LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-GOV – Nature Governance and Information

Identifikátor témy: LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-GOV Výzva: LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT – Nature & Biodiversity - Standard Action Projects (SAP) Program: Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) Časť programu: Nature Governance and Information Typ akcie: LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants Typ zmluvy (MGA): LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based Stav: Closed Otvorenie: 21. 4. 2026 Termín(y) podania: 22. 9. 2026 Rozpočet: 173 500 000 € (spoločný s témami LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-NATURE)

Expected Impact:

Applicants are expected to define, calculate, explain and achieve ambitious and credible impacts in terms of conservation benefit, ensuring at the same time long term sustainability and replication (see sections 2 and 9 of the Call document).

Objective:

To contribute to the protection of nature and biodiversity by: - raising awareness of the benefits of nature conservation, - supporting compliance assurance, as well as public participation and access to justice (Aarhus Convention) - enabling actions for the replication and upscaling of proven solutions

Scope:

The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme by improving governance and information at all levels, as defined in sections 1 and 2 of the Call document. This call topic focuses exclusively on governance and information projects; other projects in line with the objectives of the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme but defined in the Call topic LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-NATURE are excluded.

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 eligibility 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 SAP and OAG) — 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)

Letters of support

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

LIFE MGA

Additional documents:

FAQs in LIFE website

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: - 2026-10-22: LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT-NATURE - Nature and Biodiversity 155 proposals LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT-GOV - Nature Governance and Information 13 proposals