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  1. An institution, body, office or agency established by or based on the Treaty on European Union and the Treaties establishing the European Communities.

    All education and training facilities for people of different age groups.

    An intergovernmental organization having legal personality under public international law or a specialized agency established by such an international organization. An international organization, the majority of whose members are Member States or Associated Countries and whose main objective is to promote scientific and technological cooperation in Europe, is an International Organization of European Interest.

    A person with legal rights and obligations. Unlike a legal entity, a natural person does not have a legal act (e.g. association, limited liability company, etc.).

    An NPO is an institution or organization which, by virtue of its legal form, is not profit-oriented or which is required by law not to distribute profits to its shareholders or individual members. An NGO is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that does not represent business interests. Pursues a common purpose for the benefit of society.

    A partnership, corporation, person, or agency that is for-profit and not operated by the government.

    Any government or other public administration, including public advisory bodies, at the national, regional or local level.

    A research institution is a legal entity established as a non-profit organization whose main objective is to conduct research or technological development. A college/university is a legal entity recognized by its national education system as a university or college or secondary school. It may be a public or private institution.

    A microenterprise, a small or medium-sized enterprise (business) as defined in EU Recommendation 2003/361. To qualify as an SME for EU funding, an enterprise must meet certain conditions, including (a) fewer than 250 employees and (b) an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million. These ceilings apply only to the figures for individual companies.

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  1. Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation 

    This topic focuses on strengthening governance, fostering institutional capacity, and enhancing cross-border cooperation. It includes promoting multilevel, transnational, and cross-border governance by designing and testing effective structures and mechanisms, as well as encouraging collaboration between public institutions on various themes. 

    Innovation capacity and awareness are also key, with actions aimed at increasing the ability of individuals and organizations to adopt and apply innovative practices. This involves empowering innovation networks and stimulating innovation across different sectors. 

    Institutional cooperation and network-building play a crucial role, supporting long-term partnerships to improve administrative processes, share regional knowledge, and promote intercultural understanding. This also includes cooperation between universities, healthcare facilities, schools, sports organizations, and efforts in management and capacity building. 

    This topic focuses on strengthening the agricultural, forestry, and fisheries sectors while ensuring sustainable development and environmental protection. It covers agricultural products (e.g., fruits, meat, olives), organic farming, horticulture, and innovative approaches to sustainable agriculture. It also addresses forest management, wood products, and the promotion of biodiversity and climate resilience in forestry practices.

    In the food sector, the focus lies on developing sustainable and resilient food chains, promoting organic food production, enhancing seafood products, and ensuring food security and safety. Projects also target the development of the agro-food industry, including innovative methods for production, processing, and distribution.

    Fisheries and animal management are essential aspects, with an emphasis on sustainable fishery practices, aquaculture, and animal health and welfare. This also includes efforts to promote responsible fishing, marine conservation, and the development of efficient resource management systems.

    Soil and air quality initiatives play a crucial role in environmental protection and public health. This includes projects aimed at combating soil and air pollution, implementing pollution management systems, and preventing soil erosion. Additionally, innovative approaches to improving air quality—both outdoors and indoors—are supported, alongside advancing knowledge and best practices in soil and air management.

    This topic focuses on protecting the environment, promoting biodiversity, and addressing the challenges of climate change and resource management. It includes efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change, develop low-carbon technologies, and reduce GHG emissions. Biodiversity promotion and natural protection are key aspects. 

    It also covers improving soil and air quality by reducing pollution, managing contamination, preventing soil erosion, and enhancing air quality both outdoors and indoors. Water management plays an essential role, including sustainable water distribution, monitoring systems, innovative wastewater treatment technologies, and water reuse policies. Additionally, it addresses the protection and development of waterways, lakes, and rivers, as well as sustainable wetland management. 

    This topic focuses on preserving, promoting, and enhancing cultural and natural heritage in a sustainable way. It includes efforts to increase the attractiveness of cultural and natural sites through preservation, valorisation, and the development of heritage objects, services, and products. Cultural heritage management, arts, and culture play a key role, including maritime heritage routes, access to cultural sites, and cultural services like festivals, concerts, and art workshops. 

    Tourism development is also central, with actions aimed at promoting natural assets, protecting and developing natural heritage, and increasing touristic appeal through the better use of cultural, natural, and historical heritage. It also covers the improvement of tourist services and products, the creation of ecotourism models, and the development of sustainable tourism strategies. 

