The LIFE team at the Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Regeneration of the Grand Harbour – LIFE Calls 2024

28 Jun 2024 - 00:00

The LIFE team at the Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Regeneration of the Grand Harbour would like to offer support and advice to all applicants interested in LIFE Programme.

As you might already know, the EU’s funding instrument for the Environment and Climate Action was launched this April 2024 and most of the calls will be open till September 2024. The LIFE programme 2021-2027 is currently divided into four sub-programmes as follows:

  1. Nature and Biodiversity – The Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme will aim at the protection and restoration of Europe’s nature and halting and reversing biodiversity loss. Thus, the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme will continue to fund nature conservation projects, in particular in the areas of biodiversity, habitats and species. It will support projects that contribute to the implementation of the EU Birds and Habitats directives, and in particular the development and management of the Natura 2000 network, and the IAS Regulation, and will support achieving the objectives of the EU’s biodiversity strategy for 2030, part of the EU Green Deal.

 

  1. Circular Economy and Quality of Life – The Circular economy and quality of life sub-programme aims at facilitating the transition toward a sustainable, circular, toxic-free, energy-efficient, and climate-resilient economy and at protecting, restoring and improving the quality of the environment, either through direct interventions or by supporting the integration of those objectives in other policies.

 

  1. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – The Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation sub-programme will contribute to the shift towards a sustainable, energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and resilient economy, thereby contributing to sustainable development.
  2. Clean Energy Transition – The Clean Energy Transition sub-programme continues to support the delivery of EU policies in the field of sustainable energy, in particular, the European Green Deal, the Energy Union (2030 energy and climate targets) and the European Union’s 2050 long-term decarbonisation strategy.

For more information regarding submission deadlines, kindly visit the European Commission website: https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/life/life-calls-proposals-2024_en.

Being the National Contact Point for Malta, the LIFE team is inviting all interested parties to discuss any potential actions and project ideas.  In this regard, you are kindly requested to contact the LIFE team on life.meer@gov.mt or on +356 23316232 to set a meeting and discuss further any project proposals.