Call for proposals for action grants to support transnational projects on judicial training covering civil law, criminal law or fundamental rights
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 objective of this call is to contribute to the effective and consistent application of EU law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, by helping to address the training needs of justice professionals in line with the new Judicial Training Strategy.
This call finances also training activities and tools for training providers to be then rolled out at national level.
Detailed Call Description
This is a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of European judicial training under the Justice Programme (JUST). It supports the implementation of the objectives set in and actions called for in the European Judicial Training Strategy 2025–2030¹, creating a supportive environment for the DigitalJustice@2030 Strategy.
The regulatory framework for this EU Funding Programme is set out in:
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Regulation 2024/2509 (EU Financial Regulation)
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the basic act (Justice Programme Regulation (EU) 2021/6934)
The call is launched in accordance with the 2026–2027 Work Programme⁵ and will be managed by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST).
The call covers the following topic:
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JUST-2026-JTRA – Call for proposals for action grants to support transnational projects on judicial training covering civil law, criminal law or fundamental rights.
We invite you to read the call documentation carefully and, in particular, this Call document, the Model Grant Agreement, the EU Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual and the EU Grants AGA — Annotated Grant Agreement.
These documents provide clarifications and answers to questions you may have when preparing your application:
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The Call document outlines the:
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background, objectives, scope, activities that can be funded and the expected results (sections 1 and 2)
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timetable and available budget (sections 3 and 4)
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admissibility and eligibility conditions (including mandatory documents; sections 5 and 6)
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criteria for financial and operational capacity and exclusion (section 7)
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evaluation and award procedure (section 8)
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award criteria (section 9)
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legal and financial set-up of the Grant Agreements (section 10)
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how to submit an application (section 11)
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The Online Manual outlines the:
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procedures to register and submit proposals online via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (‘Portal’)
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recommendations for the preparation of the application
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- The AGA — Annotated Grant Agreement contains:
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detailed annotations on all the provisions in the Grant Agreement you will have to sign in order to obtain the grant (including cost eligibility, payment schedule, accessory obligations, etc.).
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You are also encouraged to visit the Justice and Consumers page on Europa and the Justice Programme 2014–2020 Project Results and Justice Programme 2021–2027 Project Results websites to consult the list of projects funded previously.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
90%
Thematic Categories
- Justice - Security
Eligibility for Participation
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
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be legal entities (public or private bodies)
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be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
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EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs), excluding Denmark)
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non-EU countries:
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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 (list of participating countries).
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Please check the list regularly, to get the latest status on countries in the process of association.
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and comply with other eligibility conditions:
a) Organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit-oriented organisations;
b) the applications must be transnational and involve organisations from at least two participating countries;
c) the EU grant applied for cannot be lower than EUR 100 000.
Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register — before submitting the proposal — and will have to be validated by the Central Validation Service (REA Validation). For the validation, they will be requested to upload documents showing legal status and origin.
Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners, subcontractors, third parties giving in-kind contributions, etc. (see section 13).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Justice and Public Order
125. Athalassas Avenue, 1461 Strovolos, Nicosia
Website: http://www.mjpo.gov.cy/
Contact Person:
Christos Hadjiioannou
Officer
Telephone: +357 22 80 59 92
Email: chadjiioannou@papd.mof.gov.cy