Call: Action grants to support Member States’ authorities in the identification and exchange of best practice to ensure correct and full implementation of the EU Framework Decision on combatting racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law

The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute, in accordance with Article 4 of the Treaty on the EU (TEU), to the further development of an area where equality and the rights of persons as enshrined in the TEU, in the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU (TFEU), in the Charter of fundamental rights of the EU and in the international human rights conventions to which the Union has acceded, are promoted, protected and effectively implemented. The Programme follows 9 Specific objectives:

1. Promote non–discrimination
2. Combat racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance
3. Promote rights of persons with disabilities
4. Promote equality between women and men and gender mainstreaming
5. Prevent violence against children, young people, women and other groups at risk (Daphne)
6. Promote the rights of the child
7. Ensure the highest level of data protection
8. Promote the rights deriving from Union citizenship
9. Enforce consumer rights

The Fundamental Rights and Citizenship programme aims to promote the development of a European society based on respect for fundamental rights and rights derived from citizenship of the European Union.

The focus of the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship programme is:

• the protection of the rights of the child;
• combating racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism;
• the fight against homophobia;
• active participation in the democratic life of the Union;
• data protection and privacy rights;
• training and networking between legal professions and legal practitioners.

This call will mainly fund activities on mutual learning, exchange of good practices, strengthened cooperation and coordination between national authorities as regards the recording, investigation and prosecution of hate crime and hate speech incidents under relevant national provisions on hate crimes.

Projects bearing a direct relevance for the effective implementation of national provisions transposing the EU Framework Decision on combatting certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law are of particular interest.

Priority will be given to projects focusing on:

• Concrete actions including training aiming at setting up and improving a methodology of recording incidents and data collection on hates speech and hate crime.
• enhancing investigation and prosecution, through training, exchange of best practice and networking, involving especially law enforcement and judicial authorities, including prosecutors.
• monitoring of online hate speech, especially those projects focusing on strengthening or setting up monitoring tools at national level
• coordination and cooperation between national authorities and civil society organisations.
• promoting diversity and countering discriminatory attitudes by police forces
• providing respectful treatment, recognition and support of victims of hate crime.

The applicant must be a public authority of one of the countries participating in the Programme; co-applicants must be public entities or private organisations, duly established in one of the countries participating in the Programme, or international organisations.

The application must involve at least two organisations (applicant and co-applicants).

The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than 75 000 € There is no upper limit. 
Total call budget: 1 500 000 €
Maximum possible rate of EU co-financing is 80% of the eligible costs

Applications in response to this call are only possible via the Electronic Submission System. In order to use this system all participants (applicant and partners) first need to create a user account, the so-called ECAS account. To do so, you need to access the Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

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