GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Each proposal should be based on a needs analysis:

• the reasons for low effective participation in the LIFE programme
• the types of applicants (public organisations, private entities and civil society organisations) that struggle to access LIFE funding in a given Member State (and reasons for that)
• the types of LIFE projects that are underused in a given Member State (and reasons for that)

Activities may include:

• targeted and tailor-made communication campaigns on the LIFE Programme addressed, among others, to public national and local authorities responsible for the implementation of environmental and climate action policies and plans at all levels and across the entire national territory (e.g. municipalities, provinces, environment protection agencies, ecological operational units responsible for the enforcement of national environmental laws, public, research institutes, academia), as well as to private sector stakeholders which are relevant for the programme
• Tailor-made workshops on writing solid proposals; actions supporting replication/ transfer of LIFE projects results; helping applicants to build (transnational) consortia; trainings on the use and monitoring of key performance indicators, etc.
• Screening of national environmental and climate actions priorities to support, through LIFE projects, the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of relevant Union legislations,
• Actions aimed at increasing the participation of those types of applicants that struggle to access LIFE funding in a given Member State (e.g. public organisations, private entities, civil society organisations) as identified in the needs assessment,
• Actions aimed at increasing the use of certain types of LIFE projects. In particular, in the context of increasing use of SIPs and SNAPs in a given Member State, CAP project may include actions reinforcing the mainstreaming of environmental and climate actions into other sectors, enhancing synergies between LIFE and other EU funds, supporting use of cumulative financing from other Union programmes or private sector. etc. (further details in the call document)

The following activities are not considered as eligible for funding under this call: research; statutory responsibilities of the competent authority; activities outside the duration of the project; activities which are not clearly related to the objective(s) of the project, financial support to the NCP network. Projects must comply with EU policy interests and priorities (such as environment, social, security, industrial and trade policy, etc.).