Common Operational Partnerships to prevent and fight against migrant smuggling with competent authorities of third countries

Code: 34538 | Identifier Code: ISF-2024-TF2-AG-COP | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

The present call for proposals aims to support projects that enhance the prevention of and fight against migrant smuggling by establishing Common Operational Partnership projects (COPs) that support structured operational cooperation between law enforcement, judicial authorities and other relevant services of the participating EU Member States and third countries, with the potential involvement of relevant international organisations and Justice and Home Affairs agencies.

CORRUPT

Code: 34067 | Identifier Code: ISF-2024-TF2-AG-CORRUPT | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/05/2024 | End submission calls: 26/09/2024

The objective of this call is to enhance EU-level actions against corruption to address the current and evolving security threats that corruption poses to citizens and the licit economy and to support the work carried out by Member States’ competent authorities and other stakeholders in the prevention of and fight against corruption.

Call for proposals on digital investigations

Code: 33643 | Identifier Code: ISF-2024-TF2-AG-DIGITAL | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/04/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

This Call for Proposals aims at funding projects on fighting cybercrime, including digital investigations, as a continuation of various initiatives and plans in the field.

The activities to be funded have the following objectives:

• developing capacity and expertise of law enforcement and judicial authorities and supporting cross-border cooperation;
• contributing to the implementation of EU law;
• fostering cross-border cooperation between law enforcement/judicial authorities and private entities

Protection of Public Spaces

Code: 32570 | Identifier Code: ISF-2024-TF2-AG-PROTECT-protection-public-spaces | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/02/2024 | End submission calls: 04/04/2024

The call covers the following topics:

• Protection of places of worship, schools, and community gatherings
• Protection against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear (CBRN) threats in public spaces
• Protection against the misuse and trafficking of firearms
• Protection against explosives threats with detection dogs
• Protection against potential threats posed by non-cooperative drones

Protection of Jewish places of worship, schools, and community gatherings

Code: 32567 | Identifier Code: ISF-2024-TF2-AG-PROTECT-jewish-places-worship | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/02/2024 | End submission calls: 04/04/2024

This topic aims at enhancing the protection of places of worship, schools and community gatherings visibly associated with the Jewish faith.

Organised Crime

Code: 31967 | Identifier Code: ISF-2023-TF2-AG-OC-Organised-Crime | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 12/12/2023 | End submission calls: 12/03/2024

The objective of the call for proposals is combating organised crime by dismantling criminal networks and their business models. In addition, the call aims to focus on two specific crimes that require particular attention due to their prevalence and damage to citizens and society as a whole: drug trafficking and trafficking in human beings.

Call for proposals for a data sets for the European Data Space for innovation - DATA

Code: 28284 | Identifier Code: ISF-2022-TF1-AG-DATA | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 30/03/2023 | End submission calls: 04/07/2023

The objective of this invitation is to carry out the preparatory work needed for the creation of high-quality large-scale shareable data sets for innovation, including work on interoperability e.g. through standardisation and privacy e.g. through anonymization. The work undertaken should be based on identified operational use cases (i.e. types of applications that will use the data).

Call for proposals on better law enforcement in the area of illicit drug trafficking

Code: 22828 | Identifier Code: ISF-2022-TF1-AG-DRUGS | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/06/2022 | End submission calls: 04/10/2022

The present Call for Proposals aims at funding projects on better law enforcement in the area of illicit drug trafficking.

Cybercrime and Digital investigations

Code: 21261 | Identifier Code: ISF-2022-TF1-AG-CYBER | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 13/04/2022 | End submission calls: 15/09/2022

This Call focuses on the following priorities in the area of cybercrime and Digital investigations.

CORRUPT

Code: 20228 | Identifier Code: ISF-2022-TF1-AG-CORRUPT | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/03/2022 | End submission calls: 22/06/2022

The objective of this call is (i) to enhance EU-level actions against corruption to address the current and evolving security threats that corruption poses to citizens and the licit economy and (ii) to support the work carried out by Member States’ competent authorities in the prevention and fight against corruption.

