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

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.

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).

• Education and training
• Justice - Security
• Public Administration

• Central Government
• Educational Institutions
• International Organisations
• Local Authorities
• Non Profit Organisations
• Parliamentary Bodies
• Private Bodies
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• State-owned Enterprises

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.

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

• Funding & Tenders
• Call document