Nature and Biodiversity

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Details

Location:

EU 27

Funding agency:

European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships (EuropeAid HQ)

Contracting authority: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

Contracting authority type:Development Institution

Status:Awarded

Budget: EUR 155,000,000

Award ceiling:N/A

Award floor:N/A

Sector:Environment & NRM

Languages:English

Eligible applicants:Unrestricted / Unspecified

Eligible citizenships:

EU 27, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, ...
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EU 27, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Greenland, Iceland, Moldova, Montserrat, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Turks and Caicos, Ukraine, Wallis and Futuna

Date posted: Apr 18, 2024

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Description

Nature and Biodiversity

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:

Award criteria, scoring and thresholds:described in section 9 of the call document

Submission and evaluation processes:describedsection 8 of the call document and theOnline Manual

Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement:described in section 4 of the call document

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants:describedin section 10 of the call document

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To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point.
To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section.

Get support

Consult theFAQs in LIFE website
Get in touch with yourNational Contact Point (NCP).We want also to draw your attention on the possibility to get support from your NCP. To facilitate such support, it would be beneficial to add your NCP under the “Participants” step of the application, by clicking on “Add contact”. Then, Under “Project role”, use the option “Contact person” and add your NCP’s data.
Consult theFunding & Tenders Portal FAQ– Submission of proposals
IT Helpdesk– Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual– Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and submission to reportingon your on-going project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.