Division 5.2.2.1 Operating grants/Framework partnership agreements for non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

Articles 12(d) and 16(d) of the LIFE Regulation list as a specific objective for their respective priority areas ‘Governance and Information’ to promote better environmental and climate governance by broadening stakeholder involvement, including NGOs, in policy consultation and implementation.

The following award criteria will apply to the selection of beneficiaries of framework partners' agreements:

1. 1..

   Policy relevance: Relevance of the NGO's strategic plan for the Union's environmental and climate action policies.

2. 2..

   EU policy shaping: Contribution of the NGO to shape, develop or update the Union's environmental and/or climate action policies.

3. 3..

   EU policy implementation: Contribution of the NGO to implement and enforce the Union's environmental and/or climate action policies.

4. 4..

   Sensor function: Relevance in addressing new and emerging environmental and climate-related issues.

5. 5..

   Organisational development: potential to develop in order to become a more efficient stakeholder in the Union's policy process.

The organisations chosen as framework partners will be invited to submit annually their work programme, which will be analysed in view of the award of a specific annual operating grant.

For the award of specific annual operating grants under framework partnership agreements, the following criteria will apply:

1. 1..

   compliance of the work programme with the objectives and nature of activities specified in the framework partnership agreement;

2. 2..

   technical coherence and quality of the work programme;

3. 3..

   coherence between work programme and proposed budget, including efficient use of resources.