LIFE Ausschreibung 2021

Einführung in das EU-LIFE-Programm und Informationen zur diesjährigen Ausschreibung

Bernd Decker, CINEA, 13.7.2021https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/life_en

Teil 1

• Einführung zum LIFE Programm• Ausschreibung 2021

• Struktur

• Formulare• Evaluierungsprozess

Teil 2

• Prioritäten LIFE Umwelt und LIFE Klima

Übersicht

• Das LIFE Programm trägt zu 100% den Zielen des europäischen Grünen Deals bei

• LIFE ist das einzige EU Programm das ausschließlich Umwelt-, Natur- und Klimaprojekte finanziert

• Für den Zeitraum 2021-2027 stehen 5,43 Mrd. € zur Verfügung

• Das mehrjährige Arbeitsprogramm deckt den Zeitraum 2021-2024 ab

Programm für die Umwelt- und Klimapolitik

Das LIFE Programm 2021-2027

On legislation and policies• Support their development,

monitoring and enforcement• Help Member States to improve

their implementation

Nature and biodiversity

Circular economy and quality of life

Climate mitigation and adaptation

Clean energy transition

Project beneficiaries are: 1/3 private enterprises

1/3 NGOs and civil society organisations

1/3 public authorities

Projects• Develop and demonstrate eco-

innovative techniques and approaches

• Help to implement and enforce plans and strategies, in compliance with EU legislation.

• Promote best practices and behavioral changes

• Catalyse the large scale deployment of successful solutions

To halt and reverse biodiversity loss

To protect and improve the quality of the

environment

To contribute to the shift to a circular, energy-efficient,

renewable energy based- and climate resilient economy

Halting and reversing biodiversity loss.

Supporting Natura 2000 network and PrioritisedAction Frameworks.

Mainstreaming nature and biodiversity objectives into other policies and financing

programmes.

Typical actions

Integrated implementation of PAF and BiodivesrityStrategy

Contribution to:

Projects supporting nature conservation andrestorationintheNatura2000network.Speciesprotection.InvasiveAlienSpeciesEcosystemrestorationandmuchmore…

Financing of small scale grants, particularly inOverseas Countries and Territories and OutermostRegions

SubprogrammeNature and Biodiversity

circular economy, noise, air, chemicals, green and circular economy, industrial accidents,

marine and coastal management, noise, soil, waste, water, and the urban environment.

Typical actions

Integrated projects beyond air, water, waste tootherareassuchascirculareconomy.

Promoteupscaleandaccesstofinance.

Contribution to:

SupporttopublicauthoritiesandotherstakeholderstoimplementEUenvironmentlegislation.

Support to technologies and solutions that areready to be implemented in close-to-marketconditions,at industrialorcommercial scale,duringtheprojectduration.

SubprogrammeCircular Economy and Quality of Life

On climate change mitigation, projects thatcontributesignificantlytotheimplementationof:

• the 2030 energy and climate policy

• the EU Member States’ National Energy and Climate Plans

• European Union's mid-century and long-term climate and energy strategy

Onclimatechangeadaptation:

• projects that support the implementationof thenewEUadaptationstrategyandrelatednationalimplementation

The transformation of the European Union into a climate-neutral and -resilient society,

especially through:

Climate Change Mitigation

Climate Change Adaptation

Climate Change Governance

Contribution to:

SubprogrammeClimate Mitigation and Adaptation

Subprogramme Clean Energy Transition predecessors: Intelligent Energy Europe continued under H2020- SC3 - market uptake

Building policy and regulatory

framework

Rolling-out technology, services

and business models

Attracting privatefinance

Mobilising local and regional investments

Engaging and empowering consumers

Contribution to: creating market &

regulatory enabling conditions in the EU

territories for the energy transition

Type of activities: developing and spreading best practice, mobilising investments, improving skills, removing market barriers, raising awareness, educating, empowering.