Actions against trafficking in human beings

Code: 18706 | Identifier Code: ISF-2022-TF1-AG-THB | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/02/2022 | End submission calls: 19/05/2022

This call aims at strengthening the actions of relevant stakeholders in the context of the implementation of the EU Anti-trafficking Directive, in particular in relation to the provisions on the protection of the victims.

Protection of publics spaces, CBRN-E, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), explosives

Code: 18605 | Identifier Code: ISF-2022-TF1-AG-PROTECT-02-others | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/02/2022 | End submission calls: 11/05/2022

Objective 1: to improve the protection of public spaces, particularly on enhanced public-private cooperation, the development and implementation of good practices at local level and also of those practices listed in the Commission Staff Working Document “Good practices to support the protection of public spaces”;
Objective 2: to enhance the protection against and detection of CBRN and explosives threats for different types of public spaces and critical infrastructures;
Objective 3: to enhance the protection of Member States’ against the threats posed by non-cooperatives UAS.

Protection of places of worship

Code: 18602 | Identifier Code: ISF-2022-TF1-AG-PROTECT-01-PoW | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/02/2022 | End submission calls: 11/05/2022

To enhance the protection of places of worship of all faiths.

Common Operational Partnerships to prevent and fight against migrant smuggling along migratory routes towards the EU with competent authorities of third countries

Code: 18242 | Identifier Code: ISF-2022-TF1-AG-COP | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/01/2022 | End submission calls: 27/04/2022

This topic supports Common Operational Partnerships with competent authorities of third countries of origin and transit along migratory routes towards the EU. Priority would be given to the main routes identified in the renewed EU Action plan against migrant smuggling (2021-2025).

Common Operational Partnerships to prevent and fight against migrant smuggling along migratory routes towards the EU with competent authorities of Turkey

Code: 18231 | Identifier Code: ISF-2022-TF1-AG-COP-TR | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/01/2022 | End submission calls: 27/04/2022

This topic supports Common Operational Partnerships with competent authorities of Turkey as target country, considering the importance of combatting migrant smuggling in Turkey in relation to the Eastern Mediterranean route and the Silk route towards the EU.

Call for proposals for a data sets for the European Data Space for innovation

Code: 18227 | Identifier Code: ISF-2021-TF1-AG-DATA | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/01/2022 | End submission calls: 17/03/2022

The objective of this call, is to carry out the preparatory work needed for the creation of high-quality large-scale shareable data sets for innovation, including work on interoperability e.g. through standardisation and privacy e.g. through anonymization. The work undertaken should be based on identified operational use cases (i.e. types of applications that will use the data).

Call for proposals on the prevention of child sexual abuse, assistance to victims of child sexual abuse and tools to detect child sexual abuse online

Code: 16874 | Identifier Code: ISF-2021-TF1-AG-CYBER | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/02/2022

The objective of the call is to support the EU actors in embarking on the actions implementing priorities identified under the EU strategy for a more effective fight against child sexual abuse.
Project applications must address one of the following priorities in the areas of the fight against child sexual abuse and exploitation:

• Improving the prevention of child sexual abuse and assistance to victims. This includes actions contributing to the implementation of EU law, taking into account in particular the available assessments.
• Developing the capacity of law enforcement and judicial authorities to effectively fight child sexual abuse. This includes, for instance, initiatives to improve the detection and reporting of child sexual abuse online. 

Support to small companies in implementing the regulation to address the dissemination of terrorist content online

Code: 14703 | Identifier Code: ISFP-2021-AG-TCO | Programme name: Internal Security Fund (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/10/2021 | End submission calls: 26/01/2022

The objective is to support small hosting service providers (HSP), i.e. a provider of services consisting of the storage of information provided by and at the request of a content provider to disseminate content to the public, in complying with the requirements of the TCO Regulation, in particular detecting and removing terrorist content online.

Project applications submitted under the present call for proposals must develop such support addressing all the three following priorities:

1. To inform and increase awareness among small HSPs about the TCO Regulation’s rules and requirements.
2. To support small HSPs in the implementation of the TCO Regulation, in particular to develop, implement and roll out any tools, frameworks and mechanisms to address the dissemination of terrorist content online on their platforms.
3. To share experience, tools and best practices of the implementation process and of tools, frameworks and mechanisms addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online.