\u2019 said Sofia. \u2018Our approach can\u202fserve as a model for other European cities seeking to strengthen\u202fresilience to air pollution and climate-related environmental risks.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

LIFE-ACCLIMATE<\/a> aims to increase crop yields, water and energy efficiency by 25% in greenhouses in Spain, powered by new technology including robots and AI. Project coordinator Oscar Rey joined the Sustainable Agriculture session, noting that AI can help greenhouse growers anticipate future challenges. \u2018By predicting pest risks, resource consumption and crop performance, farmers can make better decisions and use water, energy and inputs more efficiently,\u2019 he told the audience. \u2018These results will provide a practical pathway for more sustainable and climate-resilient greenhouse production across Europe.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Also focusing on energy efficiency, LIFE Care4Climate<\/a>\u2019s Damir Stani\u010di\u0107 shared encouraging results from work in Slovenia during the debate on Resilience by Design, Local Action and Just Investment. The project renovated apartment buildings using sustainable and energy-efficient methods funded by blended financing, which subsequently became the standard Eco Fund<\/a> financial instrument. \u2018The financing model includes a one-stop shop providing integrated services, comprising technical and financial assistance, together with project development assistance, to support the preparation of a stronger pipeline of bankable renovation investment,\u2019 explained Damir.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Back at the LIFE stand, a dedicated info event was packed out, confirming a strong interest in LIFE funding opportunities in Bulgaria and other Member States in region. Discussions covered the 2026 LIFE Call for Proposals<\/a>, examples of existing Bulgarian LIFE projects, as well as a practical session about how to write a successful LIFE application and how to properly manage projects through the implementation period.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The successful participation of the LIFE Programme at Green Transition Forum 6.0 was coordinated by CINEA\u2019s LIFE Climate team working in close cooperation with event organisers to showcase LIFE-funded solutions and funding opportunities to a broad European audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

LIFE projects featured at the Green transition Forum 6.0 support the EU 2030 climate and energy framework<\/a>; the Directives on ambient air quality<\/a>, water framework<\/a>, clean and energy-efficient road transport<\/a> and energy performance of buildings<\/a>; the EU climate adaptation strategy<\/a> and the European Climate Law<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Held in Sofia, Bulgaria, the Green Transition Forum 6.0 brought together European Commissioners Jessika Roswall and Ekaterina Zaharieva,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1291,1294,1292,39,40],"class_list":["post-76829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eu","tag-carbon-neutrality","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-change-policy","tag-eu","tag-european-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}