Conferences, workshops and seminars

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

EU Anti-Fraud Programme

Programme Description

The EU Anti-Fraud Programme (2021-2027) has the following general objectives:

  • protecting the financial interests of the European Union by supporting action to combat irregularities, fraud and corruption affecting the EU budget
  • supporting mutual assistance between administrative authorities in EU Member States
  • ensuring the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters by supporting cooperation between administrative authorities in EU Member States and the European Commission
Programme Details

Identifier Code

EUAF-2024-TRAI-02

Call

Conferences, workshops and seminars

Summary

Projects must aim to protect the EU’s financial interests by preventing and combating fraud, corruption and any other illegal activity affecting the EU’s financial interests.

Under this topic, the following activities can be funded: organising conferences, workshops and seminars and creating networks and structural platforms between Member States, candidate countries, other third countries, EU institutions and international organisations in order to:

  • facilitate the exchange of information, experience and best practices, including in the field of IT anti-fraud and anti-corruption systems and data analysis;
  • create networks and improve coordination between Member States, candidate countries, other third countries, EU institutions and international organisations;
  • facilitate multidisciplinary cooperation and awareness-raising between anti-fraud and anti-corruption practitioners (in particular customs authorities and other law-enforcement bodies) and academics on protecting the financial interests of the Union, including support for the Association for European Criminal Law and the Association for the Protection of EU Financial Interests;
  • raise the awareness of this matter among the judiciary and other legal professionals.

Detailed Call Description

The 2024 EUAF Work Programme provides for a specific call for proposals to provide financial support for training, conferences, seminars, studies, webinars and e-learning activities.

The expected results from the activities mentioned in the summary, together with the indicators enabling them to be measured, are as follows:
professionals, in particular staff from customs authorities and other law enforcement bodies, are better able to protect the financial interests of the Union through:

  • the acquisition of new skills;
  • knowledge of specialised methodologies and techniques;
  • an increased awareness of fraud-risk indicators at the Union level. More opportunities to develop and implement anti-fraud strategies at the Union level are expected.

These results will be measured by: (i) the number of events and number of participants; (ii) the country of origin and professional background of the participants and (iii) the level of participants’ overall satisfaction with the events.

Call Total Budget

€1.000.000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

80%

You can apply for a higher project funding rate (90%) if your project is a ‘priority action’, i.e.:

  • Projects undertaken by scientific and/or research organisations which fulfil at least one of the following criteria (a or b below) and criterion (c):
    • (a) has been specifically created to promote studies in European criminal law; or,
    • (b) supports the creation of networks in this area;
    • (c) these activities are geared towards protecting the financial interests of the Union.
  • Projects that cover one of the exceptional cases listed above for the Technical Assistance call.

Project budgets (total estimated project costs) are expected to be: not lower than €40.000 (except for staff exchanges).

Thematic Categories

  • Education and training
  • Justice - Security
  • Public Administration

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • Educational Institutions
  • International Organisations
  • Local Authorities
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Parliamentary Bodies
  • Private Bodies
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • 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) which are:
    • national or regional public authorities or international organisations that can help to achieve a EUAF objective, in particular to protect the EU financial interests or
    • research and educational institutes and non-profit making entities that can help to achieve the objectives of the EUAF Programme, in particular to protect the EU financial interests, and have been established and operating for at least one year.
    • be from a:
      • EU Member State (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) or
      • listed EEA country or country associated to the EUAF Programme or country which is in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries).

Consortium composition:
Only applications by single applicants are allowed.

Call Opening Date

29/02/2024

Call Closing Date

07/05/2024

EU Contact Point

For help related to this call, please contact: OLAF-ANTI-FRAUD-TRAINING@ec.europa.eu