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 the call is to support training promoting the digitalisation of national justice systems.
Training funded under this call is expected to build the “digital capacity” of justice professionals, address training needs stemming from the Regulation on the digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and criminal matters, the e-evidence Regulation, Service of documents Regulation, and Taking of evidence Regulation and promote the digital transition of judicial training methodologies, while also contributing to the effective and coherent application of EU law in the areas of civil law, criminal law, and fundamental rights, including non-discrimination, equality, and the rule of law.
Detailed Call Description
Funding will be provided for training activities and tools targeting:
- members of the judiciary and judicial staff, meaning judges, prosecutors, court and prosecution offices’ staff, other justice professionals associated with the judiciary, such as lawyers in private practice, notaries, bailiffs, insolvency practitioners and mediators, as well as court interpreters and translators, prison, and probation staff; and/or
- justice professionals in initial / induction training, and/or
- multipliers, such as judicial trainers or EU law court coordinators, where there are guarantees that the multipliers will pass on their knowledge to justice professionals in a systematic way, and/or
- cross-professional training.
Training can cover 1 of more of the following topics with the general aim of building the “digital capacity” of justice professionals on the application of the relevant substantive and procedural law:
- Fundamental rights including non-discrimination, equality, and the rule of law
- Civil law
- Criminal law
The proposed training activities should promote tools and information available on the European e-Justice Portal.
Each project should include training activities that are tailored to the daily professional needs, practical, interactive and accessible to all learners, including practitioners with disabilities, irrespective of the format(s) of the activities: face-to-face, blended, hybrid or online format.
Training activities must include participants from different participating countries. For face-to-face or hybrid activities situation, travel and accommodation costs of the participants should be planned.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than €100.000 and there is no upper limit.
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
- 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 States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs) 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).
Consortium composition
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 2 applicants which complies with the following conditions:
- the applications must involve minimum 2 entities (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities) from different eligible countries;
- the consortium must include at least 1 public body, private non-profit organisation or international organisation as beneficiary or affiliated entity.
Organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit-oriented organisations.
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