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 specific needs for the development and implementation of Union environment policy and legislation.

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Call details

Once a year the Commission makes an inventory of the specific needs regarding the development and implementation of Union environmental or climate policy and legislation that need to be addressed during the following years and identifies among them the needs that could be addressed by specific projects. Before launching this annual call for proposals, the Member States receive a draft list of the identified specific needs that could be addressed by those projects and are asked to comment. Based on these comments, a final list of project areas to be covered was established.

Under this specific topic, proposals may be submitted only to address the following specific needs:

1. Supporting the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 in Ukraine and Moldova, on the basis of their current Emerald network of sites under the Bern Convention
2. Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities - waste
3. Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities – Water
4. New European Bauhaus – LIFE in the building and construction sector

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Activities funded

A maximum of 1 grant is expected to be awarded per specific project as described above. For details on each of the four project topics and activities eligible for funding, please read 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) and 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 (associated countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.

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Consortium composition, budget, and duration

Please see call document as details vary by project topic.

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