LIFE Environment Governance — Standard Action Projects
Funds standard projects that build public administration and private-sector capacity to implement EU circular-economy and environment policy.
Applicants pick at most two sub-topics and describe them in the 'Compliance with LIFE programme objectives and call topic' section of the Standard Application Form — only the selected sub-topics are scored. The topic carries an indicative EUR 4 million 2025 budget, and applications go through the Portal with mandatory annexes for the detailed budget table and participant information, before the si…
The Commission funds Standard Action Projects focused specifically on environmental governance under the Circular Economy and Quality of Life sub-programme: supporting public administrations' decision-making and voluntary approaches for the public and private sector, environmental compliance assurance and access to justice, and behavioural-change and awareness-raising initiatives. Projects covering the underlying environmental or nature topics themselves, rather than governance, are excluded and belong under the separate SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT or SAP-NAT-GOV topics.
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