Deadline: 27 June 2019
European Commission is inviting applicants for 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.
Budget Information
- The indicative maximum amount earmarked for the co-financing of projects under this call for proposals is estimated at EUR 5 350 000.
Priorities
The 2019 priorities will focus on training activities and tools for training providers to:
- Tackle gaps in training for:
- Court staff and bailiffs, for example by cross-border training activities or exchanges of good training practices, in 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 (e.g. by providing interpretation in the languages of all participants, national breakout groups or linguistic programme components) to attract legal practitioners that are reluctant to participate in a seminar in a foreign legal language and therefore have not yet participated in from 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, to stimulate discussions across judicial professions about the application of EU law and contribute to a European legal culture across professional boundaries.
Eligibility Criteria
The Programme eligible countries are:
- The Member States of the European Union (including their overseas departments), except for Denmark and the United Kingdom.
- Albania and Montenegro.
Eligibility of the lead applicant (i.e. coordinator) and participants (partners)
- The applicant and the partners must be public bodies or private organisations, duly established in one of the countries participating in the programme, or international organisations;
- Organisations that are profit-oriented may only submit applications in partnership with public bodies or private non-profit organisations.
Eligibility of the application
- The applications must be submitted by a partnership including at least 2 organisations (applicant and partner) actively involved in the implementation of the proposed action;
- The project must be transnational. The partnership must include organisations from at least 2 eligible countries;
- The EU grant requested cannot be lower than EUR 75 000. There is no maximum limit.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
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