The European Commission will now evaluate the concept notes and inform applicants of the results in October. Those whose concept notes have been pre-selected will then be able to work on their full project proposals. The deadline for applicants to submit their full proposals is February 2020.
The proposed concept notes can be broken down into:
- 17 concept notes in Environment and resource efficiency;
- 5 concept notes in Nature and biodiversity;
- 6 concept notes in Environmental governance and information.
Applicants from 27 EU countries are requesting €2.2 billion in co-financing from the LIFE programme for new environmental projects. In total, the proposed projects look to invest more than €4 billion to protect nature and environment in European Union.
It’s important to remember that calls for climate action projects are still open! Applicants to LIFE’s climate action sub-programme must submit a full proposal for “traditional” projects by 12 September 2019. There is no pre-selection through concept notes.
