Commission Open Calls - September 2013

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I. Commission Open Calls - Justice

1) Daphne III Action grants

Deadline for submissions: 30/10/2013

Introduction: The Daphne programme is aimed at contributing to the prevention

and combating of violence against children, young people and women and to

protect victims and groups at ris!

Target groups:The main target groups of the call shall be, inter alia, families, men,

teachers and educational staff, social worers, police and border guards, local,

national and military authorities, medical and paramedical staff, "udicial staff, #$%s,

trade unions and religious communities! The call shall benefit children, youngpeople and women who are, or ris becoming, victims of violence!

Duration: &ro"ects must not e'ceed 2( months!

Priorities:

)upport for victims of violence

*iolence lined to harmful practices

+hildren as victims and/or witnesses of violence in close or intimate

relationships

+hildren as victims of bullying at school

&erpetrator intervention and victim protection measures

&revention of violence against children, young people and women through

pro"ects targeting attitudinal and behavioural changes in the conte't of

se'ualisation

wareness raising on violence against women

Financial Provisions: The minimum limit for a grant is -.!000 the grant cannot

cover more than 0 of the eligible pro"ect costs!

Other information: &ro"ects must score at least 21 points for the relevance criterion

and at least .0 points overall in order to be considered for a grant!


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2) European Judicial Training


Introduction: The pro"ects must concern "udicial training in 4 law, and mustpromote "udicial cooperation based on mutual recognition and mutual confidence,

the compatibility in rules applicable in the 5ember )tates as may be necessary to

improve "udicial cooperation, improve contacts, e'change of information, best

practices and mutual trust!

Target groups: The pro"ects must concern "udicial training in 4 law, targeted

mainly to "udges and prosecutors! 6owever, uropean "udicial training may also

target, as a second step, training of "udicial court staff, lawyers, bailiffs, mediators

and notaries from the 4 5ember )tates and/or acceding or candidate countries

providing that they have fulfilled the conditions for eligibility!

Duration: &ro"ects must not e'ceed 12 months!

Priorities:

Training of legal practitioners in 4 law

4 "udicial cooperation instruments

&romoting and reinforcing 4 national legal systems

Financial Provisions: The minimum limit for a grant is -.!000 the grant cannot

cover more than 0 of the eligible pro"ect costs!

Other information: 78n this call, priority will in particular be given to activities of

uropean9level "udicial

networs, who should continue their activities at the beginning of 201(!

3) upport to acti!ities implemented "# $%Os organised at European

le!el


Introduction: &ro"ects must support the 4 employment and social solidarity

programme, set up to provide financial support for the attainment of the uropean

4nion;s ob"ectives in employment, social affairs and e


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new strategy, which has a strong social dimension, aims at turning the 4 into a

smart, sustainable and inclusive economy delivering high levels of employment,

productivity and social cohesion!

Duration:The initial duration of the pro"ect must not e'ceed 12 months!

Priorities: &ro"ects must target only one of the following:

#on9discrimination and =oma integration, with the following sub9priorities:

9 &romoting the interest of one or more groups at ris of discrimination on

the basis of their ethnic origin or race, religion or belief, disabilities, age,

se'ual orientation

9 &romoting integration of =oma communities

9 Developing the >business case> for diversity across the 4

9 &romoting the integration of non9discrimination and e


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9 promoting e


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=eduction of demand and supply for products and services provided by

victims of trafficing, including measures aimed at reducing demand for

trafficing for se'ual e'ploitation, corporate social responsibility, and

awareness raising amongst employers, in particular in high ris sectors such

as agriculture, construction, travel and tourism, domestic wor, te'tile,

transport and health care!

&rotection of, support and assistance to victims including by civil society

?service providers and grassroots organisations@!

&rosecution and investigation of offenders including increased operational

cooperation between law enforcement agencies as well as with other actors,

including on financial investigation and recruitment and advertisement of

services of victims of trafficing via the internet!

=esearch into, and development of tools to prevent and address different

forms of trafficing in human beings! These could include new forms of ?orrecruitment for@ trafficing for the purpose of se'ual e'ploitation, labour

e'ploitation, criminal activities, forced marriages, the removal of organs and

other forms of e'ploitation! 5ore nowledge needed on the use of internet

and social networs for recruitment@ of all forms of trafficing in human

beings!

&revention of trafficing in human beings, in particular through education

programmes and targeted training for officials with a main focus in bringing

together various actors in order to increase policy coherence

5easures to monitor and evaluate of anti9trafficing actions, through furtherwor with civil society organisations active in the field!

Expected Results:

5ore comprehensive and sustainable systems or framewors for assistance,

support and protection of victims of trafficing in human beings, which

include governmental and non9governmental actors, at all stages of relevant

procedures

stablishment of partnerships between all relevant actors at all levels

?private, public, nongovernmental@ addressing trafficing in human beingsfrom a wide perspective with the aim of e'changing good practices on

identification of trafficing cases and establishing guidelines on cooperation

agreements for investigation, prosecution and victims protection and support

reduction of the demand and supply for goods and services provided by

victims of trafficing in human beings, for e'ample through measures/tools to

raise awareness amongst potential buyers/users of such goods/services and


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development of guidelines or codes of conducts for businesses to address

trafficing in human beings the establishment of public9private partnerships

is encouraged!