Clean Energy Transition: areas of intervention

Building a national, regional and local policy framework supporting the clean energy transition

Accelerating technology roll-out, digitalisation, new services and business models and enhancement of the related professional skills on the market

Attracting private finance for sustainable energy

Supporting the development of local and regional investment projects

Involving and empowering citizens in the clean energy transition

GRANTS• Action grants:

• Standard action projects (SAPs)

• Strategic Nature Projects (SNAPs)

• Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs)

• Technical Assistance (TA)

• Other actions (OA) – includingCoordination and Support Actions (CSAs)

• Operating grants

LIFE Projekttypen

OTHER FORMS OF FUNDING• Procurement (not in this call)

• Prizes (not in this call)

• Blending (not in this call)

• Develop, demonstrate and promote innovative techniques, methods and approaches;

• Contribute to the knowledge base and to the application of best practices; • Support to develop, implement, monitor and enforce relevant Union legislation and

policy; improve governance at all levels, through enhancing capacities of public and private actors and the involvement of civil society;

• Catalyse the large-scale deployment of successful technical and policy related solutions for implementing the relevant Union legislation and policy by replicating results, integrating related objectives into other policies and into public and private sector practices, mobilising investment and improving access to finance

• Co-financing rate: 60% maximum (except 67% for priority and non-priority habitats and/or species and 75% for exclusively priority habitats and/or species);

• Maximum project duration: 10 years.

Standard action projects (SAPs)

• ‘Innovative’ solutions:

• new when compared to the state of the art at Member State and sector level and implemented at an operational scale allowing the achievement of ambitious and credible impacts (as per the award criterion ’Impact)’

• ‘Best practice’ solutions:

• appropriate, cost-effective, state of the art (at Member State and sector level) and implemented at an operational scale allowing the achievement of ambitious and credible impacts (as per the award criterion ’Impact)’

• ‘Innovative’ is used strategically in the description of priority topics

What are SAPs

• Focused on the implementation of

• the Prioritised Action Frameworks pursuant to the Habitats Directive

• other plans or strategies adopted at international, national, regional or multiregional level by nature and biodiversity authorities

• Co-financing rate of 60% maximum

• Maximum project duration: 14 years

Strategic Nature Projects (SNAPs)

• Circular Economy and Quality of Life: • Circular Economy: National or Regional

Circular Economy Action Plans, Strategies, Roadmaps or similar

• Waste: National and regional Waste Management Plans (WMPs)

• Water: River basin management plans (RBMPs)

• Air: Air quality plans pursuant to the Ambient Air Quality Directive or National Air Pollution Control Programmes(NAPCP)

Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs)• Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation:

• National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP)

• National Energy Efficiency Action Plans(NEEAP)

• National or regional adaptation strategies or action plans;

• Urban or community-based action plans pioneering the transition to a climate neutral and/or climate resilient society;

• National, regional or industry-/sector-specific greenhouse gas mitigation strategies or economy roadmaps contributing to climate neutrality

Co-financing rate of 60% maximum Maximum project duration: 14 years

• Standard type of grant for the LIFE-CET sub-programme• Breaking market barriers to the clean energy transition through capacity building,

dissemination of information and knowledge, awareness raising• Policy-driven, prescriptive call topics

• A tightly pre-defined scope of the proposal;

• Engagement of multiple stakeholders and large transnational consortiums;

• EU-widely validated results feeding into EU policy making; • Co-financing rate of 95% maximum • Usual duration of projects between 18 and 36 months• No infrastructure costs, mainly labor costs

Other Action GrantsCoordination and Support Actions (CSAs)

• A Small Grant Facility on Biodiversity (BEST); small grants (max EUR 100,000) in the Outermost Regions and the Overseas Countries and Territories for biodiversity

• Action grants benefitting the organisations mentioned in Annex I of the LIFE Regulation

• Co-financing rate of Small Grant Facility on Biodiversity: 100%

Other Grants (2)

• Two-steps application

• Framework partnership agreement (FPA) - successful applicants sign a long-term agreement (3 years – 2022-2024)

• Specific grant agreement (SGA). Only organisations that sign an FPA can be considered for SGA

• Co-financing rate of 70% maximum

• Maximum 1 year duration for SGAs

Operating grants for NGOs

• TA-PP: support to the preparation of SNAPs and SIPs (TA-PP)

• Co-financing rate of maximum 60%, maximum LIFE contribution of EUR 70 000

• TA-CAP: capacity building of Member States authorities with low effective participation to the LIFE programme

• For countries with either low effective participation, i.e. which are among the lowest two-thirds for the number of proposals divided by Member State factor (specific calculation mode) or for the success rate

• 1 project per country maximum for 2021-24

• Co-financing rate of maximum 95%

• Maximum 5 year duration for all TA projects

Technical assistance projects (TA)

Introduction to Call 2021 and Call structureFocus on Standard Action Projects (SAP)

LIFE at Funding & tender opportunities website

• Finding the correct call and topic

• Climate action: three topics!

