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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning (MNRP) has published in the Official Gazette a Public Call for co-financing of projects from the LIFE programme area (Programme for the Environment and Climate Action), sub-programme Nature and Biodiversity, for 2025. The deadline for submitting an application for co-financing to the MNRP is 5 September 2025 inclusive.The MNVP will co-finance Standard Action Projects (SAP) that will be approved under the Nature and Biodiversity theme (LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT) in the European Commission (EC) call for proposals for 2025 (in English). Projects eligible for MNVP co-financing are those in which: the lead partner is a beneficiary established in the Republic of Slovenia. In this case: all project beneficiaries established in the Republic of Slovenia must implement measures from the Natura 2000 Management Programme for the period 2023-2028, Annex B (PUN 23-28) for at least 50 percent of the project funds intended for activities in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia and the requested value of co-financing, taking into account the highest possible requested share of co-financing (25 percent), must be at least EUR 500,000; the lead partner is not a beneficiary established in the Republic of Slovenia. In this case: all project beneficiaries based in the Republic of Slovenia must implement measures from PUN 23-28 for at least 50 percent of the project funds intended for activities in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia and the requested value of co-financing, taking into account the highest possible requested share of co-financing (25 percent), must amount to at least 100,000 euros. Public call with attachments. Submission of documentation before submitting the project to the European Commission Beneficiaries applying to this public call for proposals must send the following documentation to the MNVP no later than 12 working days before submitting the project to the EC, by 5 September 2025 inclusive: completed and signed Annex 1 - Application form, in Slovenian; completed and signed Annex 2 - PUN table, in Slovenian; initialed Annex 3 - Sample contract and the full project proposal (English: Full proposal) in Slovenian or English in written or electronic form to the address: Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Dunajska 48, 1000 Ljubljana, or e-mail address: gp.mnvp@gov.si, with the note For the LIFE public call for proposals for the year 2025. The MNVP will issue a co-financing decision to the application that meets the conditions for the allocation of funds within a maximum of 12 working days from the receipt of the complete application. Submission of documentation after approval of the project by the European Commission Beneficiaries must submit the following documentation to the MNVP after approval of the project by the EC, no later than 30 days from the signing of the Grant Agreement with the EC: completed and signed Annex 1 - Application form, in Slovenian; completed and signed Annex 2 - PUN Table, in Slovenian; initialed Annex 3 - Sample contract; a confirmed decision of the MNVP on co-financing; a signed contract with the EC, in Slovenian or English (if the contract with the EC is written in another language, beneficiaries must attach a description of the activities for which they are requesting co-financing, in Slovenian or English, to the application). Natura 2000 Site Management Programme for the period 2023-2028 The Natura 2000 Site Management Programme for the period 2023-2028 is a fundamental planning document in the field of nature conservation and biodiversity, which defines in more detail the protection objectives for species and habitat types protected in Slovenia by the Natura 2000 network. It determines measures that will help achieve a favourable status of species and habitat types, competent sectors, responsible bodies and sources of funding, thereby fulfilling the obligations to protect special protection areas - Natura 2000 sites, imposed on Slovenia by the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive. Natura 2000 is a European ecological network designed to preserve biodiversity, which is declining in Europe. Floodplain forests, wet meadows are disappearing, and the cultural landscape is changing. More easily accessible areas and those living environments that are less interesting from the point of view of economic use are particularly affected.
