Framework Partnership Agreements for operating grants to support non-profit organisations
Closed
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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.
Objective:
LIFE Framework Partnership Agreements with non-profit making entities 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 by the beneficiaries. The present call for proposals targets framework partnerships aimed at achieving the objectives of the Circular Economy and Quality of Life, Nature and Biodiversity, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation and Clean Energy Transition LIFE sub-programmes.
In line with Recital 23 of the LIFE Regulation, the LIFE Framework Partnership Agreements aim at “support[ing] a broad range of NGOs [non-governmental organisations] as well as networks of non-profit-making entities that pursue an aim which is of general Union interest, and that are primarily active in the area of the environment or climate action, by awarding, in a competitive and transparent manner, operating grants, in order to help such NGOs, networks and entities, to make effective contributions to Union policy, and to build and strengthen their capacity to become more efficient partners.”
Applicants to the LIFE-2026-NGO-OG-FPA call for proposals MUST ALSO APPLY under the LIFE-2026-NGO-OG-SGA Call for proposals to be considered for an operating grant for FY2026.
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 2026 Call for Proposals for LIFE Operating Grant Framework Partnership Agreements will cover the following two financial years of beneficiary organisations (i.e. FY 2027 and FY 2028).
Framework Partnerships are always mono-beneficiary. Further details can be found in the call document.
- Status
- Closed
- Deadline
- (time not stated)
- Opens
- Published
- Country
- European Union (EU-wide)
- Programme
- Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)
- Funder
- European Commission
- Official page
- Open at the source portal
What applying involved
9 steps, all of them taken from this call's own documents.
This call is closed. The steps below show what applying involved, and are kept for reference only.
Understand the call
- Read the call on the source portal and download its documents
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Write the proposal against the award criteria and thresholds
standard for this programme
described in section 9 of the call document — conditions §5b
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Check the grant's legal and financial set-up
standard for this programme
described in section 10 of the call document . Call document and annexes: Call document Application form templates Standard application form (LIF E FPA OG FR NGOs) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Mandatory Annexes to the application form Statutes of the non-profit entity 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 … — conditions §6
Check you are eligible
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Check every partner is established in an eligible country
standard for this programme
described in section 6 of the call document — conditions §2
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Meet the call's other eligibility conditions
standard for this programme
described in section 6 of the call document — conditions §3
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Be able to show financial and operational capacity
standard for this programme
described in section 7 of the call document — conditions §4
Prepare the documents
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Prepare Part B of the Application Form
standard for this programme
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. — conditions
Submit
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Check the submission and evaluation process
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual — conditions §5a
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Submit before the closing date shown above
The source states the closing day but no closing time — check the portal before the last day. — calls.deadline
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- Projects on Legislative and Policy Priorities in the fields of Nature & Biodiversity and Circular Economy & Quality of Life
- Ecodesign and energy labelling compliance support facility for suppliers and retailers
- Climate Change Mitigation
All calls under this programme
Similar opportunities
- LIFE Operating Grants
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- Environment governance
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Where this came from
- Source document
- https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/data/topicDetails/life-2026-ngo-og-fpa.json
- Document fingerprint
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- First recorded here
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Data source
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