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Nature and Biodiversity

Last update: Jan 11, 2024 Last update: Jan 11, 2024

Details

Status:Awarded
Budget: EUR 132,739,347
Award ceiling: EUR 13,000,000
Award floor: EUR 2,000,000
Sector:Environment & Climate
Languages:English
Eligible applicants:Unrestricted / Unspecified
Eligible citizenships:EU 27, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, ...
EU 27, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montserrat, New Caledonia, Norway, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Turks and Caicos, Wallis and Futuna
Date posted: May 17, 2022

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Call Updates

Mar 22, 2023 6:19:21 PM

CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

EVALUATION results Call LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT

Call publication: 17.05.2022

Deadline: 04.10.2022

LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT-NATURE:

Available budget: 132 739 347 EUR

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 118

Number of inadmissible proposals: 2

Number of ineligible proposals: 1

Number of above-threshold proposals: 69

Total budget requested from above-threshold proposals: 302 412 454.70 EUR

 

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results of their proposals.


 

Oct 27, 2022 5:51:22 PM

On 4 October 2022, a total of 122 proposals were submitted in response to the following topics:

  • LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT-NATURE: 118 proposals

Jul 14, 2022 4:53:45 PM

We want to draw your attention to the possibility to get support from your National Contact Point (European National Contact Points (europa.eu)).

To facilitate such support, it would be beneficial to add your National Contact Point (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.

https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/life/history-life/life-contacts/european-national-contact-points_en


May 17, 2022 4:32:16 PM

The submission session is now available for: LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT-NATURE(LIFE-PJG)


Nature and Biodiversity

TOPIC ID: LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT-NATURE

Programme: Programme for Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)
Call: Nature & Biodiversity - Standard Action Projects (SAP) (LIFE-2022-SAP-NAT)
Type of action: LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants
Type of MGA: LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based [LIFE-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 17 May 2022
Deadline date: 04 October 2022 17:00:00 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-2022-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).

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/life/wp-call/2021-2024/call-fiche_life-2022-sap-nat_en.pdf

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About the Funding Agency

EuropeAid is an agency responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid worldwide. Its purpose is to aid in the reduction and eventual abolition of poverty in developing nations by fostering sustainable development, democracy, peace and security. With its partner nations, EuropeAid walks alongside them on their journey to sustainable development, continually adapting its help to their changing requirements. EuropeAid is also concerned with increasing the value and impact of aid money by ensuring that help is provided appropriately.

 

Under the donor EC - European Commission, DevelopmentAid covers the following entities:

 

Departments / Directorate Generals

  • AGRI - Agriculture & Rural Development
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  • HR - Human Resources & Security
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  • MARE - Maritime Affairs & Fisheries
  • HOME - Migration & Home Affairs
  • MOVE - Mobility & Transport
  • NEAR – Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations
  • REGIO - Regional & Urban Policy
  • RTD - Research & Innovation
  • SG – Secretariat-General - no procurement opportunities available
  • FPI – Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
  • TAXUD - Taxation & Customs Union
  • TRADE - Trade
  • DGT - Translation


Agencies

  • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Eurojust
  • European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
  • European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
  • European GNSS Agency (GSA)
  • European Union Agency for Network and Information Security
  • The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ("Fusion for Energy")
  • European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
  • Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA), Health and Food Safety Unit
  • European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
  • European Fisheries Control Agency
  • Single Resolution Board
  • Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC Office)
  • The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
  • European Asylum Support Office
  • European Union Intellectual Property Office
  • European Union Agency for Railways
  • European Environment Agency
  • European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA)
  • Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
  • European Defence Agency
  • EU Grant Programmes

 

EU Bodies

  • European Parliament
  • Council of the European union
  • Court of Justice of the European Union
  • European Court of Auditors
  • European Economic and Social Committee
  • European Committee of the Regions
  • Publications office of the European Union
  • European Patent Office
  • European External Action Service
  • Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
  • Energy Community Secretariat

About the Sectors

Environment & Climate

Focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, promoting sustainable resource management, enhancing climate resilience, and mitigating the impacts of climate change through conservation, adaptation, and low-carbon initiatives.


Key areas:
  • Environmental protection and conservation
  • Natural resource and ecosystem management
  • Climate change and environmental resilience
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