    This topic focuses on the sustainable management, protection, and valorisation of natural resources and areas, such as habitats, geo parks, and protected zones. It also includes preserving and enhancing cultural and natural heritage, landscapes, and protecting marine environments. 

    Circular economy initiatives play a key role, with actions aimed at innovative waste management, ecological treatment techniques, and advanced recycling systems. Projects may focus on improving recycling technologies, organic waste recovery, and establishing repair and re-use networks. Additionally, pollution prevention and control efforts address ecological economy practices, marine litter reduction, and sustainable resource use. 

    This topic covers labour market development and employment, focusing on creating job opportunities, optimizing existing jobs, and addressing academic (un)employment and job mobility. It also includes attracting a skilled workforce and improving working conditions for various groups. 

    Strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and boosting entrepreneurship are key priorities. This includes enhancing SME capacities, supporting social entrepreneurship, and promoting innovative business models. Activities may focus on creating advisory systems for start-ups, spin-offs, and incubators, fostering business networks, and improving the competitiveness of SMEs through knowledge and technology transfer, digital transformation, and sustainable business practices. 

    This topic focuses on fostering community integration and strengthening a common identity by promoting social cohesion, positive relations, and the development of shared spaces and services. It supports initiatives that enhance intercultural understanding and cooperation between different societal groups. 

    Demographic change and migration address key societal challenges, such as an aging population, active aging, and silver economy strategies. It also includes adapting public services and infrastructure to demographic shifts, tackling social and spatial segregation, and addressing brain drain. Migration-related actions cover policy development, strategic planning, and the integration of migrants to create inclusive and resilient communities. 

    All projects where ICT has a significant role, including tailor-made ICT solutions in different fields, as well as digital innovation hubs, open data, Internet of Things; ICT access and connecting (remote) areas with digital infrastructure and services; services and applications for citizens (e-health, e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion, etc.); services and applications for companies (e-commerce, networking, digital transformation, etc.).

    This is about the mitigation and management of risks and disasters, and the anticipation and response capacity towards the actors regarding specific risks and management of natural disasters, for example, prevention of flood and drought hazards, forest fire, strong weather conditions, etc.. It is also about risk assessment and safety.

    This topic focuses on enhancing education, training, and opportunities for children, youth, and adults. It covers the expansion of educational access, reduction of barriers to education, and improvement of higher education and lifelong learning. It also includes vocational education, common learning programs, and initiatives supporting labour mobility and educational networks. Additionally, it addresses the promotion of media literacy, digital learning tools, and the development of innovative educational approaches to strengthen knowledge, skills, and societal participation. 

    This topic emphasizes the role of culture and media in education and social development. It supports initiatives that foster creativity, cultural awareness, and artistic expression among children and youth. Activities include promoting cross-border cooperation in the audiovisual sector, enhancing digital content creation skills, and boosting the distribution of educational and cultural media products. Furthermore, it encourages the development of media literacy initiatives, helping young audiences critically engage with digital and media content. By connecting education, creativity, and media, this topic strengthens cultural identity and supports inclusive, knowledge-based societies. 

    This topic covers actions aimed at improving energy efficiency and promoting the use of renewable energy sources. It includes energy management, energy-saving methods, and evaluating energy efficiency measures. Projects may focus on the energy rehabilitation and efficiency of buildings and public infrastructure, as well as promoting energy efficiency through cooperation among experienced firms, institutions, and local administrations. 

    In the field of renewable energy, this encompasses the development and expansion of wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal, and other sustainable energy sources. Activities include increasing renewable energy production, enhancing research capacities, and developing innovative technologies for energy storage and management. Projects may also address sustainable regional bioenergy policies, financial instruments for renewable energy investments, and the establishment of cooperative frameworks for advancing renewable energy initiatives. 

    This topic focuses on promoting equal rights and strengthening social inclusion, particularly for marginalized and vulnerable groups. It covers activities enhancing the capacity and participation of children, young people, women, elderly people, and socially excluded groups. Activities can address the creation of inclusive infrastructure, improving access and opportunities for people with disabilities, and fostering social cohesion through innovative care services. It also includes initiatives supporting victims of gender-based violence, promoting human rights, and developing policies and tools for social integration and equal participation in society. 

