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Call: To support capacity building on rights of the child and child protection for professionals in asylum and migration

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Programme	Rights, Equality and Citizenship
Acronym	REC
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "Rights, Equality and Citizenship"	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. To achieve the general objective, the Programme has the following specific objectives: to promote the effective implementation of the principle of non -discrimination on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, and to respect the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds provided for in Article 21 of the Charter; to prevent and combat racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance; to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities; to promote equality between women and men and to advance gender mainstreaming; to prevent and combat all forms of violence against children, young people and women, as well as violence against other groups at risk, in particular groups at risk of violence in close relationships, and to protect victims of such violence; to promote and protect the rights of the child; to contribute to ensuring the highest level of protection of privacy and personal data; to promote and enhance the exercise of rights deriving from citizenship of the Union; to enable individuals in their capacity as consumers or entrepreneurs in the internal market to enforce their rights deriving from Union law, having regard to the projects funded under the Consumer Programme. Amongst others, the specific objectives shall be pursued through: enhancing awareness and knowledge of Union law and policies as well as of the rights, values and principles underpinning the Union; supporting the effective, comprehensive and consistent implementation and application of Union law instruments and policies in the Member States and the monitoring and evaluation thereof.
Link	http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants1/programmes-2014-2020/rec/index_en.htm
Call	To support capacity building on rights of the child and child protection for professionals in asylum and migration
Description of call "To support capacity building on rights of the child and child protection for professionals in asylum and migration"	This call for proposals will support capacity building on rights of the child and child protection for professionals working for and with children in migration. The aim of the call is to ensure better protection and respect for the rights of all children in migration on EU territory through capacity-building for family-based care for unaccompanied children (Priority 1) and through building capacity and cooperation mechanisms for guardians whose role is to safeguard the rights of children in migration (Priority 2). Proposals shall complement the efforts of the EU in the area of rights of the child and child protection, and support the work on integrated child protection systems. To this end, proposals should be carried out in line with the 10 Principles for integrated child protection systems, and proposals should describe how their project implements the principles. This call does not aim to support operating costs.
Link	http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/rec/topics/rec-rchi-prof-ag-2016.html
Thematic Focus	Education, Equal Rights, Youth, Capacity Building, Human Rights
Funding area	EU Member States Iceland / Ísland
Select Origin of Applicant	EU Member States Iceland / Ísland
Eligible applicants	Education and Training Centres, , Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, , Research Institution, Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, International Organization, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, Other, National Government, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association
Applicant details	The applicants must be public entities or private organisations, duly established in one of the countries participating in the Programme, or international organisations. Organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit-oriented organisations
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	The application must be transnational and involve organisations from at least four participating countries (applicant and co-applicants) At least one public authority from each participating country must either be involved in the project (as applicant or co-applicant) or express in writing its support to the application; These public authorities can be Ministries and/or agencies responsible for children (e.g. child protection agencies and services, national guardianship institutions, Ministries for children, child protection, education, health, social affairs, justice, children's ombudspersons and/or national human rights institutes for children, responsible regional authorities, etc). The rationale for the choice must be documented and explained in Annex 1- Project Description and Implementation Form. In practical terms, it means that if, for instance, a transnational project is submitted by a partnership involving four different eligible countries, at least four public authorities as described above (one per each eligible country) must either be involved in the project as applicant or partner(s) or express in writing its support of the application. In the latter case, this support will be expressed through Annex 5 - Letter from the public authority supporting the application.
Recurring Call	unknown
Project duration max	24 months
Type of Funding	Grant
Financial details	The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than 100 000 €. The total call budget is 3 100 000 €. The funding under the Justice and the REC programmes is based on the co-financing principle - unless otherwise specified in the call notice the grant cannot constitute more than 80% of overall eligible project costs.
Submission	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
Contact Details	Webform for inquiries