Deadline: 25 October 2018
European Commission is seeking applications for its Action Grants to Support Transnational Projects on Judicial Training covering Civil Law, Criminal Law or Fundamental Rights.
The objective is to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU law in the areas of civil law, criminal law and fundamental rights, judicial ethics and the rule of law, by helping to address the training needs of justice professionals in these fields. It also targets the specific training needs of court staff and bailiffs, as well as prison and probation staff.
Priorities
The priorities of 2018 will concentrate funding on training activities and tools for training providers, as described below, in order to:
- tackle gaps in training for:
- court staff and bailiffs, for example by cross-border training activities or exchanges of good training practices, on all areas of EU civil, criminal and fundamental rights law relevant for their judicial work;
- prison and probation staff, for example by cross-border training activities or exchanges of good training practices, on EU law and fundamental rights relevant for their work, including on countering radicalisation to violent extremism in prison, on the minimum standards laid down by the Council of Europe, or on rehabilitation programmes;
- support the training of justice professionals, in particular via:
- seminars with easy linguistic access (for example, by providing interpretation in the languages of all participants, national breakout groups or linguistic programme components) to attract also legal practitioners to cross-border training activities that are reluctant to participate in a seminar in a foreign legal language and therefore have not been reached by previous cross-border training activities;
- cross-border training activities for multipliers, such as judicial trainers or EU law court coordinators, where there are guarantees that the multipliers will pass on their knowledge to other legal practitioners in a systematic way;
- training activities with participants from at least two different justice professions, such as judges/prosecutors, judges/lawyers, lawyers/notaries, courts staff/bailiffs, court experts/court interpreters, prison/probation staff, in order to stimulate discussions across judicial professions about the application of EU law and contribute to a European legal culture across professional boundaries.
- facilitate the implementation of the Regulation establishing the European Public Prosecutor office (EPPO), via the creation of training modules to train judges, prosecutors and / or lawyers – possibly in a cross-professional setting, the translation and adaptation of these modules to the specificities of the various national legal frameworks, the organisation of cross-border training activities for multipliers such as trainers – where there are guarantees that the multipliers will pass on their knowledge to the concerned legal practitioners in the Member States in a systematic way.
Topics
- Civil law
- Criminal law
- Anti-money laundering
- Fundamental rights
Funding Information
- The indicative maximum amount earmarked for this call is EUR 5 350 000. The Commission reserves the right not to distribute all the available funds.
- The initial duration of the projects should not exceed 30 months.
Eligibility criteria
- List of eligible countries:
- the Member States of the European Union (including their overseas departments), except for Denmark and the United Kingdom;
- Albania.
- Proposals from applicants in candidate or associated countries may be selected provided that, on the date of award, agreements have entered into force setting out the arrangements for the participation of those countries in the programme.
- Should a candidate or associated country join the programme during the call process, a notification will be posted on the Participant Portal
- Eligibility of the applicant and partners (lead applicant and co-applicant(s))
- The applicant and partners must be public entities or private organisations, duly established in one of the countries participating in the programme, or international organisations. Organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit organisations.
- Note: Under the REC and Justice programmes, entities affiliated to a beneficiary are not considered as project participants. Their costs are not eligible.
- Eligibility of the application
- the applications must be transnational and involve organisations from at least two participating countries;
- The EU grant requested cannot be lower than EUR 30 000.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit European Commission.