Deadline: 25 October 2017
The European Union is seeking applications to provide action grants under the topic, “Supporting Initiatives in the Field of Drugs Policy”.
The specific objective of the Supporting Initiatives in the Field of Drugs Policy is to support projects in the field of drugs policy as regards judicial cooperation and crime prevention aspects closely linked to the general objective of the Programme, in so far as they are not covered by the Instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management, as part of the Internal Security Fund, or by the third Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (2014-2020).
Priority Areas
- To support activities in the area of identification and epidemiology of use of new psychoactive substances
- To support activities aimed at the effective response to the challenges posed by the online trade of drugs
- To support the civil society organisations by reinforcing there:
- advocacy function,
- capacity to make a difference at the local level,
- best practice sharing methods and
- knowledge and skills on evidence-based interventions and minimum quality standards in the field of drug demand reduction
- To support key stakeholders in the field of prevention by expanding their knowledge and skills, in particular in the context of minimum quality standards
Activities
- data collection, surveys and research activities
- training activities
- mutual learning, network development, identification and exchange of good practices, cooperation
- events, conferences, expert meetings
- dissemination and awareness-raising activities.
Funding Information
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 2 632 000.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for a grant the applicant and co-applicants must:
- be legal persons.
- be established in a Member State of the European Union participating in the Justice Programme.
- International organisations may be established outside of the Member States of the European Union participating in the Justice Programme.
- be a public body or a non-profit-making private entity or an international organisation. For-profit entities can only participate as co-applicants. Union agencies cannot submit applications nor be co-applicants.
- International organisations cannot submit applications; however they may participate as co-applicants.
- Applications must be transnational involving at least 2 entities established in two different EU Member States participating in the Justice Programme.
- Proposals seeking EU co-funding of less than EUR 250 000 will be rejected.
- the project must not have started prior to the date of submission of the grant application.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.