Funding Programme

LIFE is the EU’s funding programme dedicated to the environment and climate action.

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Call overview

This call aims to support a smart and outcome-based implementation of the EU nature and biodiversity legislation.

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Objectives

Under this topic, projects shall lead to a smart and outcome-based implementation of the EU nature and biodiversity legislation. Projects should cover one or more of the following general objectives:

• Behavioural change and awareness-raising initiatives
• Compliance assurance, as well as public participation and access to justice (Aarhus Convention)

In particular, behavioural change and awareness-raising initiatives should:

• promote awareness raising on nature and biodiversity conservation matters, including generating public and stakeholder support of Union policy-making; and/or
• support communication, management, and dissemination of information in the field of the nature and biodiversity conservation, and to facilitate knowledge sharing on successful solutions and practice, including by developing cooperation platforms among stakeholders and training; and/or
• promote better environmental governance in the field of nature and biodiversity conservation by broadening stakeholder involvement, including NGOs, in consultation on and implementation of policy.

See more details in the call document.

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Activities that can be funded

Raising awareness on nature and conservation issues, EU nature policies, tools and/or legislation among the relevant target audiences, aiming to change their perceptions and fostering the adoption of supporting behaviours and practices, and/or direct citizen's engagement. Applicants need to provide substantial evidence that a change of awareness levels37 in the field addressed by the project is a crucial factor supporting correct implementation and/or future development of EU nature and biodiversity conservation policies tools and/or legislation. The awareness-raising activities should have the widest coverage relevant for the specific issue targeted.

Promoting good practices, supporting implementation, organising trainings, educational, academic programmes, etc. to ensure effective compliance assurance, as well as public participation and access to justice in nature and biodiversity policy and legislation-related matters amongst the public (including youth and future professionals), NGOs, lawyers, the judiciary, public administrations or other stakeholders with a view to improving knowledge, understanding and application of effective means of public participation and/or access to justice, with a particular focus on protecting nature and biodiversity via the nature, biodiversity, water and environmental liability instruments.

See more details in the call document.

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Eligibility

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

+ be legal entities (public or private bodies)

+ be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

• EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
• non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the LIFE Programme (list of participating countries)

+ the coordinator must be established in an eligible country

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Consortium composition

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Duration

Project duration: between 36 and 84 months indicatively.

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Budget

The estimated available call budget is EUR 3 500 000.

Maximum 60% funding rate.