Deadline: 26-Jun-25
The European Commission is inviting proposals for Framework Partnership Agreements to support European networks active in the area of facilitating and promoting judicial cooperation in civil and/or criminal matters and in the area of access to justice.
Objectives
- In the area of judicial cooperation: to facilitate and support judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, and promote the rule of law, independence and impartiality of the judiciary, including by supporting the efforts to improve the effectiveness of national justice systems, and the effective enforcement of decisions.
- In the area of access to justice: to facilitate effective and non-discriminatory access to justice for all, and effective redress, including by electronic means (e-justice), by promoting efficient civil, and criminal procedures and by promoting and supporting the rights of all victims of crime as well as the procedural rights of suspects and accused.
Priorities
- Judicial cooperation
- The objective of this priority is to facilitate and support judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, and promote the rule of law, independence and impartiality of the judiciary, including by supporting the efforts to improve the effectiveness of national justice systems, and the effective enforcement of decisions.
- The activities to be carried out by the European networks should have a strong focus on digitalisation of justice in order to make justice more efficient. In particular, judicial cooperation needs to make full use of electronic tools and channels to ensure the effective, swift, secure and resilient communication between the competent authorities and the relevant actors. Adequate training of justice professionals should be provided to allow them to benefit fully from the digital tools put at their disposal.
- Access to justice
- The objective of this priority is to facilitate effective and non-discriminatory access to justice for all, and effective redress, including by electronic means (e-justice), by promoting efficient civil, and criminal procedures and by promoting and supporting the rights of all victims of crime as well as the procedural rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings.
Duration
- The foreseen duration of activities under Framework Partnership Agreements is 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible, applicants must:
- be a single applicant (only the network may submit an application, the member organisations are not eligible to apply)
- be legal entities (private bodies)
- be non-profit organisations
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs), excluding Denmark);
- non-EU countries: countries associated to the Justice Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.
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