Standard Action Projects (SAPs) for Nature and Biodiversity - Governance and Information

Type

LIFE Project Grants (Standard Action Project)

About the call

The second priority area of the sub-programme - not the physical restoration of nature, but the quality of its governance: awareness, compliance assurance and access to justice in cases concerning nature and biodiversity legislation. The budget is considerably more modest - EUR 7.5 million, meaning this call will fund a small number of projects, but the competitive dynamics are also structurally different from the large NATURE call.

Objectives

• Support the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of EU nature and biodiversity legislation.
• Improve governance at all levels by strengthening the capacity of public and private actors.
• Engage civil society, including through citizen science.

What is funded

• Awareness-raising and behaviour-change campaigns for target groups.
• Educational programmes and training for professionals.
• Work with the judiciary, prosecution services and environmental inspectorates.
• Monitoring platforms involving communities and volunteers.
• Institutional capacity building for bodies responsible for nature legislation.
• Ensuring access to justice in environmental cases.

Conditions

• Call budget: EUR 7.5 million
• Co-financing rate: up to 60%
• Applicants: public authorities, NGOs, think tanks, universities; a consortium is not mandatory

Deadline

22 September 2026, 17:00 CEST (single-stage procedure)