Development of initiatives to better prevent trafficing in human beings and

protect, assist and support victims of human trafficing ?victims9centredapproach@ increase the nowledge on groups vulnerable to trafficing in

human beings, especially women and children at ris, domestic worers,

=oma communities and undocumented worers all this taing into account a

victim centred approach, the gender perspective and the childAs best interest!

8ncreased cooperation with and among law enforcement authorities taing

into account their operational needs and the fundamental rights

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authorities and civil society as well as empowering ey groups in vulnerable

communities!

Duration:+annot e'ceed 2( months

Priorities:

initiatives that encourage people to give up their engagement in terrorist and

violence promoting e'tremist groups

development and e'change of specific operational tools among 5ember

)tates government institutions, local actors, civil society including victims

groups, and the +ommission

initiatives aimed at developing or encouraging credible role models to voice

positive messages offering alternatives to terrorist propaganda

initiatives aimed at supporting the role of victims of terrorism in order toprevent terrorism and violence promoting e'tremism!

Expected results:

8mproved operational cooperation, coordination and e'changes of staff in

order to strengthen networing, mutual confidence and understanding in

tacling radicalisation and violent e'tremism in places of increased

vulnerability through:

9 development and e'change of specific operational tools between

staeholders woring with most susceptible individuals and vulnerablecommunities in the security, law9enforcement and prison sector as well

as among policy9planners, and in other relevant security policy

9 better training and awareness raising for practitioners whose wor

contributes to prevent radicalisation and recruitment to violence

promoting e'tremist groups e!g! youth and social worers, teachers,

local authorities, law9enforcement officials including prison and

probation staff, and other relevant actors!

8ncreased effectiveness of measures and policies designed to prevent and

tacle radicalisation and violent e'tremism through the development ofanalytical, monitoring and evaluation tools!

nhanced understanding of how the 8nternet is used in the process of

individual radicalisation!

8ncreased resilience among vulnerable communities and target groups

through e!g!:


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9 disengagement and de9radicalisation programmes and programmes

challenging violence promoting ideologies with the use of role models

9 enhancing nowledge, awareness and critical thining, particularly

among the youth, on the nature of terrorism and violence promoting

groups and the underlying propaganda

9 increased response capacity of citiEens and civil society to tacle the

phenomenon more effectively at grass9roots level by e!g! providing

media sills and platforms to mainstream voices, victims and others to

challenge the propaganda of terrorists and violence promoting groups

9 devising/promoting effective channels for addressing ?perceived or

real@ grievances, e'clusion also through improved communication and

outreach activities Better e'plaining our policies to target audiences,

5edia9training for moderate opinion9leaders who counter terrorist and

violent e'tremist propaganda, establishing platforms for the e'change

and debate contributing to more pluralistic discourse within target

audiences

9 devising support to the dissemination of terrorist victimsA testimonies

and providing local platforms

9 for victims in order to prevent terrorism and violence promoting groups

in particular by delegitimiEing

9 their propaganda and offering positive messages based on the 4

values!

mpowered pluralist discourse by facilitating creation of networs of

influential religious and secular opinion leaders ?i!e! religious authorities,

scholars, professionals, community leaders etc!@ who have the charisma and

nowledge to challenge terrorist and violent e'tremist propaganda and

stimulate critical thining among the most susceptible individuals and

communities!

Financial Provisions:The minimum limit for a grant is -100!000 the grant cannot

cover more than C0 of the eligible pro"ect costs!

Other information: &roposals must score a minimum of in order to be considered!

3) Chemical, *iological, +adiological and $uclear materials

Deadline: C/10/2013


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Introduction:The +all aims at supporting the implementation of the 4 +B=# ction

&lan and should lead to the improvement of the capabilities of the 5ember )tates

and relevant international organisations to prepare for, detect and respond to +B=#

incidents!

Duration: +annot e'ceed 2( months

Priorities:

stablishment of a permanent training facility simulating aviation

environment for law enforcement personnel engaged in aviation security in9

flight missions and counter9terrorism operations

Development of +B=# training modules to increase awareness, contingency

and procedures in the field of aviation security with the view to be used in the

4 wide conte't!

Development of standards and procedures for areas which include training,certification and deployment of innovative detection techni


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I0. Commission Open Calls & Immigration and As#lum

1) Anal#sis o' reception, protection and integration policies 'orunaccompanied minors in the E

Deadline: 2(/10/2013

Introduction: The aim of the programme is to implement the +ommission;s ction

&lan on 4naccompanied 5inors! The action plan puts forward an 49wide approach

in this area, the primordial aim being the protection of the interests of the child! The

submitted pro"ects must contribute to the application of the ction &lan!

Duration:The indicative duration of pro"ects is 1 months!

