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.
This call sits under the Circular Economy and Quality of Life sub-programme of the LIFE programme, funded as a LIFE Project Grant rather than a Horizon Europe action, and applicants submit through the Funding & Tenders Portal in a single stage. Because the call covers several possible topics defined in the call document, applicants pick at most two sub-topics and describe only those in the 'Compli…
The Commission funds Standard Action Projects focused specifically on environmental governance under the Circular Economy and Quality of Life sub-programme, covering topics defined in the call document such as support for public administration and behavioural-change 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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