Deadline: 6 March 2018
The European Commission has launched a call for proposals to fund projects in the area of Cybercrime and Child Sexual Abuse.
Priority Areas
- Developing capacity and expertise of law enforcement and judicial authorities. This includes, for instance, the development of investigative and forensics tools to address the challenges posed by the use of encryption by criminals and its impact on criminal investigations and supporting law enforcement authorities’ engagement in the area of Internet governance;
- Fostering cross-border cooperation among law enforcement and judicial authorities. This includes, for instance, the setting up of mechanisms facilitating swift access to seized evidence or intelligence (or both) across borders;
- Fostering cross-border cooperation between law enforcement/judicial authorities and private entities. This includes, for instance, the establishment of mechanisms supporting public-private cooperation.
Expected Outcomes
- Increasing and enhancing reporting of crime to law enforcement authorities
- Enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to investigate crime, for instance through investigative techniques and tools (including for digital forensics)
- Enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to address the challenges posed by the use of encryption by criminals and its impact on criminal investigations, for instance by supporting the establishment, extension and development of points of expertise and their networking at EU level or supporting the development of a toolbox of alternative investigation techniques to obtain needed information encrypted by criminals (with the exclusion of measures that could weaken encryption in general or could have an impact on a larger or indiscriminate number of people)
- Enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to cooperate across borders, for instance supporting the gathering and provision of digital evidence, supporting the secondment of officials, improving the efficiency of 24/7 (permanent) law enforcement contact points for cybercrime, establishment of dedicated platforms
- Enhancing the cooperation between private entities and law enforcement and/or judicial authorities, for the purpose of detecting, reporting, investigating and preventing crime anerate across bordersry), for the purpose of detecting, investigating and preventing crimed taking remedial action
- Increasing the accountability of registrars of domain names and ensuring accuracy of information on website ownership
- Addressing the problem of travelling sex offenders
- Improving the detection of online child sexual abuse material and its removal
- Improving accuracy and effectiveness for the identification of victims of child sexual abuse, including the creation of databases for the exchange of evidence and other information between relevant actors
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the Applicant and the Co-applicants must be legal persons; applications from natural persons are not eligible.
- The Applicant must be established in a Member State of the European Union participating in the ISF Police instrument or be an international organisation.
- Co-applicants must be established in a Member State of the European Union participating in the ISF Police instrument, or be an international organisation.
- International organisations (regardless of their actual place of establishment) can participate only in conjunction with at least one organisation (not being an international organisation) established in a Member State participating in the ISF Police instrument.
- Organisations established in third countries can only participate as Co-applicants and in conjunction with at least one organisation (not being an international organisation) established in a Member State participating in the ISF Police instrument.
- Countries not participating in ISF Police Instrument can only participate as Associate partners, i.e. on a non-cost basis.
- The Applicant and the Co-applicants must be a public body, a non-profit-making private entity, a for-profit entity or an international organisation.
- In order to be eligible for a grant, applications must be:
- Transnational, i.e. involving at least 2 entities established in 2 different Member States participating in the ISF Police instrument, or, at least 2 entities established in a Member States participating in the ISF Police instrument. Lead applicant must be established in a Member State participating in the ISF Police instrument and cannot be an international organisation.
- Seeking EU co-funding equal to or more than EUR 250 000.
- Activities must not have started prior to the date of submission of the grant application.
- Union agencies can be neither Applicants nor Co-applicants. Affiliated entities, i.e. legal entities having a legal or capital link with Applicants, shall take part in the action as individual Co-applicants in order to declare eligible costs.
- To prove these eligibility requirements, Applicants and Co-applicants will have to provide the relevant information and upload necessary documents showing their legal status in the Beneficiary Register.
- All EU Member States, with the exception of United Kingdom and Denmark, are participating in the ISF Police instrument. Entities established in the United Kingdom (unless the United Kingdom decides to opt in and to participate in the ISF Police) or Denmark cannot submit applications; they can only participate in the actions that are supported under this financial instrument as Associate partners, i.e. on a no-cost basis.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted electronically via given website.
For more information, please visit European Commission.
