Call: Support training activities on the data protection reform

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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. The Programme follows 9 Specific objectives: Promote non–discrimination Combat racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance Promote rights of persons with disabilities Promote equality between women and men and gender mainstreaming Prevent violence against children, young people, women and other groups at risk (Daphne) Promote the rights of the child Ensure the highest level of data protection Promote the rights deriving from Union citizenship Enforce consumer rights
Link	Link to Programme
Call	Support training activities on the data protection reform
Description of call "Support training activities on the data protection reform"	In line with the Political guidelines of the Juncker Commission, the Data Protection Reform is one of the constituent elements of a Connected Digital Single Market and an Area of Justice and Fundamental rights based on Mutual Trust. This call for proposals will support training projects geared primarily at the data protection supervisory authorities as well as other public authorities, legal professions such as members of the judiciary and lawyers and data protection officers in the EU and EEA which contribute to an effective implementation, the monitoring and the application of the Data Protection Reform. Description of the activities to be funded under this topic The call will fund training activities: providing support for training of data protection supervisory authorities and other public authorities on the data protection reform providing support for training of legal professions such as members of the judiciary and lawyers on the data protection reform; providing support for training of data protection officers on the data protection reform.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Capacity Building, Cooperation Networks, Institutional Cooperation, Digitisation, ICT, Telecommunication
Funding area	EU Member States Iceland / Ísland
Origin of Applicant	EU Member States Iceland / Ísland
Eligible applicants	Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, , , Education and Training Centres, 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, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association
Applicant details	The applicants and partners must be public entities or private organisations 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 two participating countries.
Recurring Call	unknown
Project duration max	24 months
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than 50 000 € The total call budget for 2016 is 2 300 000 € 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 simply need to access the Participant Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
Contact Details	https://ec.europa.eu/info/about-european-commission/contact_en