EC Call for Proposals: Action Grants to Support Transnational Projects to Enhance the Rights of Persons Suspected or Accused of Crime and the Rights of Victims of Crime

Deadline: 15 May 2019

European Commission is seeking proposals from eligible organisations for its action grants to support transnational projects to enhance the rights of persons suspected or accused of crime and the rights of victims of crime.

Aims

The aims of this call are:

to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU criminal law in the area of the rights of persons suspected or accused of crime (procedural rights priority);
to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU criminal law in the area of the rights of victims of crime (victims’ rights priority).

Funding Information

The indicative maximum amount earmarked for the co-financing of projects under this call for proposals is estimated at EUR 3 600 000. For an idea of the size of a grant awarded under previous calls, please refer to the publication of project abstracts of these calls.

Duration

The initial duration of the projects should not exceed 24 months.

Priorities

Procedural rights priority
- The main legislative measures concerned within this priority include in particular:
  - Directive 2013/48/EU on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of liberty;
  - Directive (EU) 2016/343 on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedings;
  - Directive (EU) 2016/800 on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings;
  - Directive (EU) 2016/1919 on legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedings.
Victims’ rights priority
- The main legislative measures concerned within this priority include in particular:
  - Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime;
  - Council Directive 2004/80/EC relating to compensation to crime victims;
  - Directive 2011/99/EU on the European protection order;
  - Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters;
  - Directive (EU) 2017/541 on combating terrorism in relation to victims of terrorism.

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 and Montenegro.
Eligibility of the lead applicant (i.e. coordinator) and participants (partners)
- The applicant and the partners must be public entities 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 entities or private non-profit organisations.
- Under the Justice programme, entities affiliated to a beneficiary and linked third parties are not considered as project participants, unless they are included as partners in the proposal.
Eligibility of the application
- The application must be transnational and involve organisations from at least two participating countries;
- The application must be submitted by a partnership, including at least two organisations (applicant and partner) actively involved in the implementation of the proposed action;
- The EU grant requested cannot be lower than EUR 75 000. There is no maximum limit.