GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Proposals under this topic must address EU Nature and Biodiversity legislation compliance assurance and access to justice by:

• establishing new or, where in place, enhancing existing cross-border, national or regional networks of compliance assurance practitioners or experts; and/or establishing or, where in place, improving professional qualifications and training to improve compliance with binding EU legal instruments on nature and biodiversity, through promoting, checking and enforcing compliance; or
• applying the polluter pays principle, using a mix of administrative law, criminal law and environmental liability; and/or
• by developing and implementing strategies and policies and/or developing and using innovative tools and actions to promote, monitor and enforce compliance with binding EU instruments on nature and biodiversity, or ensure application of the polluter pays principles through environmental liability; and/or
• improving relevant information systems operated by public authorities; and/or – engaging with citizens and others to promote and monitor compliance, and ensure application of environmental liability in relation to EU nature and biodiversity legislation.