Call: Action grants to support transnational projects to support judicial cooperation in criminal matters aiming to fight terrorism by preventing radicalisation

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.

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, in so far as they are not covered by the Internal security fund for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management or by the Health for Growth Programme;

The specific objectives of the Programme shall be pursued through, in particular:

• enhancing public awareness and knowledge of Union law and policies;
• with a view to ensuring efficient judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, improving knowledge of Union law, including substantive and procedural law, of judicial cooperation instruments and of the relevant case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, and of comparative law;
• supporting the effective, comprehensive and consistent implementation and application of Union instruments in the Member States and the monitoring and evaluation thereof;
• promoting cross-border cooperation, improving mutual knowledge and understanding of the civil and criminal law and the legal and judicial systems of the Member States and enhancing mutual trust
• improving knowledge and understanding of potential obstacles to the smooth functioning of a European area of justice;
• improving the efficiency of judicial systems and their cooperation by means of information and communication technology, including the cross-border interoperability of systems and applications.

The aim of this call is to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU criminal law.

The aim is to promote judicial cooperation in criminal matters to fight against radicalisation that leads to violent extremism and to counter terrorism. Duplications of already existing initiatives will not be funded. Applicants shall explain and demonstrate how their proposals are aligned with the respective EU policies and with the documents published by the European Commission. The degree of relevance to the priorities of the call for proposals will be assessed under the relevance award criterion.

Priority shall be given to the following actions in particular:

1. Prevention of radicalisation in prisons,

2. Promotion of alternatives to detention and exploration of the role of probation at EU level in the fight against radicalisation leading to violent extremism, in particular concerning development of de-radicalisation, disengagement and rehabilitation programmes which could be used outside the prison context,

3. Development of risk assessment methodologies which could be used by prison administrations and judges and prosecutors,

4. The role of juvenile justice systems in the counter-terrorism context.

Applicant and partners must be legally established in an eligible country. This is not applicable for International organisations. 

The application must be transnational and involve organisations from at least two participating countries.

The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than 75 000 €.

The grant cannot constitute more than 80% of overall eligible project costs.

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