EU Just Transition Fund Call Open (now closed)
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This scheme has now closed for applications.
Expressions of interest sought from local individuals and groups to identify wetland sites to be restored and for public participation in wetland restoration.
Tóchar is a three-year wetland restoration project being run by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). Taking its name from the hundreds of ancient paths or toghers laid across the bogs by our ancestors, the project will serve the community, bringing participants on a nature restoration journey.
In order to start the process, Tóchar have opened an expression of interest call to landowners, communities and groups to become actively involved in nature restoration for wetlands across the EU Just Transition area.
Tóchar team in NPWS will support successful applicants in restoring their lands by providing funding towards survey work, restoration planning, interpretation and education or restoration actions on the ground.
Read the press release on gov.ie.
More information about the call can be found on www.tocharwetlands.ie.
Call start and end dates:
Call launch date: 27 September 2024
Closing date: 31 October 2024
Geographical area covered:
EU Just Transition Fund territory. This includes the entire counties of Laois, Longford, Offaly, Roscommon, Westmeath, and municipal districts of Ballinasloe (Co. Galway), Athy and Clane-Maynooth (Co. Kildare), and Carrick-on-Suir and Thurles (Co. Tipperary).
Policy objective:
This scheme falls under the EU JTF programme Priority 2: Supporting the restoration and rehabilitation of degraded peatlands and regeneration and repurposing of industrial heritage assets. The specific operation concerned is Action 2.1: Support the restoration and rehabilitation of degraded peatlands.
Co-funded by the Government of Ireland and European Union, the EU Just Transition Fund has a single specific objective, which is to enable regions and people to address the social employment, economic and environmental impacts of the transition towards the Union’s 2030 targets for energy and climate and a climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050, based on the Paris Agreement.
Eligible applicants:
- Landowners
- Communities
- Local groups
in the EU Just Transition Territory are eligible for this call.
Total amount of support: €570,000
Total amount of support for this Expression of Interest call is €570,000.
The overall project budget for the whole Tóchar project is €12 million.
Call start and end dates:
Start date of the call: 27 September 2024
End date of the call: 31 October 2024
Application Process:
Expressions of interest forms can be found on the Tóchar website: www.tocharwetlands.ie
The Expression of interest form should be returned by 31 October 2024 by email to tocharwetlands@npws.gov.ie or by post to:
Tóchar Wetlands Restoration Scheme, NPWS
Birr Technology Centre
St Brendan’s St.
Co. Offaly R42 HX39
Further information:
For any queries on this call, please email monicambyrne@npws.gov.ie.
Full information is available on Tóchar’s page for this call:
Visit: www.tocharwetlands.ie
