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 objectives of the call are 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.
Detailed Call Description
There are three priorities for 2025:
- 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 to create a genuine European area of justice in civil and commercial matters and in the field of family law.
- Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: the aim of this call for proposals 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 the 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.
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, statistics, 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
For priority 1, Project budgets (requested grant amount) cannot be lower than €75.000. There is no upper limit. For priority 2 and priority 3, project budgets have to range between €75.000 and €350.000 per project.
The grant will be a lump sum grant. The amount will be fixed by the granting authority on the basis of the estimated project budget and a funding rate of 90%.
Thematic Categories
- Justice - Security
Eligibility for Participation
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- 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 be legal entities (public or private bodies) established in EU Member State (including overseas countries and territories and excluding Denmark) or non-EU 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).
In addition, under the priorities 1 and 2:
- Organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit-oriented organisations;
- Projects must be transnational and involve organisations from at least 2 participating countries;
- International organisations are eligible.
Under the priority 3:
- 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;
- In the area of criminal matters, the application must be submitted by national authorities, courts, prosecution services and professional associations representing them;
- Only 1 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 1 public body, private non-profit organisation or international organisation as beneficiary (not as affiliated entity).
For priority 3: Proposals by single applicants are also allowed.
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
EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact: EC-JUSTICE-CALLS@ec.europa.eu