Call: Circular Economy and Quality of Life
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Acronym | LIFE-ENV |
Description of programme "LIFE - sub-programme “Circular Economy and Quality of Life” " | The specific objectives of the sub-programme “Circular Economy and Quality of Life” are:
This sub-programme aims at facilitating the transition toward a sustainable, circular, energy-efficient and climate-resilient economy, a toxic-free environment and at protecting, restoring and improving the quality of the environment. It will contribute to the relevant European Union priorities by:
The available budget will be used to finance mainly SAPs, Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) and OAs focusing on the following:
This includes actions on products which are safe and sustainable by design, on circularand sustainable production and consumption as well as actions to increase repair, reuse,remanufacturing and recycling of materials and products. It includes sustainabletechnologies, tools and approaches that are developed within the Sustainable BlueEconomy scope, such as the improved recyclability of offshore renewable energyinfrastructures or repair/reuse of fishing nets and fisheries/aquaculture by-products (e.g.fish scales, shells, etc.). It contains also actions to support the development of circular economy business models and shorter and more diversified supply chain systems that minimise environmental impact and reduce external dependency. These should be based on comprehensive measures targeting the whole life-cycle of products and materials. On recovery of resources from waste, it comprises actions in line with the waste hierarchy to prevent waste, to increase product repair and reuse, to improve sorting and decontamination of waste streams, and to increase safe and high-quality recycling of materials and products on the basis of robust and widespread separate collection systems. In light of their high resource use and their circularity potential, key product value chains such as textiles, chemicals (including plastics), construction and buildings, electronics and information and communication technologies (ICT), and batteries and vehicles, will receive specific attention with actions to be implemented in all stages of the relevant life cycles and involving all relevant stakeholders.
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Link | Link to Programme |
Call | Circular Economy and Quality of Life |
Description of call "Circular Economy and Quality of Life" | Objective: The Commission has identified some specific needs to be addressed through dedicated calls (the so-called Other Actions (OAs). They include, amongst others, specific projects addressing specific needs for the development and implementation of Union environmental or climate policy and legislation. Based on article 11 of the LIFE Regulation 2021/783 the LIFE Multi Annual Work Programme 2021-2024 (COM(2021) 4997 final), includes the possibility to finance each year a limited number of specific projects designed to support specific needs for the development and implementation of Union environment policy and legislation. For reference, the LIFE projects, called in the past LIFE Regulation preparatory projects, are now called specific projects addressing ad hoc Legislative and Policy Priorities (PLP). Point 4.1.4 of the Multi Annual Work Programme indicates that under the so called Other Actions, additional projects responding to the Union legislative and policy priorities could be determined on annual basis, following a consultation with Member States. Once a year the Commission makes an inventory of the specific needs regarding the development and implementation of Union environmental or climate policy and legislation that need to be addressed during the following years and identifies among them the needs that could be addressed by specific projects. Before launching this annual call for proposals, the Member States received a draft list of the identified specific needs that could be addressed by those projects and were asked to comment. Based on these comments, the final list was established. Scope: The proposed project under the topic LIFE 2021-PREP-Environment shall aim to address the following specific need identified by the Member States in the sub-programme Circular Economy and Quality of LIFE.
Expected Impact: The project should provide better understanding and knowledge of the current export of used textile/textile waste from the EU, as well as to provide suggestions/recommendations on how to improve the transparency and sustainability of such trade flows. Furthermore, increased amounts of separately collected textile waste are expected because of the Waste Framework Directive’s obligation to separately collect textiles as of 2025. Some recycling technologies already exist but these are currently not developed in a scale sufficient to deal with the large amounts and variety of textiles waste expected. A stronger collaboration and interaction between actors involved in collection, sorting and recycling will be critical at local level (hubs). Moreover, coordination activities at EU level would provide further support in order to streamline capacity building and ensure effective complementarity of specialised competences in recycling. Furthermore, increased amounts of separately collected textile waste are expected because of the Waste Framework Directive’s obligation to separately collect textiles as of 2025. The project should look at two aspects: exports and recycling. Exports The project should develop technical criteria to better distinguish textile waste from non-waste used textiles:
Recycling
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Link | Link to Call |
Thematic Focus | Green Technologies & Green Deal, Circular Economy, Sustainability, Natural Resources, Clustering, Development Cooperation, Economic Cooperation, Capacity Building, Cooperation Networks, Institutional Cooperation |
Funding area | EU Member
States Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Albania / Shqipëria Iceland / Ísland Israel / ישראל / إسرائيل Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna |
Origin of Applicant | EU Member States Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) Albania / Shqipëria Iceland / Ísland Israel / ישראל / إسرائيل Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna |
Eligible applicants | Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, International Organization, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Education and Training Centres, Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, Other, National Government, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association |
Applicant details | In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
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Project Partner Details | Entities from other countries are exceptionally eligible, if the granting authority considers their participation essential for the implementation of the action (see work programme). Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person). International organisations are eligible. The rules on eligible countries do not apply to them. EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium. |
Further info | Proposal page limits and layout: Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:
Page limit - Part B: 50 pages |
Type of Funding | Grants |
Financial details | The available call budget is EUR 1,000,000. Funding rate: up to 90%Estimated number of projects to be funded: 1 |
Submission | Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System. Paper submissions are NOT possible. |
Contact Details | https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/life/about-life/life-contacts_en |
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