European Union Support to Rule of Law in Montenegro

Deadline: 06-Jul-21

The European Union (EU) is seeking proposals to Support to Rule of Law in Montenegro to prepare Montenegro for accession to the EU by assisting it to align with and effectively implement the relevant EU acquis and European standards in the fields of justice and home affairs.

• Strengthening the overall efficiency and performance of the judiciary and enhance the capacities of the institutions to fight algainst corruption and organised crime, including producing a convincing track record on the more complex types of organised crimes.
• Strengthening judicial response to organized crime and corruption, through capacity building activities with a focus on certain aspects of adjudication of organized crime and corruption cases and support on case and trial management, and identifying procedural bottlenecks that impede swift adjudication of cases and providing support on improving length and efficiency of court procedures.

• minimum amount: EUR 2.375.000
• maximum amount: EUR 2.500.000

• be a legal person and
• be a specific type of organisation such as: a competent Government Department, Public body, or relevant mandated body or public body authority of a European Union Member State in the fields related to this action and
• be established in a Member State of the European Union and
• be directly responsible for the preparation and manggement of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.

• Co-applicants should include at least: One (1) competent Government Department, Public body, or relevant mandated body or public body authority of a European Union Member State in the fields related to this action (co-applicant must be from a different Member State then the lead applicant).
• Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
• Co-applicants must sign the mandate form.

• The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entit (ies).
• Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):
  • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
  • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
    • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
      • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
        • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
    • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.