Local Agenda 21 Partnership Fund

​​The Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund (LA21 EPF) which has operated since 1997, promotes sustainable development by assisting small-scale environmental projects at local level.

The projects involve partnership arrangements between local authorities and various local groups including community groups, schools and environmental NGOs.

The Fund encourages involvement of local communities in local action and decision-making and assists them in working towards the goal of sustainable development. The value of the scheme is enhanced by the voluntary effort that it facilitates.

The LA21 EPF assists sustainable development from the ground-up and facilitates, at local level, the achievement of the objectives of the Agenda 21 action plan on sustainable development which was agreed at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, in 1992 (the “Earth Summit”).  Renewed political commitment for sustainable development was secured at the Rio +20 Conference in Brazil in June 2012, on the 20th anniversary of the “Earth Summit’.

The LA21 EPF is administered by local authorities, while the Department maintains a co-ordinating role. Eligible projects are those which support and complement, at a local level, national environmental policies such as those on Waste, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Air, Water and Sustainable Development. Local authorities are required to provide an equivalent amount of funding to successful projects as the funding provided by the Department. Funding can also be supplemented by other sources, e.g. the private sector, in order to maximise the potential for partnership arrangements.

2018

The 2018 Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund is now accepting applications, which must be made to your local authorityThe closing date is 5pm on Wednesday 20 June 2018.

Application forms in MS Word format are available from your local authority.

If you have any queries regarding the 2018 LA21 Scheme please contact the LA21 Officer in your local authority. A list of these contacts is provided below.

 

2018 List of Contacts

2018 Application Form

Foirm Iarratais 2018