LIFE-2025-STRAT-CLIMA-SIP-two-stage – Strategic Integrated Projects - Climate Action

Identifikátor témy: LIFE-2025-STRAT-CLIMA-SIP-two-stage Výzva: LIFE-2025-STRAT-two-stage – Strategic Nature and Integrated Projects (SNAP/SIP) Program: Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) Časť programu: Integrated Projects For Climate Typ akcie: LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants Typ zmluvy (MGA): LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based Stav: Closed Otvorenie: 24. 4. 2025 Termín(y) podania: 4. 9. 2025, 5. 3. 2026 Rozpočet: 30 000 000 €

Expected Impact:

- By the end of the project: at least substantial contribution to the implementation of the targeted plan/strategy, and mechanisms established to ensure full implementation of the plan/strategy. - After the project: Full implementation of the plan/strategy.

In relation to those expected impacts, applicants are expected to define, calculate, explain and achieve the expected impacts as described in Award criterion ‘Impact’ of the full proposal evaluation (see Call document).

Objective:

Support the full implementation of the following plans and strategies:

- National Energy and Climate Plans (pursuant to EU Regulation on the governance of the energy union and climate action); - National or regional adaptation strategies or action plans; - Urban or community-based action plans pioneering the transition to a climate neutral and/or climate resilient society and city; - National, regional or industry-/sector-specific greenhouse gas mitigation strategies or plans or economy roadmaps contributing to climate neutrality.

Scope:

SIPs should aim at the full implementation of the strategies and plans listed in "Objective". This might not mean that the SIP will cover all actions foreseen in the strategy/plan or that the strategy/plan will be fully implemented during the lifetime of the SIP. However, the SIP shall include strategic actions to catalyse a process and mobilise supplementary commitments and funding that will lead, in due time, to the full implementation of the plan or strategy.

SIPs shall promote the coordination with and mobilisation of other relevant Union, national or private funding sources for the implementation of the complementary measures or actions outside of the SIP in the framework of the targeted plan or strategy, giving preference to EU funding. Within the SIP itself, however, co-funding may not come from other EU funding sources.

SIPs shall actively involve the main stakeholders necessary for the implementation of the targeted plan or strategy. They should be involved in both the design and implementation of the given project. This involvement is expected to be achieved by including them - where possible and reasonable - as associated beneficiaries of the SIP, or through their active participation in the implementation of the SIP itself and/or of the complementary actions.

SIPs should facilitate and result in the building up of strategic capacities among the competent authorities and stakeholders to ensure a long-term sustainability of project results and actions, and to ensure that they will be able to function as co-deliverers of the targeted plan or strategy during or after the end of the SIP.

The SIP complexity requires an adaptive approach in the design of the implementing mechanism. For this reason, SIPs will be implemented based on a revolving programming mechanism structured in phases (i.e. Phase 1, Phase 2, etc.). Each phase should normally last at least 3 years, to reduce administrative burden, although duration might be shorter if properly justified.

See Call document and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for a more detailed description of SIPs scope and features.

Conditions

1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of the call document.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible Countries

described in section 6 of the call document.

3. Other Eligible Conditions

described in section 6 of the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in section 7 of the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

described in section 9 of the call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: 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.

Call document and annexes:

Call document

Application form templates

Standard application form (LIFE SIP and SNAP) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Detailed budget table (LIFE)

Participant information (LIFE)

Maps (LIFE)

Description of sites (LIFE)

Description of species and habitats (LIFE)

Implementation overview for the plan/strategy/action plan (LIFE SIP and SNAP)

Complementary funding plan (LIFE SIP and SNAP)

Complementary funding declaration (LIFE SIP and SNAP)

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

LIFE MGA

Additional documents:

LIFE Multiannual Work Programme 2025-2027

LIFE Regulation 2021/783

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Aktuality k téme: - 2025-04-24: 24/04/2025 The submission session is now available for: LIFE-2025-STRAT-CLIMA-SIP-two-stage (LIFE-PJG), LIFE-2025-STRAT-NAT-SNAP-two-stage (LIFE-PJG), LIFE-2025-STRAT-ENV-SIP-two-stage(LIFE-PJG) 10/12/2025 Topic CLIMA update: A total of 17 proposals have been received in stage 1. After evaluation, 15 proposals have been invited to submit to stage 2.