SEJHA GHALL-PROPOSTI TAHT IL-PROGRAMM "SHORT AND MEDIUM-TERM PRIORITY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME" (SMAP)

SEJ'�A G'�ALL-PROPOSTI TA'�T IL-PROGRAMM "SHORT AND MEDIUM-TERM PRIORITYENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME" (SMAP)

Il-Kummissjoni tal-Kumunitajiet Ewropew għadha kemm ħar'et sejħa għas- sottomissjoni ta' proposti ta' pro'etti taħt il-programm imsejjaħ"Short and Medium-term Priority Environmental Action Programme" (SMAP ).

Dan il-programmkien addottat f'Novembru ta' l-1997 f'Helsinki waqt il-Konferenza dwar l-Ambjent tal-Ministri Ewro-Mediterranji. Iservi bħala l-qafas ta' programm ta' azzjoni għall-protezzjoni ta' l-ambjent Mediterranju, fil-kuntest tas-Sħubija Ewro-Mediterranja.

Organizzazzjonijiet re'jonali u internazzjonali, awtoritajiet nazzjonali u lokali, operaturi fis-settur pubbliku, organizzazzjonijiet kemm mis-settur privat kif ukoll mill-qasam ċivili li l-għan tagħhom m'hux li jagħmlu profitt, u li huma mis-27 pajjiż Ewro-Mediterranji, jistgħu jissottomettu pro'etti re'jonali taħt dan il-programm.

Il-progetti jridu jkunu re'jonali u jridu jkunu implimentati f'perjodu ta' bejn tnejn u tliet snin. Fil-pro'ett iridu jieħdu sehem minn ta' l-anqas żew' pajjiżi li m'humiex parti mill-Unjoni Ewropea, u mill-anqas pajjiż wieħed mill-Unjoni. Wieħed mill-pajjiżi mhux imsieħeb fl-Unjoni Ewropea irid ikun il-koordinatur/applikant tal-pro'ett.

Il-proposti għall-pro'etti għandhom jittrattaw dawn il-ħames temi ta' attivit'� prioritarja: l-immani''jar integrat ta' l-ilma; l-immani''jar ta' l-iskart; azzjonijiet kontra t-tni''iż u d-degradazzjoni ambjentali; l-immani''jar integrat taż-żoni kostali; u azzjonijiet kontra d-dissertifikazzjoni.

Il-proposti għall-pro'etti jridu jkunu immirati lejn fażi operatorja u azzjonijiet tan'ibbli.

L-għotja mill-Kummissjoni Ewropea tista' tkun minn miljun euro sa massimu ta' ħames miljuni euro, b'kontribuzzjoni massima sa 80 fil-mija ta' l-ispejjeż totali ta' kull pro'ett. B'kollox il-Kummissjoni lesta tħallas l-ammont ta' 20 miljun euro għall-iffinanzjar parzjali ta' madwar 20 pro'ett.

Is-sejħa għal applikazzjonijiet tagħlaq nhar it-Tnejn, 23 ta' Ottubru 2000.

Aktar tagħrif rigward din is-sejħa jinkiseb minn fuq il-web site tal-programm: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/smap/home.htm, u mingħand il-korrispondenta tal-programm f'Malta, Ms. M. Debattista, Ministeru għall-Ambjent, Floriana (indirizz ta' l- e-mail : mary.debattista@magnet.mt).

The Commission of the European Communities has just issued a call for proposals for the submission of project proposals under the short and medium-term priority environmental action programme (SMAP).

The SMAP was adopted by the Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on the Environment, held in Helsinki in November 1997. It is a framework programme of action for the protection of the Mediterranean environment, within the context of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.

Regional and international organisations, national or local authorities, public sector operators, non-profit making organisations from the private sector and civil society, from the twenty-seven Euro-Mediterranean partner countries, may submit regional project proposals under this second call for the regional SMAP.

The projects must thus be regional and must be implemented over a period of two or three years. At least two non-EU partner countries and one EU partner country are to participate in the project - with one non-EU partner country acting as the co-ordinator/applicant.

Project proposals should cover the following five priority areas of activity: integrated water management; waste management; hot spots; integrated coastal zone management; and combating desertification.

Project proposals have to be targeted to the operational phase and tangible actions foreseen under each priority field. The proposals would thus have to involve capacity-building, contain a sustainable and integrated approach, and be coherent with national policies.

The grant from the European Commission may range from EUR 1 million to a maximum of EUR 5 million, with a maximum contribution from the Commission of up to 80 per cent of the actual eligible costs. A total of EUR 20 million would be available in 2000 for project financing and the Commission is aiming to help part-finance about twenty projects.

The deadline for applications is Monday, 23 October 2000.

Further information about this call is available from the programme web site at http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/smap/home.htm, and from the SMAP Correspondent for Malta, Ms. M. Debattista, Ministry for the Environment, Floriana (indirizz ta' l-e-mail : mary.debattista@magnet.mt).