Call for proposals for action grants to promote judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The overall objective of the Justice programme is to help create a European area of justice, based on mutual trust.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The aim of this call is to contribute to the effective and coherent application of the EU acquis relating to judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters thus strengthening mutual trust. The main objectives are to facilitate and support judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, and to 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.
Detailed Call Description
Themes and priorities (scope)
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
The aim is to promote judicial cooperation in civil matters and to contribute to the effective and coherent application and enforcement of EU instruments. - Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
The aim is to promote judicial cooperation in criminal matters and to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU mutual recognition instruments in criminal matters. - Support to Member States for the setting up and strengthening of national networks active in the area of judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters
The main objective is to contribute to the effective and coherent application of the EU acquis relating to judicial cooperation in civil, commercial and criminal matters. (further details in the call document p. 6-7)
This topic will cover the following activities:
- facilitating cooperation between competent authorities and agencies, legal practitioners and/or service providers (including multi-disciplinary networks at international, national, regional or local levels);
- mutual learning, identifying and exchange of best practices, development of working methods which may be transferable to other participating countries;
- analytical activities, including data collection, surveys, research, etc.;
- exchange and provision of information and development of information tools;
- capacity building for professionals;
- dissemination and awareness raising activities;
- training activities can also be funded under this call, as long as they are of ancillary nature and not the main purpose of the project.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
90%
Thematic Categories
- Justice - Security
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- 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.
- non-EU countries:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs), excluding Denmark)
Under the priorities 1 and 2 the applicants must:
a) be legal entities (public or private bodies);
b) Organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit-oriented organisations;
c) be transnational and involve organisations from at least two participating countries.
d) International organisations — International organisations are eligible
Under the priority 3, the applicants must:
a) in the area of civil and commercial matters, the application must be submitted by the officially appointed members of EJN in civil and commercial matters, or by the national authorities, courts and professional associations representing the officially appointed members of EJN in civil and commercial matters;
b) in the area of criminal matters, the application must be submitted by national authorities, courts, prosecution services and professional associations representing them;
c) Only one application per participating country will be accepted. Projects do not need to have a transnational aspect.
Consortium composition
- for priorities 1 and 2, proposals must be submitted by a consortium complying with the following conditions:
- The applications must involve minimum 2 entities (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities) from 2 different eligible countries.
- The consortium must include at least one public body, private non-profit organisation or international organisation as beneficiary (not as affiliated entity).
- for priority 3, proposals by single applicants are allowed
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Republic of Cyprus
Konstantina Filippou
Administrative Officer
Tel: +357 22805955
Email: cfilippou@papd.mof.gov.cy
(Publish Date: 16/12/2021-for internal use only)
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