Deadline: 16 November 2016
European Union is seeking proposals for the program entitled “Action grants to support European judicial training” with an aim to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU law in the areas of civil law, criminal law and fundamental rights, by covering training needs’ gaps in these fields.
It also targets the specific training needs of court staff in line with the conclusions of the Commission’s conference on court staff training in October 2015.
Funding Information
- The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than EUR 50 000;
- The project must not have started prior to the date of submission of the grant application;
- The duration of the projects should not exceed 24 months.
Priority Areas
- Civil Law
- Legal instruments in family matters and successions
- Legal instruments in civil and commercial matters
- Criminal Law
- Procedural rights in criminal proceedings
- Victims’ rights
- Mutual recognition instruments
- Fundamental Rights
- The scope and application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU;
- Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;
- The data protection reform.
- Other priority topics
- Development of linguistic skills of legal practitioners;
Funding Activities
- Organisation of interactive, practice-oriented training activities;
- Multilateral exchanges between legal practitioners (except for judges and prosecutors whose training bodies are members of the EJTN and may thus take part in the exchanges organised by the EJTN);
- Creation of training content, whether for presential learning, blended learning or e‑learning, either ready-to-use by trainers or by practitioners for self-learning;
- Tools for training providers (for example: train-the-trainers events, tools to support the organisation of training in other Member States, etc.).
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicants and partners must be public entities or private organisations or international organisations.
- Organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit-oriented organisations.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Countries
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK
For more information, please visit EU Action Grants.