The Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, as the National Contact Point for the LIFE 2021-2027 Programme, announces the launch of a call for applications for a grant under the Environment and Climate Protection Programme LIFE 2021-2027, announced by the European Commission with a total allocation €611 million.

The call is announced separately for individual areas of support and project types. The call concerns so-called standard action projects, strategic integrated projects, operating grants, technical assistance projects and preparatory projects in support of ad hoc legislative and policy priorities (PLPs).

Allocations and deadlines for individual calls:

• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) – Nature and Biodiversity Protection: allocation: €141 million, deadline 06.09.2023
• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) – Circular Economy and Quality of Life: allocation: €91 million, deadline 06.09.2023
• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) – Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: allocation: €66 million, deadline 21.09.2023
• Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) allocation: €83 million
  • project proposals 05.09.2023
  • complete project applications: 05.03.2024
• technical assistance projects – replicability: €6.5 million, deadline: 27.07.2023
• operating grants for NGOs that have signed framework contracts with the EC: allocation €14 million, deadline: 21.09.2023
• preparatory projects in support of ad hoc legislative and political priorities (PLP): €15 million, deadline: 07.09.2023