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TOPIC ID: LIFE-2024-SAP-NAT-NATURE
Type of grant: Call for proposals
General information
Programme: Programme for Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)
Call: Nature & Biodiversity - Standard Action Projects (SAP) (LIFE-2024-SAP-NAT)
Type of action: LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants
Type of MGA: LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based [LIFE-AG]
Status: Open for submission
Deadline model: single-stage
Opening Date: 18 April 2024
Deadline dates: 19 September 2024 17:00 (Brussels time)
Topic description
Objective:To contribute to European Union objectives for the protection, maintenance and restoration of the Union’s natural capital in its marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems.
Scope:The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme by supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of EU legislation and policy on nature and biodiversity, as defined in sections 1 and 2 of the Call document.
Projects focussing exclusively on governance are excluded from this Call topic and covered by the related Call topic LIFE-2024-SAP-NAT-GOV.
Expected Impact:Applicants are expected to define, calculate, explain and achieve ambitious and credible impacts in terms of conservation benefit, ensuring at the same time long term sustainability and replication (see sections 2 and 9 of the Call document).
Conditions
1.Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document
Proposal page limits and layout:described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System
2. Eligible countries:described in section 6 of of the call document
3. Other eligibility conditions:described in section 6 of the call document
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion:described insection 7 of the call document
5.Evaluation and award:
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants:describedin section 10 of the call document
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