EU Anti-Fraud Programme

Summary

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 Description

The programme provides funding, in particular for technical and operational investigation equipment, specialised training and research activities, to support the protection of EU financial interests. The funding is provided in the form of grants and procurement.

Eligible entities for grants are public authorities (from EU Member States or associated third countries), research and educational institutes, non-profit-making entities and any legal entity created under EU law or any international organisation.

Total Budget

€ 181 million

Thematic Categories

  • Justice - Security
  • Other Thematic Category

Eligibility for Participation

  • Educational Institutions
  • International Organisations
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions

Call Opening Date

01/09/2021

Call Closing Date

31/12/2027
Programme/Sub-programme/Plan Calls
  • Technical Assistance

    Closed

    Code: 33078 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2024-TA | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 07/05/2024

    The EUAF Programme pursues the general objective to protect the EU financial interests. To achieve this general objective, the EUAF sets a specific objective to prevent and combat fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities affecting the EU financial interests.

    The AWP 2024 provides for a technical assistance call for projects having as their main purpose the acquisition of specialised equipment, tools and data technologies, including a compulsory accompanying training component on the use of purchased equipment. Hence, all technical assistance applications should demonstrate a training component on the use of purchased equipment.

    The call will support the following four topics in 2024:

    • EUAF-2024-TA-01 — Investigation and surveillance equipment and methods
    • EUAF-2024-TA-02 — Digital forensic hardware
    • EUAF-2024-TA-03 — Data analytics technologies and data purchases
    • EUAF-2024-TA-04 — Detection of illicit trade

  • Comparative law studies and periodical publications

    Closed

    Code: 32931 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2024-TRAI-04 | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 07/05/2024

    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: studies in comparative law and periodical publications and disseminating relevant information through periodical publications.

  • Staff exchanges

    Closed

    Code: 32924 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2024-TRAI-03 | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 07/05/2024

    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 staff exchanges between national and regional administrations (including from candidate and neighbouring countries) aiming to help further develop, improve and update staff skills in protecting the financial interests of the Union.

  • Conferences, workshops and seminars

    Closed

    Code: 32715 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2024-TRAI-02 | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 07/05/2024

    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.

  • Specialised training sessions

    Closed

    Code: 32698 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2024-TRAI-01 | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 29/02/2024 | End submission calls: 07/05/2024

    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: development of specialised training sessions to improve the knowledge and use of IT tools and to increase anti-fraud data analysis capabilities by acquiring new skills and knowledge of specialised methodologies and techniques.

  • EUAF-2023-TA — Technical Assistance

    Closed

    Code: 27855 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2023-TA | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 09/03/2023 | End submission calls: 04/05/2023

    τhe main purpose the acquisition of specialised equipment, tools and data technologies, including an accompanying training component on the use of purchased equipment.

  • Training, conferences, staff exchanges and studies

    Closed

    Code: 27770 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2023-TRAI | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 09/03/2023 | End submission calls: 11/05/2023

    The 2023 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 projects must aim at the protection of the EU financial interests by preventing and combatting fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities affecting the EU financial interests.

  • Investigation and surveillance equipment and methods

    Closed

    Code: 20826 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2022-TA-01 | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 31/03/2022 | End submission calls: 24/05/2022

    The purchase and maintenance of investigation and surveillance equipment and methods used by beneficiaries in   the fight against irregularities, fraud and corruption, detrimental to the Union’s financial interests.

  • Data analytics technologies and data purchases

    Closed

    Code: 20810 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2022-TA-03 | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 31/03/2022 | End submission calls: 24/05/2022

    The purchase and maintenance of commercial specialised databases, data analysis platforms capable of running analysis in big data environments, risk and predictive analysis and data mining tools, as well as systems supported by artificial intelligence used in the fight against irregularities, fraudulent activities and corruption, detrimental to the Union’s financial interests.

  • Detection of illicit trade

    Closed

    Code: 20804 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2022-TA-04 | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 31/03/2022 | End submission calls: 24/05/2022

    The purchase and maintenance of equipment to strengthen beneficiaries’ operational and technical capacity to detect smuggled and counterfeited goods, including cigarettes and tobacco, imported into the Union with the intention of evading VAT, customs duties and/or excise taxes.

  • Digital forensic hardware

    Closed

    Code: 20799 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2022-TA-02 | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 31/03/2022 | End submission calls: 24/05/2022

    The purchase and maintenance of digital forensic equipment and software, mobile forensic tools and computer forensic collaborative systems used in the fight against (fraudulent) irregularities, fraud and corruption detrimental to the Union’s financial interests.

  • Union Anti-Fraud Programme Training, Conferences, Staff Exchanges and Studies

    Closed

    Code: 11356 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2021-TRAI | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 22/07/2021 | End submission calls: 05/10/2021

    The Union Anti-Fraud Annual Work Programme 2021 provides for a specific call for proposals to provide financial support for training, conferences, seminars, studies, webinars and e-learning activities. 

  • Union Anti-Fraud Programme Technical Assistance

    Closed

    Code: 11353 | Identifier Code: EUAF-2021-TA | Programme name: EU Anti-Fraud Programme | Start submission calls: 22/07/2021 | End submission calls: 05/10/2021

    The EUAF aims to:

    • strengthen and improve the beneficiaries’ investigative and operational capacity, through the activities detrimental to the EU financial interests, arrests made, convictions, seizures, confiscations, recoveries, prevented losses to the national and EU budgets, and fraud schemes uncovered;
    • strengthen and improvement of beneficiaries’ technical capacity to carry out verifications of trucks, containers and (other) vehicles.