Operating grants Framework partnerships

Call Information
Call Title
Operating grants Framework partnerships
Call Reference
LIFE-2024-NGO-OG-FPA
Funding Programme
Scope and expected outcomes

Objective:

This call for proposals concerns LIFE Operating Grant Framework Partnership Agreements (FPA OG).

Applicants to the LIFE-2024-NGO-OG-FPA call for proposals MUST ALSO APPLY under the LIFE-2024-NGO-OG-SGA Call for proposals to be considered for an operating grant for FY2025.

Scope:

Framework Partnership Agreements (FPAs) under the LIFE Programme are long-term cooperation instruments that serve as umbrella for regular or recurrent operating grants to non-profit making entities which are involved in the development, implementation and enforcement of EU legislation and policy and which are primarily active in the field of environment or climate action, including clean energy transition, in line with the objectives of the LIFE Programme. They are a prerequisite for being able to sign annual Specific Operating Grant Agreements (SGAs), but do not create any legitimate expectations or entitlement to get them.

Framework Partnership Agreements that will be concluded following the 2024 Call for Proposals for LIFE Operating Grant Framework Partnership Agreements will cover the following two financial years of beneficiary organisations (i.e. FY 2025 and FY 2026).

Framework Partnerships are always mono-beneficiary. Further details can be found in the call document.

Expected Impact:

Framework Partnership Agreements for non-profit making entities under the LIFE programme aim to strengthen the participation of civil society in the EU policy dialogue, as well as to support implementation and enforcement of Union environmental and climate objectives, including clean energy transition, by the beneficiaries.

Conditions

Conditions
 

1. Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document 

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System

2. Eligible countries: described in section 6 of of the call document

3. Other eligibility conditions: described in section 6 of the call document

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in section 7 of the call document

5. Evaluation and award:

  • Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in section 9 of the call document
  • Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in section 4 of the call document

 

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in section 10 of the call document

 

Documents

Call document

Standard application form  call-specific application form is available in the Submission System

Mandatory Annexes to the application form 

 

  1. Statutes of the non-profit entity - mandatory
  2. Applicant’s activity report of previous year – if the applicant is a newly created entity that has less than one year of existence, it is acceptable that the activity report covers less than 12 months
  3. Participant information (mandatory template available in the Submission System)
  4. A list of the members of the executive board or administration (names and title/function within the applicant organisation)

 Other relevant documents

Framework Partnership Agreement FPA v1.0

Operating Grants MGA v1.0 

Annotated Grant Agreement

 

FAQs on LIFE Website

LIFE Programme Reference document

LIFE Work Programme 2021-2024

LIFE Programme regulation 2021/783

EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046

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