TA — preparation of ENV SIPs

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).