Deadline: 12 October 2017
The European Union (EU) is seeking applications 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.
Programme Scope
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
- to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU criminal law in the area of the rights of victims of crime
Programme Priorities
- Priority 1: Procedural rights
- Activities to be funded under this priority:
- analytical activities, such as data collection and creation of data bases, surveys, research etc
- mutual learning, exchange of good practices, development of working methods which may be transferable to other participating countries
- exchange and provision of information and development of information tools
- capacity building for professionals
- facilitating cooperation between competent authorities agencies, legal practitioners and/or service providers (including multi-disciplinary networks at EU , national, regional or local levels)
- Dissemination and awareness raising activities.
- Priority 2: Victims’ rights
- Activities to be funded under this priority:
- mutual learning, exchange of good practices, development of working methods which may be transferable to other participating countries
- exchange and provision of information and development of information tools;
- capacity building for professionals
- facilitating cooperation between competent authorities, including national experts dealing with the aspects covered by this call, agencies, legal practitioners and/or service providers (including networks at EU, national, regional or local levels)
- communication activities including dissemination of information about victims’ rights and activities aimed at raising awareness of the existing rules on victims’ rights at EU and national levels
- training activities can also be funded under this call, as long as they are of ancillary nature and not the main purpose of the project
- analytical activities, such as data collection and creation of data bases, surveys, research.
- Activities to be funded under this priority:
- Activities to be funded under this priority:
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicants 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-oriented organisations.
- The application must be transnational and involve organisations from at least two participating countries.
- The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than EUR 75 000.
- The Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU), including their Overseas Countries and Territories, without UK and Denmark, including Albania are eligible countries.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit EU Action Grants.
