The European Natura 2000 Award rewards excellence in the management of Natura 2000 sites and showcases the network’s added value of conserving nature for local communities and economies across the European Union.
The call for applications for the 2024 edition of the Award will be launched on 22 May 2023 and applications will be accepted until 12 October 2023, 23:59 CET.
More information: Natura 2000 Award (europa.eu)
The European Commission has revealed the 9 finalists in this year’s LIFE Awards. A hybrid ceremony announcing the winners is scheduled for 6 June 2023 during EU Green Week 2023. The Awards recognise excellence in nature protection, environment, and climate action.
For more information: LIFE Awards 2023 (europa.eu)
Participate and cast your vote: lifeawards.eu
LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action.
LIFE 2023 Call for proposals guides are available here: Search Funding & Tenders (europa.eu)
For more information: LIFE 2023 Calls for proposals: €611 million available to bring green ideas to life (europa.eu)
Please find attached the information leaflet.
LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action.
LIFE 2022 Call for proposals guides are available here: Search Funding & Tenders (europa.eu)
The European Commission has selected the 12 finalists for this year’s LIFE Awards, including LIFE RE-Vultures project involving beneficiaries from Greece. A hybrid ceremony announcing the winners will take place on 30 May during EU Green Week. This special anniversary edition of the LIFE Awards will honour excellence in nature protection, environment, and climate action.
For more information: https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/events/life-awards-2022-2022-05-30_en
The European Commission is proud to announce the 21 finalists for the 2022 edition of the Natura 2000 Award. The selected finalists are from Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain and include several cross-border initiatives which also involve partners from Cyprus and Croatia.
Discover the finalists on the specially designed map.
With a budget of EUR 16 million, the European City Facility (EUCF) Call for Proposals is open until 3 March 2022.
EUCF Call for Proposals (LIFE-2021-CET-EUCF) under LIFE Clean Energy Transition is open and proposals are invited to offer financial support and services to cities and municipalities or their groupings to develop investment concepts for sustainable energy investments.
For more information:
Funding & tenders (europa.eu)
EUROPEAN CITY FACILITY - INFO DAY - Streaming Service of the European Commission (europa.eu)
Applications for the 2022 edition are now open, and can be submitted until 14 Octoberber 2021, midnight CET.
Anyone directly involved in Natura 2000 – businesses, authorities, NGOs, volunteers, landowners, educational institutions or individuals – can apply for the award.
All eligible applications are assessed by an independent team of evaluators, resulting in a list of finalists. A high-level Jury decides on the five winners, one for each category:
For all 4 sub-programmes "Nature and Biodiversity", "Circular Economy and Quality of Life", "Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" and "Clean Energy Transition", there is a single-stage application process for Standard Action Projects.
Key dates:
For more information please read the following leaflet
The European Commission has chosen the 15 finalists for this year’s LIFE Awards in three categories: nature protection, environment and climate action. There are 2 Greek LIFE projects among the finalists: the LIFE ElClimA project (category: nature protection) and the LIFE ADAPT2CLIMA (category: climate action).
Please find below the list of the 15 finalists: