Deadline: 23-Sep-2025
Submissions are now open for Technical Assistance Preparation of ENV Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) topic.
Objectives
- The objective is the preparation of ENV Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs).
- ENV SIPs projects
- aim at the implementation of:
- National or Regional Circular Economy Action Plans, Strategies, Roadmaps or similar, which are officially approved, include specific and measurable actions, or targets, with a clear timeline and are in line with or complement the objectives of the EU Circular Economy Action Plan and, when relevant of the Bioeconomy Strategy;
- National and regional Waste Management Plans pursuant to Article 28 of the EU Waste Framework Directive and/or Waste Prevention Programmes as requested by article 29 of the EU Waste Framework Directive;
- River basin management plans pursuant to Annex VII to the EU Water Framework Directive, Flood Risk Management Plans pursuant to the EU Floods Directive, Marine Strategies pursuant to the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Drought Management Plans as suggested by Article 13 (5) of the Water Framework Directive;
- Air quality plans pursuant to the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive, National Air Pollution Control Programmes pursuant to the EU National Emission Reduction Commitments Directive;
- Noise action plans pursuant to the EU Environmental Noise Directive.
- at large territorial scale
- with the involvement of all concerned stakeholders
- and include a coordination mechanism for funding supporting complementary measures necessary for the full implementation of the targeted plan or strategy.
- aim at the implementation of:
- Therefore the main objective of the TA-PP project is the submission of a full proposal for a ENV SIP.
- The ENV SIP proposal prepared in the framework of TA-PP project has to be of good quality and has to be eligible for LIFE funding. If failure to submit eligible and quality ENV SIP proposal is due to the poor performance, negligence or mistake of the beneficiary of the TA-PP project, the granting authority reserves the right to recover any pre-financing and to declare all TA- PP project costs ineligible.
Scope
- The overall objective of a TA-PP-ENV-SIP project is writing a SIP proposal, so all activities must contribute to this goal.
- As a general principle, all 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 SIP.
- Activities may include (this is not an exhaustive list):
- recruitment of new personnel and training for writing a SIP proposal;
- contracting external assistance for writing a SIP proposal;
- information collection for the preparation of a SIP proposal (e.g. on sources of funding)
- networking, consultation and coordination work for preparing and writing the SIP;
- coordination with stakeholders to be involved in the Strategic Integrated Project;
- developing financing plans where such plans are not already part of the targeted strategy or plan;
- mapping of the actions complementary to SIP and their potential sources of funding
- writing of the SIP proposal full proposal or concept note and full proposal itself.
Funding Information
- Topic budget: EUR 300,000
- max. EU contribution: EUR 70,000.
Expected Impact
- A proposal for a Technical Assistance project is expected to support the applicant during preparation of an eligible SIP proposal of good quality that targets an eligible strategy or plan. The proposals must also demonstrate that the proposed action is of Union interest by making a contribution to the achievement of one of the general objectives of the LIFE Programme set out in Article 3 of the LIFE regulation.
Eligibility Criteria
- 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
- the coordinator must be established in an eligible country
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