On Thursday, 24th November 2016, a press conference on the launch of the project LIFE ARTEMIS was held in Ljubljana on the edge of Nature Park Tivoli, Rožnik and Šišenski hrib. In the framework of the project a variety of activities will be performed to raise awareness on the harmful impacts of invasive alien species…

LIFE ARTEMIS project team invites everybody, who would like to participate in the project as a volunteer, to participate in a short survey. 

Two months passed by therefore a new exhibition is set in the lobby of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. Successors of WETMAN’s exhibition are projects LIFE PharmDegrade and LIFE Stop CyanoBloom, both coordinated by company Arhel Ltd.

One of the reasons for the low number of LIFE project proposals is also unfamiliarity with the LIFE programme. That is why the LIFE CB SI project team decided to organize informative workshops for different target audiences, where participants will receive relevant basic information about LIFE programme and had the opportunity to consult their ideas…

The European Commission has approved an investment package of € 222.7 million from the budget of the European Union to support Europe’s transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon future. In total 398.6 million is to be invested in 144 new projects in 23 Member States.

One of the actions of our project LIFE Capacity Building Slovenia is also study visits of National Contact Points (NCP) of other member states. The aim of these visits is to exchange experience and best practices with the implementation of LIFE programme. Therefore we visited last week our Polish colleagues.

Two years later exhibition Live Treasures of our Waters returned to Jakopič Promenade in Tivoli Park, Ljubljana. The exhibition is a result of LIFE project AQUAVIVA: Live Water – from Biodiversity to the Tap.

From now on birdwatching on Lake Ptuj is much easier, since there is a new observation tower available for visitors. The tower is a result of LIFE project LIVEDRAVA.

Company Arhel d. o. o. organizes in collaboration with the National Institute of Biology and Municipality Bled a closure conference of the project LIFE Stop CyanoBloom entitled Freshwater bodies: monitoring and methods for cyanobacterial bloom control. The conference will take place on 1st and 2nd December 2016 at Arhel’s bussiness unit (Tržaška 330, Ljubljana).

In the project LIFE Capacity Building Slovenia we are looking for a new team member, familiar with the area Environment and Resource Efficiency. The Call was published on 5th October 2016 on the website of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning. Deadline for job applications is 10th October 2016.