European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution

Environment governance

LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-GOV: LIFE Project Grants for Environmental Governance

Funding Amount

Amount not specified

Deadline

23/09/2025

Eligible Organization Types

Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution

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What is the Environment governance Call?

Grant Description
Support for Standard Action Projects under the Circular Economy and Quality of Life sub-programme focusing exclusively on environmental governance. Projects should facilitate the transition to a sustainable, circular, energy-efficient, climate-resilient and toxic-free environment, improving environmental quality in line with the European Green Deal. Funded activities include public administration decision-making support, environmental compliance assurance and access to justice, and behavioural c...
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

Projects are expected to deliver measurable impacts as defined under Award criterion ‘Impact’ (see Sections 2 and 9):
• Enhanced capacity of public administrations to make informed environmental governance decisions.
• Increased uptake of voluntary environmental management schemes by public and private actors.
• Strengthened environmental compliance monitoring and streamlined access to justice for citizens and NGOs.
• Demonstrable behavioural changes and raised public awareness leading to adoption of sustainable practices.
• Tangible contributions to a circular economy, energy efficiency, climate resilience and a toxic-free environment.
• Protection, restoration and improvement of environmental quality in line with the European Green Deal objectives.
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

• Only Standard Action Projects (SAP) under the Circular Economy and Quality of Life sub-programme are eligible.

• Projects must focus exclusively on environmental governance.

• Applicants must select a maximum of two sub-topics from the three listed (decision-making support; compliance assurance and access to justice; behavioural change and awareness-raising).

• Projects under LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT or LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT-GOV are not eligible.

• Applicants must comply with admissibility (Section 5), eligibility and other conditions (Section 6), financial/operational capacity and exclusion criteria (Section 7) of the Call document.

• Proposals must adhere to page limits and layout rules in Part B of the Application Form.

• Projects must be implemented by entities from eligible countries as defined in Section 6.

• Financial planning must follow the Detailed Budget Table template.
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

• Assessment of alignment with specific call priorities (Award criterion 1) will be based solely on the two sub-topics selected under ‘Compliance with LIFE programme objectives and call topic’ in the Standard Application Form.

• Proposals exceeding two sub-topics will be deemed non-compliant.

• Mandatory annexes: Detailed budget table; Participant information form.

• Optional annexes: Letters of support; Maps; Site descriptions; Other documentation (e.g. life-cycle analyses, business plans).

• Evaluation and award procedures (submission, scoring, thresholds) follow Sections 8 and 9 of the Call document and the Online Manual.

• Indicative evaluation and grant agreement timeline per Section 4.

• Grants are governed by LIFE General MGA v1.0, LIFE Regulation 2021/783 and EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509.
Important dates

Open from: 24/04/2025

Deadline:23/09/2025

Application period has ended

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