Priorities:

8dentifying prevention actions and policies vis9H9vis the group to which the

4naccompanied 5inors belong ?e!g! asylum seeers, victims of trafficing,

children who enter illegally into the 4nion@ and/or the country or region of

origin!

8dentifying good practices in measures to support protection programmes for

4naccompanied 5inors in third countries!

8dentifying best practices on child reception and protection, and in particular

on issues such as procedures at first encounter, legal representation,

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Introduction: The main ob"ective of the programme is to establish a networ of

contacts and discussion between targeted municipalities and local authorities in 4

5ember )tates which have "ust started refugee resettlement programmes, or wish

to participate in a near future and 4 5ember )tates which are e'perienced in

resettlement, drawing on 4nited #ations 6igh +ommissioner for =efugees and

nongovernmental organisations e'periences and best practices in the resettlementand reintegration of refugees!

Duration: The indicative duration of the pro"ects is 1 months!

Priorities:

identifying municipalities or local authorities in 4 5ember )tates that have

"ust started resettlement programmes or are about to do so and arranging

meetings with selected municipalities or local authorities in resettlement

countries with a view to strengthening Inew; resettlement programmes and

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Financial Provisions: The minimum grant under the programme is -200!000 and the

ma'imum grant is -00!000 the grant cannot cover more than C0 of the eligible

pro"ect costs!

Other information: &roposals must obtain at least 0 of the total available points

to be considered for funding!

4) Communit# actions using the Eternal *orders /und 2556-2513

Deadline:11/10/2013

Introduction:The ob"ective of the Jund is to contribute to the development of a

common uropean integrated border management system! 8t was established as a

part of financial solidarity mechanisms to support 5ember )tates that endure, forthe benefit of the uropean 4nion, a lasting financial burden arising from the

implementation of common standards on control and surveillance of e'ternal

borders and visa policy!

Priorities:

further +ommunity cooperation in implementing +ommunity law and good

practices

support the setting9up of transnational cooperation networs and pilot

pro"ects based on transnational partnerships between consular services from

two or more 5ember )tates designed to stimulate innovation and facilitate

the e'change of e'perience and good practice

support studies, dissemination and e'change of information on best practices

and all other aspects of the general ob"ective of contributing to enhancement

of the activities organised by the consular services of the 5ember )tates in

third countries and the cooperation between 5ember )tates in this field,

including on the use of state9of9the9art technology

support pro"ects and studies e'ploring the possibility of new forms of

+ommunity cooperation and +ommunity law in this area, in particularcommon application centres

support to the development and application by 5ember )tates of common

statistical tools, methods and indicators for measuring policy developments

in the field of visa policy and consular cooperation!

Eligible activities:


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)etting up and developing of common visa application centres, with the

effective participation of at least two 5ember )tates!

+onsular co9operation and training for consular staff, involving the consular

activities of at least three 5ember )tates and covering at least three third

countries!

Duration:The ma'imum duration of the pro"ect varies according to the type of

activity the pro"ect refers to! Jor pro"ects setting up and developing common visa

application centres, the ma'imum duration is 2( months! Jor pro"ects aimed at

consular staff, the ma'imum duration is 12 months!

Financial Provisions:Jor pro"ects setting up and developing common visa

application centres, the minimum cost of the pro"ect is -00!000! Jor pro"ects

aimed at consular staff, the minimum cost is -10!000! The re


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&romoting ris analysis and the development of measures to enhance the

security and resilience of critical infrastructures, assets, networs and

systems, as well as a common understanding in relation to sectorial, intersect

oral and cross9border ris management

)upporting 5ember )tates by enhancing communication in order tostrengthen cooperation between the public and the private sector ?regular

meetings to discuss issues of common interest@ as well as by improving

international cooperation and a cross9border e'change of information

between these staeholders and the relevant institutions at uropean level

8nterdependency analysis on a multi9sectorial level

Developing tools and concepts to integrate critical infrastructure protection

into the crisis management set9up

8ncreasing the security awareness of critical infrastructure operators

8mproving information management with regard to critical infrastructures

8ncreasing critical infrastructure protection capability in the transport, energy,

8+T, chemical, financial, water, food, health, space, research, nuclear,

government or any other relevant sector

8ncreasing mutual nowledge of the 5ember )tatesA security capabilities

specific to terrorist crises in view to enhance preparedness and response

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The e'change and dissemination of information, e'perience and best

practices between 5ember )tates and between the different organisations or

bodies responsible for the protection of critical infrastructures

The development and improvement of the relationship between public

authorities and private sector in the field covered by the &rogramme

The improvement of mutual nowledge of the 5ember )tatesA protection

systems

The improvement of mutual nowledge of the 5ember )tatesA security

capabilities specific to terrorist crises

The improvement of mutual nowledge of the 5ember )tatesA ris

assessment methodologies and practices

The enhancement of the capacity to share good practices

The creation of informal contact networs between authorities

The development of a culture of trust and cooperation!

Financial Provisions:The grant cannot cover more than C0 of the eligible pro"ect

costs!

Other Information: &roposals must obtain a minimum of of the available points in

order to be considered for funding!

Commission Open Calls - September 2013

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