Objectives

• To facilitate trans-national co-operation between LIFE National Contact Points (NCPs) with a view to identifying and sharing good practices and improving the support to LIFE programme applicants, thus increasing their successful participation;
• To give special attention to enhancing the competence of NCPs, including helping less experienced NCPs to rapidly acquire the know-how built up in other countries;
• To build, as far as possible, on the existing knowledge and tools generated by one or more the NCP, avoiding duplication and establishing synergies;
• To open up to the participation of all NCPs, including the ones from OCTs and non-EU countries (newly) associated to the LIFE Programme, and encourage the active involvement of each NCP;
• To organize yearly NCP Trainings and to cover the period of 2.5 years.

Priorities

• Priority 1: Contribute to an improved and professionalized NCP service across Europe, thereby helping simplify access to LIFE programme calls for proposals, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of proposals submitted;
• Priority 2: Achieve a more consistent level of NCP support services across Europe.

Among financed actions

• Trainings, workshops, seminars and networking activities and other activities contributing to the objectives’ achievement.

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals.
• Initial duration of the action: up to 30 months.

Eligibility

• Only NCPs from EU Member States, OCTs and Associated Countries are eligible to participate in and receive funding for this action;
• The consortium should involve a good representation of experienced and less experienced NCPs;
• NCPs from EU Member States or Associated Countries choosing not to participate as a member of the consortium should be invited and encouraged to participate in the project activities (e.g. workshops).

• Total budget of the call: 4.8 million euro
• Total budget of the topic: 800,000 euro
• Amount of the grant: 800,000 euro
• Co-financing rate: up to 95% of the total eligible costs