Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Fund will contribute to reach a high level of security in the EU, in particular by preventing and combating terrorism, radicalisation, serious and organised crime and cybercrime, by assisting and protecting victims of crime, and by preparing for, protecting against and effectively managing security-related incidents, risks and crises.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The objective of the call for proposals is combating organised crime by dismantling criminal networks and their business models. In addition, the call aims to focus on two specific crimes that require particular attention due to their prevalence and damage to citizens and society as a whole: drug trafficking and trafficking in human beings.
Detailed Call Description
The call contains 4 horizontal priority areas (for all organised crimes) and 2 crime-specific priority areas:
- improving the intelligence picture on criminal networks
- facilitating cross border investigations
- facilitating financial investigations
- supporting crime prevention measures
- strengthening capabilities to fight drug trafficking
- strengthening the fight against trafficking in human beings
Project applications submitted under the present call must address at least one, but preferably more, of the above priorities.
Project applications submitted under the present call for proposals should include one or more of the following activities (non-exhaustive list):
- analytical, monitoring and evaluation activities, including threat, risk and impact assessments and projects monitoring the implementation of Union law and Union policy objectives in the Member States.
- developing measures, tools and methodologies aimed at improving prosecution and criminal judicial proceedings, for exchanging information and best practices, training to judicial authorities; elaboration of material, such as analysis papers or guidelines, aimed at supporting the work of judicial authorities.
- activities promoting networking, public-private partnerships, mutual confidence, understanding and learning, identification and dissemination of best practices and innovative approaches at Union level, training and exchange programmes.
- activities supporting the development of methodological, notably statistical, tools and methods and common indicators.
- the acquisition, maintenance and/or further upgrading of technical equipment, expertise, secure facilities, infrastructures, related buildings and systems including for the purpose of European cooperation on cyber security and cybercrime, notably the European Cybercrime Centre.
- prevention and awareness raising activities, including communication campaigns.
- particularly innovative activities developing new methods, deploying new technologies with a potential for transferability to other Member States, or transferring and adapting existing tools across Member States.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (90%).
The EU grant amount per project must be between €1.000.000 and €3.000.000.
Thematic Categories
- Justice - Security
Eligibility for Participation
- International Organisations
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be:
- legal entities:
- Public bodies or, by the competent authority’s mandate, a public or nonpublic implementing agency or body of a Member State participating in the ISF;
- Non-profit making private entities;
- Profit making private entities (including non-public implementing agencies, industrial or service/consultant companies);
- International organisations.
- established in one of the eligible countries, i.e EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) excluding Denmark.
Consortium composition:
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium composed of minimum 2 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 2 different eligible countries.
The following entities can NOT apply as lead coordinator:
- profit making entities
- international organisations, irrespective of their country of establishment;
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Interior
Contact person
Doris Constantinou
Administrative Officer
Telephone: 22 409904
Email: dconstantinou@moi.gov.cy
Christina Hadjieconomou
Administrative Officer
Telephone: 22 409944
Email: chadjieconomou@papd.mof.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
Migration and Home Affairs
Telephone: +3222991111 (Commission switchboard)
Postal address:
Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs
European Commission
1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium