Call: Action grants to support transnational projects to enhance the rights of persons suspected or accused of crime and the rights of victims of crime

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Programme	Justice
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "Justice"	The general objective of the Programme shall be to contribute to the further development of a European area of justice based on mutual recognition and mutual trust, in particular by promoting judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters. The Programme focuses on the following Specific Objectives: to facilitate and support judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters to support and promote judicial training, including language training on legal terminology, with a view to fostering a common legal and judicial culture to facilitate effective access to justice for all, including to promote and support the rights of victims of crime, while respecting the rights of the defence to support initiatives in the field of drugs policy as regards judicial cooperation and crime prevention aspects closely linked to the general objective of the Programme
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Call	Action grants to support transnational projects to enhance the rights of persons suspected or accused of crime and the rights of victims of crime
Description of call "Action grants to support transnational projects to enhance the rights of persons suspected or accused of crime and the rights of victims of crime"	The aims of this call are: (a) to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU criminal law in the area of the rights of persons suspected or accused of crime (procedural rights priority); (b) to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU criminal law in the area of the rights of victims of crime (victims' rights priority). The project should cover one or serveral of the following activities: analytical activities; mutual learning, exchange of good practices, development of working methods; exchange and provision of information and development of information tools; capacity building for professionals; facilitating cooperation between competent authorities; training activities. All activities, both at design and implementation stage, shall incorporate a genderperspective. This entails to apply due dilligence to gender specific issues in all areas, including but not limited to the communication and exchange of information, collection of data dissaggreagated by sex, and capacity building of legal professionals on gender equality aspects in cases and legal trials. In relation to victims’ rights, a special focus should be paid to the intersectionality of victimisation.
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Thematic Focus	Equal Rights, Human Rights, People with Disabilities, Social Inclusion
Funding area	Albania / Shqipëria Austria / Österreich Belgium / Belgique-België Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Cyprus / Κύπρος Czech Republic / Česká Republika Estonia / Eesti Finland / Suomi France Germany / Deutschland Greece / Ελλάδα (Ellada) Hungary / Magyarország Ireland / Ireland Italy / Italia Latvia / Latvija Lithuania / Lietuva Luxembourg / Luxembourg Malta Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора Netherlands / Nederland Poland / Polska Portugal / Portugal Romania / România Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Spain / España Sweden / Sverige
Origin of Applicant	Albania / Shqipëria Austria / Österreich Belgium / Belgique-België Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Cyprus / Κύπρος Czech Republic / Česká Republika Estonia / Eesti Finland / Suomi France Germany / Deutschland Greece / Ελλάδα (Ellada) Hungary / Magyarország Ireland / Ireland Italy / Italia Latvia / Latvija Lithuania / Lietuva Luxembourg / Luxembourg Malta Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора Netherlands / Nederland Poland / Polska Portugal / Portugal Romania / România Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Spain / España Sweden / Sverige
Eligible applicants	Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), NGO / NPO, Public Services, National Government, Start Up Company, University, Association
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	The application must be transnational and involve organisations from at least two participating countries
Call opens	12.05.2021
Call closes	09.09.2021
Project duration min	12 months
Project duration max	24 months
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	Total Call budget: 6,2 million € Amount per project: min. 75 000 € Co-financing rate: max. 90%
Submission	Funding & Tenders Portal
Contact Details	BOVING Philippe Philippe.BOVING@ec.europa.eu BEDNARZ Barbara Programme Assistant - EU policies Barbara.BEDNARZ@ec.europa.eu