Another new call in Justice Programme 2014-2020 published

The DG Justice of the European Commission has published a new call in the DG Justice 2014-2020 Programme. Deadline for the call 'Support to transnational projects in the area of EU drug policy' is 14 January 2016. The indicative available budget under this call with identifier HOME/2015/JDRU/AG/DRUG is € 2,505,000. 
 
Project applications submitted under the Call for Proposals must address at least one of the following priorities:

Support of the implementation of EU legislation on new psychoactive substances by:

improving the capacity to identify and assess new psychoactive substances, and
reducing the availability of harmful substances, and
monitoring the extent and patterns of use of such substances, and
sharing best practices on prevention;

Exchange of best practices on cooperation between public authorities involved in drug-related services and civil society in order to ensure:

enhancing the effectiveness of prevention and harm reduction measures, and
enhancing the effectiveness of reintegration and rehabilitation of (long-term) drug users, including those released from prison; in particular through developing, and
sharing innovative approaches, and
improved effectiveness of law enforcement activities aiming at the prevention, and
reduction of the number of drug-related offences;

Support of the involvement of civil society in the implementation of the objectives of the EU Drug Strategy 2013-2020 and of the specific actions under the EU Drugs ActionPlan 2013-2016.