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    This area focuses on the development and improvement of transport and mobility systems, covering all modes of transport, including urban mobility and public transportation. Actions aiming at improving transport connections through traffic and transport planning, rehabilitation and modernisation of infrastructure, better connectivity, and enhanced accessibility. Projects promoting multimodal transport and logistics, optimising intermodal transport chains, offering sustainable and efficient logistics solutions, and developing multimodal mobility strategies. Also, initiatives establishing cooperation among logistic centres and providing access to clean, efficient, and multimodal transport corridors and hubs. 

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Call key data

Projects to support Bauhaus, the Phoenix initiative and the Emerald Network

Funding Program

LIFE – Programme for the Environment and Climate Action

Call number

LIFE-2023-PLP-Bauhaus-Phoenix-Emerald

deadlines

Opening
18.04.2023

Deadline
07.09.2023 17:00

Funding rate

90 %

Call budget

€ 4,000,000.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

max. € 1,000,000.00

Link to the call

Link to the submission

Call content

short description

Based on article 11 of the LIFE Regulation 2021/783, the LIFE Multi Annual Work Programme 2021-2024, includes the possibility to finance each year a limited number of projects designed to support specific needs for the development and implementation of Union environment policy and legislation. Once a year, in consultation with Member States, the Commission makes an inventory of the specific needs regarding the development and implementation of Union environmental or climate policy and legislation that need to be addressed during the following years and identifies among them the needs that could be addressed by specific projects.

Call objectives

Under this specific topic, proposals may be submitted only to address the following specific needs:

  1. Supporting the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 in Ukraine and Moldova, on the basis of their current Emerald network of sites under the Bern Convention
  2. Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities - waste
  3. Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities – Water
  4. New European Bauhaus – LIFE in the building and construction sector

Expected effects and impacts

Expected Impact:

  • Supporting the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 in Ukraine and Moldova, on the basis of their current Emerald network of sites under the Bern Convention
    • The outcomes of the project are expected to facilitate the future implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 in Ukraine and Moldova, with a good assessment of the baseline situation, improved knowledge about the actual presence of the habitats and species listed in the Birds and Habitats Directive and in the potential Natura 2000 sites, such as confirming and quantifying the presence of the species and habitats, producing more detailed maps, setting site-specific conservation objectives; as well the project will contribute to better guidance and enhanced competencies for establishing a Natura 2000 site management. 
    • Further, this project is a first step for strengthening the partnership between Ukraine and Moldova and EU countries, sharing the same values, and setting the basis for enhancing joint efforts of cooperation and thus protecting biodiversity across and beyond the EU borders.
  • Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities - waste
    • Improve of waste management for several Ukrainian cities; 
    • Facilitate the use of innovative and state of the art waste services management approaches through twinning with EU cities (preferably members of Covenant of Mayors or Green City Accord, or participating in LIFE Strategic Integrated Projects for waste management plans); 
    • Provide capacity building and training for relevant city administrative, technical and political staff on strategic planning; 
    • Identify further needs to the full implementation of waste management; 
    • Facilitate replication.
  • Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities – Water
    • Improve water and sanitation services management for several Ukrainian cities 
    • Facilitate the use of innovative and state of the art water services management approaches through twinning with EU cities (preferably members of Covenant of Mayors or Green City Accord, or participating in LIFE Strategic Integrated Projects for water management plans) 
    • Provide capacity building and training for relevant city administrative, technical and political staff on strategic planning; 
    • Identify further needs to the full implementation of water management 
    • Facilitate replication
  • New European Bauhaus – LIFE in the building and construction sector
    • to enhance skills in the construction eco-system for sustainable construction; with special focus on use of bio-based materials and circularity 
    • to contribute to the NEBAcademy with hubs, trainings, summer academies, online learning material or other relevant activities
    • to support the identification and further needs especially concerning transformational skills in the construction eco-system

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Expected results

Expected activities:

