Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action. The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. After 22 years, €3.4 billion and 4.170 projects, the LIFE Programme continues to finance actions for the environment and climate action.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Projects under this strand should help to achieve the long-term vision of the new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change that, in 2050, the EU will be a climate-resilient society which is fully adapted to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. Projects should help to reinforce adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience, and reduce vulnerability, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Climate Law.
Detailed Call Description
Areas of Intervention:
- Support to the implementation of climate adaptation policies and the revision of national, regional or local climate adaptation strategies and plans;
- Implementing state-of-the-art tools for climate risk assessments or selection of cost-effective adaptation measures for dealing with climate threats and solutions for adaptation;
- Development and implementation of nature-based solutions for different types of areas (rural, urban and coastal);
- Climate-proofing and resilience of infrastructure and buildings;
- Adaptation solutions for agriculture and forestry;
- Water management;
- Health;
- Preparedness for compound risks and cascading risks;
- Financial instruments, innovative solutions and public private collaboration on insurance and loss data.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
60%
Cost categories: costs for financial support to third parties: allowed for grants and prizes; maximum total amount for financial support to third parties €100.000; maximum amount per third party €20.000.
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
Eligibility for Participation
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
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 or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
- the coordinator must be established in an eligible country
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Department of Environment
Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
www.lifecyclamen.com.cy
Persons to Contact
Marilena Papastavrou
Environment Officer, National Contact Point for Environment
Telephone: +357 22 408 926
Email: mpapastavrou@environment.moa.gov.cy
Chrystalla Papastavrou
Environment Officer, National Contact Point for Climate
Telephone: +357 22 408 962
Email: cpapastavrou@environment.moa.gov.cy