• Climate Change Mitigation (CCM)

• Climate Change Adaptation (CCA)

• Climate Governance and Information (GOV)

Call structure

• LIFE Verordnung vom 29. April 2021

• LIFE Mehrjähriges Arbeitsprogramm 2021-2024

• Call document

• Policy priorities!

• Model Grant Agreement + Annexes

• Submission through Horizon Europe’s Funding& Tenders Portal

Referenz Dokumente

Call documentOne Call document for one Call

Call document structure

0. Introduction1. BackgroundWhat is the LIFE Programme?

Nature and BiodiversityCircular Economy and Quality of LifeClimate Change Mitigation and AdaptationClean Energy Transition

2. Type of action — Objectives — Themes andpriorities — Activities that can be funded —Expected impact

Type of actionObjectivesScope — Activities that can be fundedExpected impactFunding rateAdditional conditions

3. Available budget

4. Timetable and deadlines

5. Admissibility and documents

6. EligibilityEligible participants (eligible countries)Consortium compositionEligible activities

Geographic location (target countries)

7. Financial and operational capacity andexclusion

Financial capacityOperational capacity

Exclusion

8. Evaluation and award procedure

9. Award criteria

Clima topics and priorities

Call document structure (2)10. Legal and financial set-up of the Grant Agreements (n/a for FPA)

Starting date and project durationMilestones and deliverablesForm of grant, funding rate and maximum grant amountBudget categories and cost eligibility rulesReporting and payment arrangementsPrefinancing guaranteesCertificatesLiability regime for recoveriesProvisions concerning the project implementationOther specificities

Non-compliance and breach of contract

11. How to submit an application

12. Help

13. Important

Application Forms

• Application Form SAP, OAG and TA• Application Form SIP and SNAP

• Application Form TA PP

• Application Form TA PP LS

• Application Form FPA, OG and FR NGOs

• Application Form TA CAP

Submission via EU “Funding & tender opportunities” portal

Types of application forms

Structure

• Part A: Administrative Forms > generated from your information in the Portal Submission System

• Part B: Technical Description > uploaded as pdf (+annexes) in Submission System

• Part C: Key Performance Indicators

Structure of the proposal

• Part A: Administrative Forms > generated from your information in the Portal Submission System

• Description of the action

• Project summary• List of participants• List of work packages• Staff effort• List of deliverables• List of milestones• List of critical risks

• Climate relevant Sector

• Participant information (key staff, projects/activities, affiliates)

Proposal Part A

• Structure of Part B

Cover page

Table of contents

Project Summary (from Part A)

Vorsicht:

• Zeichen- und Seitenlimits!

• DO NOT REMOVE INSTRUCTIONS!

Proposal Part B

Award criterion 1: Relevance (0-20)

• Relevance of the contribution to one or several of the specific objectives of the LIFE programme and the targeted sub-programme;

• Extent to which the project is in line with the description included in the call for proposals, including, where relevant, its specific priorities;

• Soundness of the overall intervention logic;

• Extent to which the project offers co-benefits and promotes synergies with other policy areas relevant for achieving environment and climate policy objectives.

1. Relevance

• Background and general objectives

• Specific objectives

• Compliance LIFE and call topic

• Concept and methodology

• Upscaling of other EU projects

• Complementarity with other actions

• Synergies and co-benefits LIFE

• Synergies and co-benefits other policies

Proposal Part B (2)

2. Impact

• Ambition of the impacts

• Credibility of the impacts

• Sustainability of results

• Exploitation of results

• Catalytic potential – replication and upscaling

Award criterion 3: Impact (0-20)

• Ambition and credibility of impacts expected during and/or after the project due to the proposed activities, including potential negative impacts on the other specific objectives of the LIFE programme, including ensuring that no substantial harm is done to those objectives.

• Sustainability of the project results after the end of the project.

• Potential for the project results to be replicated in the same or other sectors or places, or to be up-scaled by public or private actors or through mobilising larger investments or financial resources (catalytic potential).

• Quality of the measures for the exploitation of project results.

Proposal Part B (3)

3. Implementation

• Workplan

• Stakeholder input and engagement

• Work packages and activities• Objectives and results

• Activities and tasks

• Milestones and deliverables

• Timetable

• Impact monitoring and reporting

• Communication, dissemination and visibility

Award criterion 2: Quality (0-20)

• Clarity, relevance and feasibility of the work plan;

• Appropriate geographic focus of the activities;

• Quality of the plan to monitor and report impacts;

• Identification and mobilisation of the relevant stakeholders;

• Appropriateness and quality of the proposed measures to communicate and disseminate the project and its results to different target groups.

