Justice Programme

Types of actions funded are:

• Training activities (staff exchanges, workshops, development of training modules,…)
• Mutual learning, cooperation activities, exchange of good practices, peer reviews, development of ICT tools…
• Awareness-raising activities, dissemination, conferences,…
• Support for main actors (key European NGOs and networks, Member States' authorities implementing Union law,…)
• Analytical activities (studies, data collection, development of common methodologies, indicators, surveys, preparation of guides…)

2014-2020

Please apply using PRIAMOS, the DG Justice grants management system. PRIAMOS allows applicants to register, to download application forms and to submit their applications.

Electronic submission of applications for direct grants via PRIAMOS is a two-step procedure:

1st step: File a registration request for a login and a password. DG JUSTICE AND CONSUMERS will process the request and supply a UserID and an initial password. The login is not specific to the call and can be reused for different applications for grants.
2nd step: With login and password, the applicant can log on to the PRIAMOS system. The applicant can carry out all actions necessary for submitting an electronic application within the framework of a specific call.

For information about the application submission, please consult the guide for applicants specific to each call. The guides, as well as annexes and further information, etc., can be found in the documentation regarding each specific call.

Supported activities

• analytical activities, such as collection of data and statistics; development of common methodologies and, where appropriate, indicators or benchmarks; studies, researches, analyses and surveys; evaluations and impact assessments;
• training activities for members of the judiciary and judicial staff;
• mutual learning, cooperation, awareness raising and dissemination activities;
• support for main actors, key European level networks, networking among specialised bodies and organisations, national, regional and local authorities at European level; funding of experts' networks; funding of European level observatories

Implementation

Community funding may take the form of grants and public procurement contracts (e.g. expenditure on information and communication, preparation, implementation, monitoring, checking and evaluation of projects, policies, programmes and legislation). Community grants shall be awarded following calls for proposals and the maximum rate of co-financing will bespecified in the annual work programmes.

Legal basis: Regulation (EU) No 1382/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a Justice Programme for the period 2014 to 2020

€ 377,6 million

Access to the Programme shall be open to all public and/or private bodies and entities legally established in:

• Member States;
• EFTA countries which are party to the EEA Agreement, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the EEA Agreement;
• Accession countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, in accordance with the general principles and the general terms and conditions laid down in the framework agreements concluded with them on their participation in Union programmes;
• Denmark, on the basis of an international agreement.

Public and/or private bodies and entities legally established in other third countries, notably countries where the European Neighbourhood Policy applies, may be associated to actions of the Programme, if this serves the purpose of these actions.

The training and exchange actions aim at ‘members of the judiciary and judicial staff' including  judges, prosecutors, advocates, solicitors, notaries, court officers, bailiffs, court interpreters and other professionals associated with the judiciary

Under the Programme, the Commission may cooperate with international organisations active in the areas covered by the Programme, such as the Council of Europe, the United Nations and the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Access to the Programme shall be open to those international organisations.

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Websites of the three 2007-2013 programmes:

• Civil Justice (JCIV): http://ec.europa.eu/justice/civil/index_en.htm

• Criminal Justice (JPEN): http://ec.europa.eu/justice/criminal/index_en.htm

• Drug Prevention and Information Programme (DPIP): http://ec.europa.eu/justice/anti-drugs/index_en.htm