Nature Governance and Information
LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-GOV funds projects improving nature governance and information to protect biodiversity.
This call supports projects that enhance governance and information related to nature conservation. It aims to raise awareness, ensure compliance, and enable replication of successful solutions. Projects must focus on governance and information under the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme.
Likely relevant for
- Nature conservation NGOs
- Environmental governance bodies
- Research institutions in biodiversity
- Public authorities involved in environmental compliance
- Organizations promoting public participation in environmental matters
Project signals
What it funds
- Standard Action Projects under LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme
- Projects improving governance and information at all levels
- Raising awareness of nature conservation benefits
- Supporting compliance assurance and public participation (Aarhus Convention)
- Enabling replication and upscaling of proven solutions
Expected outcomes
- Improved governance for nature protection
- Increased public awareness and participation
- Enhanced compliance with environmental laws
- Replication of successful conservation actions
Who can apply / participate
- Public authorities
- NGOs
- Research organizations
- Other entities eligible under LIFE programme
- Check call document for consortium requirements
- Eligible countries as per section 6 of call document
- Must comply with LIFE programme eligibility rules
- Focus on governance and information projects only
- Specific consortium size and composition
- Exact funding rates and maximum budgets
Must check before shortlisting
- Eligibility criteria in section 6 of call document
- Budget and funding rates
- Consortium requirements
Money
The total indicative budget for this call in 2026 is approximately EUR 173.5 million shared with related topics.
- Total budget for LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-GOV — 173500000EURShared with LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-NATURE topic
Application notes
- Single-stage submission model.
- Proposal page limits and layout as per section 5 of call document and Application Form Part B.
- Eligibility and admissibility conditions in section 6 of call document.
- Financial and operational capacity requirements in section 7 of call document.
- Evaluation criteria and process in sections 8 and 9 of call document.
- Legal and financial setup in section 10 of call document.
- Call document and annexes available in submission system.
- Prepare proposal following call document guidelines.
- Submit via Funding & Tenders Portal before deadline.
- Consult FAQs and Online Manual for guidance.
- Engage National Contact Point for support.
- Ensure compliance with all eligibility and admissibility criteria.
- Check detailed budget and funding conditions.
- Follow proposal layout and page limits strictly.
Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 22 Jun 2026, 17:17 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.
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Official source text
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Topic description
Expected Impact: Applicants are expected to define, calculate, explain and achieve ambitious and credible impacts in terms of conservation benefit, ensuring at the same time long term sustainability and replication (see sections 2 and 9 of the Call document). Objective: To contribute to the protection of nature and biodiversity by: raising awareness of the benefits of nature conservation, supporting compliance assurance, as well as public participation and access to justice (Aarhus Convention) enabling actions for the replication and upscaling of proven solutions Scope: The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme by improving governance and information at all levels, as defined in sections 1 and 2 of the Call document. This call topic focuses exclusively on governance and information projects; other projects in line with the objectives of the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme but defined in the Call topic LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-NATURE are excluded.
Conditions and documents
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (LIFE SAP and OAG) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Participant information (LIFE)
Description of species and habitats (LIFE)
Letters of support
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Support information
Consult the FAQs in LIFE website . Get in touch with your National Contact Point (NCP) . We want also to draw your attention on the possibility to get support from your NCP. To facilitate such support, it would be beneficial to add your NCP under the “Participants” step of the application, by clicking on “Add contact”. Then, Under “Project role”, use the option “Contact person” and add your NCP’s data. Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Raw budget overview
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