Proposal Part B (4)

4. Resources

• Consortium set-up

• Project management

• Green management

• Budget

• Risk management

Award criterion 4: Resources (0-20)

• Composition of the project team - of a consortium or of a sole beneficiary - in terms of expertise, skills and responsibilities and appropriateness of the management structure.

• Appropriateness of the budget and resources and their consistency with the proposed work plan.

• Transparency of the budget, i.e. the cost items should be sufficiently described.

• Extent to which the project environmental impact is considered and mitigated, including through the use of green procurement.. The use of recognised methods for the calculation of the project environmental footprint (e.g. PEF or OEF methods or similar ones) or environmental management systems (e.g. EMAS) would be an asset;

• Value-for-money of the proposed project.

Proposal Part B (5)

5. Other

• Ethics

• Security

6. Declarations (funding rate, double funding, third parties)

Annexes• Detailed budget table

• Annual activity reports (optional for some calls)

• List of previous projects

• other

Proposal Part B (6)

1. Summary of staff effort

2. Subcontracting

3. Other direct costs

• Travel

• Equipment

• Other goods

• Infrastructure

• Third parties

• Land purchase

Annex: Detailed budget table

BewertungskriterienAward criteria Minimum

pass scoreMaximum

scoreWeighting

Relevance 10 20 1

Impact 10 20 1.5

Quality 10 20 1

Resources 10 20 1

Overall weighted (pass) score (without bonus) 55 90 N/A

Bonus 1 N/A 2 1

Bonus 2 N/A 2 1

Bonus 3 N/A 2 1

Bonus 4 N/A 2 1

Bonus 5 N/A 2 1

Overall weighted (pass) scores (with bonus) 55 100 N/A

• Bonus 1: The proposal offers exceptional synergies and promotes significant co-benefits between LIFE sub-programmes. (2 points).

• Bonus 2: The proposal is primarily implemented in the Outermost Regions. Where specific regional features are relevant to the needs addressed in the call for proposals, e.g. islands for waste, coal-intensive regions for clean energy, etc., the bonus could be extended to other geographical areas with specific needs and vulnerabilities (2 points).

• Bonus 3: The proposal substantially builds on or up-scales the results of other EU funded projects. (2 points).

• Bonus 4: The proposal offers an exceptional catalytic potential. (2 points).• Bonus 5: The proposal envisages a transnational cooperation among

Member States essential to guarantee the achievement of the project objectives. (2 points).

Bonuspunkte

Admissibility•Submitted before deadline &

electronically

•Complete & using the forms/templates provided

•Readable (no smaller than Arial 9) printable (A4)

•Max 120 pages (including the instructions)

Eligibility•Eligible participants

•Consortium composition

•Eligible activities

•Geographic location

Passing the eligibility check

• Ausgangssituation unklar

• Zielgruppe, Akteure und Projektpartner nicht auf Ziele abgestimmt

• Unklare Beziehung zwischen Zielen und Aktivitäten

• Nachhaltigkeit der Ergebnisse unklar

• Geringe messbare Effekte und zweifelhafter Mehrwert

• Weiterverbreitung der Ergebnisse nicht ausgearbeitet

• Marktrelevanz nicht erkannt und in Aktivitäten umgesetzt

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Tipps

EvaluierungsprozessAm Beispiel Klimapolitik

Auswahl vom LIFE Klima Projekten

Auswahl:~ 40+ Projekte;

Pro Jahr150-270 Anträge:CCM: ~45%CCA: ~45%GIC: ~10%

Vorläufiges Budget 2021CCM: 30 MioCCA: 30 MioGIC: 8 Mio

EU Kofinanzierung: 60%

Selecting excellent projects

Moti-vatingappli-cants

Best use of

bud-get

• Externe unabhängige Experten• Begutachten bis zu 20 Anträge

• CINEA Projektverantwortliche• Moderieren Evaluierungsprozess

• GD Klima• Berät in Politikfragen

• CINEA ist Vertragspartnerin• Verantwortlich für das Evaluierungsergebnis• Schließt die Verträge• Projektmanagement und Auszahlungen

Akteure

LIFE Klima 2021: vorläufiger Zeitplan

30 Nov 2021 Dez 21 – Feb 22 Mar/Apr 22 Jul 22 ab Aug 22

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