TA — preparation of ENV SIPs
Technical Assistance for the preparation of Strategic Integrated Projects under the LIFE environment sub-programme.
Description
Objective
Provides financial support for the preparation of a proposal for a Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) under the LIFE Circular Economy and Quality of Life sub-programme, for submission to the LIFE 2027 call. The future SIP must aim at the full implementation of one of:
- National or regional Circular Economy Action Plans
- National or regional Waste Management Plans (Article 28 Waste Framework Directive) or Waste Prevention Programmes (Article 29)
- River basin management plans, Flood Risk Management Plans, Marine Strategies, or Drought Management Plans
- Air quality plans (Ambient Air Quality Directive) or National Air Pollution Control Programmes
- Noise action plans (Environmental Noise Directive)
What this means for cities and regions
A small but strategic grant for cities, regions, river-basin authorities or environmental agencies that hold an approved environmental plan and want to bid for a major SIP grant in the 2027 LIFE call. €70,000 maximum, 24 months. The applicant authority must be the one responsible for the plan. €300,000 topic budget, ~4 grants expected.
Key facts
Submission deadline
22 September 2026, 17:00 (Brussels time)
Published
Opens
Programme
Total envelope
Per project
Expected grants
Co-funding rate
Eligibility
Eligible countries
Eligible NUTS regions
—Eligible organisation types
Min. consortium size
—Min. partner countries
—Eligibility notes
Who can apply
- Legal entities, public or private — municipalities, regions, intermunicipal authorities, public utilities, regional development agencies, NGOs, SMEs and large enterprises all qualify.
- Established in EU-27 (including Overseas Countries and Territories), EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), or countries associated to LIFE 2021–2027.
- The coordinator must be established in an eligible country.
Consortium rule for this topic
The authority responsible for the plan, strategy or action plan that the future SIP/SNaP will target must participate in the consortium — in principle as coordinator. In well-justified cases it may participate as a non-coordinator beneficiary, but it must be part of the TA-PP project consortium. No minimum partner count beyond this requirement.
Restrictions and special cases
- Natural persons are not eligible, except sole traders.
- International organisations are eligible; the eligible-country rules do not apply to them.
- EU bodies cannot participate, except the Joint Research Centre.
- Financial support to third parties is not allowed.
- Co-financing rate: maximum 60% of eligible costs.
Important scope restriction
Projects funded under this call may only prepare SIP or SNaP proposals for submission to the LIFE Call for proposals 2027. They cannot prepare proposals for any later year, because the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework 2028–2034 is still under negotiation.
EU restrictive measures (TEU Article 29 / TFEU Article 215) and EU conditionality measures (Regulation 2020/2092) apply. Currently this excludes Hungarian public-interest trusts established under Hungarian Act IX of 2021, or any entity they maintain (Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2506, 16 December 2022).
Classification
Thematic domains
Activity types
Space relevance
Tier C — space tools could plausibly support the call but aren't named.
Space services
Sources
LIFE-2026-TA-PP-ENV-SIP
Ingested May 20th, 2026
Sibling topics under this call
TA — preparation of CLIMA SIPs
Technical Assistance for the preparation of Strategic Integrated Projects under the LIFE climate sub-programme.
TA — preparation of Nature SNaPs
Technical Assistance for the preparation of Strategic Nature Projects.
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