EA member and deputy mayor of Siauliai city, Lithuania, Mrs Daiva Matonienė was appointed by the ENVE commission rapporteur on the EU LIFE+ mid term review.

LIFE+ is the EU financial instrument for environment whose financial envelope amounts to € 2.17 billion.  The European Commission will adopt at the end of 2011 a proposal for a new regulation which would be applied from 2014 onwards. Mrs Matonienė opinion would enable the CoR to anticipate the European Commission proposal and provide a political position at an early stage on an issue which is of major relevance for local and regional authorities.