  • Supporting the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 in Ukraine and Moldova, on the basis of their current Emerald network of sites under the Bern Convention
    • The projects activities will support Ukraine and Moldova in advancing the establishment and management of the Emerald Network of protected sites and this will also aid to move closer to the EU standards for the conservation of species and habitats. Activities include support in different areas: 
      • Legal: support for a preliminary study to define baselines, identify barriers and risks and propose a roadmap, legal recommendations and best practices that can be applied in order to establish and improve the management of Emerald sites; 
      • Technical: support for mapping sites and identifying site-specific conservation objectives and measures, creating arrangements for information and knowledge sharing among key audiences and for building capacity of competent authority and site managers; 
      • Operational: support for assessments, for the preparation of action plans, codes of conducts, and guidelines for appropriate management, and support for the enhancement of monitoring and reporting.
  • Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities - waste
    • The project aims to support, in cooperation with EU cities, some small or medium-sized Ukrainian cities and contribute to the implementation of the waste management framework. It should include: 
      • the development of relevant urban planning and permitting actions in the municipality administrations; 
      • the identification and design of innovative solutions in waste management to support, e.g. 
        • the use of value-added recycled materials, components or products in reconstruction; 
        • the demonstration of innovative solutions for the identification, tracking, separation, prevention and decontamination of waste containing hazardous substances; 
        • the implementation of design for the environment solutions, including circular design, to improve durability, reparability, reusability, upgradability, recycling and use of recycled content in new construction products, pharmaceutical products, reducing the uncontrolled burning of waste by individuals (either for getting rid of it or for domestic heating) thus reducing emissions of highly toxic air pollutants..
      • Promotion of innovative solutions for the design and (re)construction of waste management facilities.
  • Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities – Water
    • The project aims to support, in cooperation with EU cities several small or medium size Ukrainian cities and contribute to the implementation of the water management framework. It should include: 
      • the development of relevant urban planning approaches and permitting actions at municipal level, with possible use of dedicated Geographical Information Systems or satellites; 
      • the identification and design of innovative solutions to improve access to safe drinking water and wastewater treatment; 
      • the promotion of innovative solutions for the design and reconstruction of water and wastewater infrastructures and treatment facilities.
  • New European Bauhaus – LIFE in the building and construction sector
    • test pilot projects on using sustainable materials for construction (focussing on wood); 
    • promote and support technology transfer; 
    • provide capacity building, support visits for exchange of ideas
    • support specific training of technicians, land planners and others for the development of New European Bauhaus specific projects.

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)
Moldova (Moldova), Iceland (Ísland), Ukraine (Україна)

eligible entities

Education and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)

Mandatory partnership

No

Project Partnership

Depending on the specific topic, the partnership requirements vary: 

  1. Supporting the implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 in Ukraine and Moldova, on the basis of their current Emerald network of sites under the Bern Convention
    • Applicants shall be part of a consortium which must include the relevant national authorities. 
    • Expected project duration: 24 months
  2. Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities - waste
    • Applicants shall be part of a consortium which must include both one or more EU city and the municipal authorities of one or more Ukrainian small or medium-sized city
    • Expected project duration: 48 months
  3. Phoenix : Project for a holistic orientation towards environmental new infrastructure in Ukrainian Cities – Water
    • Applicants shall be part of a consortium which must include both one or more EU city and the municipal authorities of one or more Ukrainian small or medium-sized city
    • Expected project duration: 48 months
  4. New European Bauhaus – LIFE in the building and construction sector
    • Mono-applications possible
    • Expected project duration: 24 months

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 (associated countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
  • the coordinator must be established in an eligible country

Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person).

International organisations are eligible. The rules on eligible countries do not apply to them.

Additional information

Topics

Agriculture & Forestry, Fishery, Food, Soil quality, 
Air Quality, Biodiversity & Environment, Climate & Climate Change, Water quality & management, 
Circular Economy, Natural Resources, 
Disaster Prevention, Resilience, Risk Management, 
Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy , 
Rural & Urban Development/Planning

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

24-48 months

Additional Information

Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section. Paper submissions are NOT possible.

Project acronym — Your project acronym must include the word LIFE. 

Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents: 

  • Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
  • Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded) 
  • Part C (to be filled in directly online) containing additional project data 
  • Mandatory annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded):
    • detailed budget table (mandatory excel template available in the Submission System) 
    • CVs of core project team: not applicable 
    • activity reports of last year: not applicable 
    • list of previous projects: not applicable 
    • participant information 
    • letters of support from competent authorities, if available 
    • other annexes, if available. 

Proposals are limited to maximum 50 pages (Part B). 

Contact

European Climate Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) - LIFE
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