eu funding instruments of support to strengthening victims' rights
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VICTIMS’ RIGHTS
EU funding instruments of support to strengthening victims' rights
28 November 2012 UNDP conference"Judicial Reform and the
Empowerment of Victims"
EU funding on victims through:
In the area of Criminal Justice:• Criminal Justice Support Programme (JPEN)• Daphne III to combat violence against
children, young people and women
In the area of Home Affairs – crime prevention:• Prevention of and Fight against Crime (trafficking
in human beings, sexual exploitation etc.)
JPEN & Daphne III - Key figures
• Duration: 2007-2013• Implementing service: DG Justice• Total budget:
• JPEN: 196 million Euros• Daphne: 123 million Euros
• Annual budget 2013: • JPEN: 27,5 million Euros (grants: 15M)• Daphne: 18,5 million Euros (grants: 16M)
JPEN Objectives
To promote judicial cooperation in the field of criminal justice by promoting the compatibility of rules;
improving contacts and exchange of information and best practice between practitioners;
improving training of the members of the judiciary;
strengthening mutual trust with a view to protecting the rights of victims and the accused.
Daphne III Objectives
To fight all forms of violence against women, children and young people
By preventing violence;
By providing support to victims and groups at risk.
Funding possibilities
• Action grants – Funding for transnational projects
• Operating grants – Annual work programme of NGOs with Europe-wide coverage
• Procurement contracts through tenders – Commission initiatives (studies, events etc.)
Action grants – Transnational projects
Who can participate?• Non-profit-making public or private
organisations and institutions (NGOs, public authority or institution, universities, research centres)
• Partnership of at least two organisations from EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (and Croatia for JPEN)Non-EU Member States can participate if they have
agreed with EU on financial contribution (MOU), otherwise participate as associate partners on a no-cost basis.
Action grants – Transnational projects
Funding Rules
• Minimum 2 partners• Project duration: max 24 months • EC funding up to 80% of total cost• Minimum EC grant: € 75.000• No maximum amount
JPEN action grant priorities 2013
• Supporting victims of crime to facilitate the implementation of the legislation on victims’ rights focusing on how the needs of victims can best be met.
• Procedural rights and defence rights in criminal proceedings and detention conditions
• European Judicial training of European legal practitioners
• Networking and exchanging best practice among practitioners
• e-Justice
Daphne III action grants priorities 2013
• Support for victims of violence• Violence linked to harmful practices • Children as victims and/or witnesses of violence in close
or intimate relationships • Children as victims of bullying at school • Perpetrator interventions and victim protection
measures• Prevention of violence against children, young people and
women through projects targeting attitudinal and behavioural changes in the context of sexualisation
• Awareness raising on violence against women
Typical actions that can be funded
• Capacity building and training of professionals and NGOs;• Setting up and supporting multidisciplinary networks;• Expansion of the knowledge base and exchange,
identification and dissemination of information and good practice;
• Conferences and seminars;• Designing and testing awareness-raising and educational
materials; • Targeted awareness-raising actions;• Research and data collection;• Developing and implementing support programmes for
victims and people at risk and intervention programmes for perpetrators.
Operating grants
Purpose: Co-financing the annual work programme of organisations with a “European dimension” and European NGO networks.
• Minimum 10 MS covered• Duration: 12 months (accounting year)• EC funding up to 80% of total cost• Maximum EC grant: € 250.000
Multiannual financial framework 2014-2020?
• The Commission proposal to streamline current programmes into a Justice Programme and a Rights and Citizenship Programme.
• Total budget proposed 2014-2020:• Justice Programme (incl. JPEN) – €475 million• Rights and Citizenship Programme (incl. Daphne)
– €442 million NO changes to funding rules or participation
Where to find information?
European Commission DG JUSTICE homepage (calls, annual work programmes):http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants/programmes/index_en.htm
PRIAMOS system (online application tool):http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants/priamos/index_en.htm
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