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 Supporting Initiatives in the Field of Drugs Policy is October 18, 2016. The indicative available budget under this call with identifier JUST-2016-AG-DRUG is € 2,012,000.For more detailed information and the documents please click here.
 
DG Justice issues calls for proposals under two grants funding programmes: the Justice Programme and the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme. The Justice Programme contributes to the further development of a European area of justice based on mutual recognition and mutual trust. It promotes:

judicial cooperation in civil matters, including civil and commercial matters, insolvencies, family matters and successions, etc;   
judicial cooperation in criminal matters;
judicial training, including language training on legal terminology, with a view to fostering a common legal and judicial culture;
effective access to justice in Europe, including rights of victims of crime and procedural rights in criminal proceedings;
initiatives in the field of drugs policy (judicial cooperation and crime prevention aspects).

Types of actions funded are:

Training activities like staff exchanges, workshops and 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 like key European NGOs and networks and Member States' authorities implementing Union law;
Analytical activities like studies, data collection, development of common methodologies, indicators, surveys and preparation of guides.