Fostering the network of LIFE National Contact Points
LIFE Project Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- LIFE-2021-PREP-Network
- Programme
- LIFE-2021-Preparatory Projects
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- December 16, 2021
- Deadline
- March 10, 2022
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €1,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- LIFE-2021-PREP-NetworkLIFE-2021-PREP
Description
Objectives
The Commission has identified some specific needs to be addressed through dedicated calls (the so-called Other Actions (OAs). They include, amongst others, specific projects addressing specific needs for the development and implementation of Union environmental or climate policy and legislation.
The 3 topics under this call for proposals concerns LIFE specific projects addressing ad hoc Legislative and Policy Priorities (PLP).
Based on article 11 of the LIFE Regulation 2021/783 ) the LIFE Multi Annual Work Programme 2021-2024 (COM(2021) 4997 final), includes the possibility to finance each year a limited number of specific projects designed to support specific needs for the development and implementation of Union environment policy and legislation.
For reference, the LIFE projects, called in the past LIFE Regulation preparatory projects, are now called specific projects addressing ad hoc Legislative and Policy Priorities (PLP).
Point 4.1.4 of the Multi Annual Work Programme indicates that under the so called Other Actions, additional projects responding to the Union legislative and policy priorities could be determined on annual basis, following a consultation with Member States.
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 received a draft list of the identified specific needs that could be addressed by those projects and were asked to comment. Based on these comments, the final list was established.
Scope
Under this call, the proposals may be submitted only to address the following specific needs, based on the final list of specific projects established by the Member States.
The proposed specific project under the topic LIFE 2021-PREP-Network shall address the following specific need identified.
Specific project: Fostering the Network of LIFE National Contact Points (NCP).
We invite you to read the Call documentation for furthers details.
Impacts
It is expected that the project awarded in the framework of this topic of the call will have a concrete and measurable impact in terms of:
- An improved and professionalized NCP service across Europe, thereby helping simplify access to LIFE programme calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of proposals submitted;
- A more consistent level of NCP support services across Europe.
We invite you to read the Call documentation carefully, for furthers details.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the Call Document
Proposal page limits and layout: (e.g. 50 pages) as described in Part B of the Application Form available in the SEP 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 in section 7 of the Call Document
- Submission and evaluation processes: described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual
- Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in section 9 of the Call Document
- Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in section 4 of the Call Document
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in section 10 of the Call Document
Documents
Call Documents:
- Application form — call-specific application form is available in the SEP Submission Portal
Mandatory Annexes to the Application Form
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact: [email protected]
Funding & 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 reporting on your on-going project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.