GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The projects cover a large territorial scale, they involve all concerned stakeholders and include a coordination mechanism for funding supporting complementary measures necessary for the full implementation of the targeted plan or strategy.

The coordinating beneficiary should submit a full ENV SIP proposal in the framework of a dedicated LIFE call for ENV SIP before the end of the TA-PP project.

The overall objective of a TA-PP-ENV-SIP project is writing a SIP proposal, so all activities must contribute to this goal. As a general principle, all activities included in the Technical Assistance project must be new and additional to the work undertaken by the applicant prior to the project. In general, and amongst others, the activities:

• should not be research;
• should not include statutory responsibilities of the competent authority;
• should be completed within the duration of the project;
• should be clearly related to the objective(s) of the project and the corresponding SIP.

Activities may include (this is not an exhaustive list):

• recruitment of new personnel and training for writing a SIP proposal;
• contracting external assistance for writing a SIP proposal;
• information collection for the preparation of a SIP proposal (e.g. on sources of funding);
• networking, consultation and coordination work for preparing, writing and implementing the SIP;
• coordination with stakeholders to be involved in the Strategic Integrated Project;
• developing financing plans where such plans are not already part of the targeted strategy or plan;
• mapping of the actions complementary to SIP and their potential sources of funding;
• writing of the SIP proposal full proposal or concept note and full proposal itself.

The maximum EU contribution to a project is € 70 000. The funding rate is 60%.