Call for proposals for action grants to support transnational projects on judicial training

Description

1) Objective

In line with the Commission Communication ‘Ensuring justice in the EU — a European judicial training strategy for 2021-2024′, the primary objective of the call is to support training promoting the digitalisation of national justice systems. Training funded under this call are expected to build the “digital capacity” of justice professionals and promote the digital transition of judicial training methodologies, while also contributing to the effective and coherent application of EU law in the areas of civil law, criminal law, and fundamental rights, including non-discrimination, equality, and the rule of law.

Funding will be provided for training activities and tools for training providers to support training activities for justice professionals:
1) members of the judiciary and judicial staff, meaning judges, prosecutors, court and prosecution offices’ staff, other justice professionals associated with the judiciary, such as lawyers in private practice, notaries, bailiffs, insolvency practitioners and mediators, as well as court interpreters and translators, prison and probation staff; and/or
2) justice professionals in initial / induction training, and/or
3) multipliers, such as judicial trainers or EU law court coordinators, where there
are guarantees that the multipliers will pass on their knowledge to justice
professionals in a systematic way, and/or
4) cross-professional training, in order to stimulate discussions across justice
professions about the application of EU law and contribute to a European judicial culture across professional boundaries on precisely identified topics of relevance to the concerned professions.

2) Eligibility

Applicants (the notion of applicants concerns applicants and partners) must be either public bodies or non-profit organisations with legal personality.

3) Location

Actions must take place in EU Member States, the EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, EU candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine.

4) Budget

The total budget available under the present call is €4,075,000.

5) Application

Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders). Paper submissions are NOT possible. Applications must be submitted not later than 19 April 2023.