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
The objective is the preparation of Strategic Nature Projects (SNaPs).
SNaP projects aims:
- at the implementation of:
- Prioritised Action Frameworks (PAF) and/or
- Other plans or strategies adopted at international, national, regional or multiregional level by nature and biodiversity authorities, that implement EU nature and/or biodiversity policy or legislation,
- at large territorial scale
- with the involvement of all concerned stakeholders
- include a coordination mechanism for funding supporting complementary measures necessary for the full implementation of the targeted PAF (or other eligible strategy).
Therefore the main objective of the TA-PP project is the submission of a full proposal for a SNaP.
The overall objective of a TA-PP-NAT-SNaP project is writing a SNaP proposal, so all activities of the TA-PP project must contribute to this goal.
Detailed Call Description
Αll 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 SNaP.
Activities may include (this is not an exhaustive list):
- recruitment of new personnel and training for writing a SNaP proposal;
- contracting external assistance for writing a SNaP proposal;
- information collection for the preparation of a SNaP proposal (e.g. on sources of funding)
- networking, consultation and coordination work for preparing and writing the SNaP proposal;
- coordination with stakeholders to be involved in the Strategic Nature Project;
- developing financing plans where such plans are not already part of the targeted PAF, action plan or strategy;
- mapping of the actions complementary to the SNaP and their potential sources of funding
- writing of the SNaP concept note and full proposal itself.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
60%
Maximum EU contribution: €70.000
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- 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 (list of participating countries)
- the coordinator must be established in an eligible country
Consortium composition:
TA-PP projects are designed to support authorities responsible for the implementation of the plan/strategy/action plan targeted by the SNaPs or SIPs to prepare their SNaP and SIP applications.
The authority responsible for the plan/strategy/action plan should in principle be the coordinator of the TA-PP project. In well justified cases it may participate not as coordinator, but it should in any case be part of the TA-PP project consortium.
For all topics, the coordinator must be established in an eligible country.
Eligible activities are the ones set out in section 2 above. The following activities are not considered as eligible for funding under this call:
In general and amongst others:
- 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 and the corresponding SIP.
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