Call for proposals

Justice programme, "Action grants to support national or transnational e-Justice projects” - JUST-JACC-EJU-AG-2017

 

Objectives and description

The Directorate General for Justice has published a  call for proposals under the Justice programme on " Action grants to support national or transnational e-Justice projects” - JUST-JACC-EJU-AG-2017

 

The aim is to contribute to achieving the objectives of the European e-Justice Strategy 2014-2018. It will support the implementation of e-Justice projects at European and national level, insofar that they have a European dimension.

 

The first priority will be given to support of the implementation of a platform for Mutual Legal Assistance requests regarding e-evidence,

 

Secondary priorities concern project applications aiming at joining or enhancing existing or ongoing e-Justice portal projects, in particular:

·         Interconnection of National Insolvency Registers (IRI)[1];

·         Find a Lawyer (FAL);

·         Find a Notary (FAN);

·         Find a Bailiff (FAB);

·         Implementation of the European Case Law Identifier (ECLI) in case law repositories and interconnection with the e-Justice Portal;

·         Land Registers Interconnection (LRI);

·         European Court Database;

·         Other e-Justice portal projects related to development of the relevant EU policies, such as victims' rights, rights of suspects and accused in criminal proceedings, and projects which are in advanced stage of development or already live on the Portal at the moment when the call is published.

 

Expected results:

·         implementation of a platform for Mutual Legal Assistance requests regarding e-evidence;

·         improved participation with the aim of achieving full EU coverage concerning all voluntary e-Justice interconnection projects – Find a lawyer, Find a notary, ECLI, LRI, etc.;

·         reduced risks and possibility to allow Member States to achieve early compliance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings;

·         possibility to launch potentially innovative projects and best practices concerning access to and the administration of justice at a national and in a cross-border context;

·         improved awareness of on-going and future e-Justice activities

 

Transnational projects will receive a higher priority than national ones.

 

Eligible activities

Project activities under this call would in principle include:

·         analytical, conceptual, design and elaboration work;

·         IT software development;

·         quality assurance and related auxiliary measures necessary for the establishment of new IT systems;

·          the expansion and adaptation of existing national and transnational solutions towards addressing the objectives of the call;

·         activities related to hosting, deployment, configuration and operational support;

·         activities relating to project management, content preparation, editorial work, communication, promotion and dissemination.

 

Eligible participants - Minimum conditions

Types of Entities

 

(a) the applicants must be public entities or private organisations, duly established in one of the countries participating in the Programme, or an international organisation. Organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit-oriented organisations.
(b) the EU grant applied for cannot be lower than EUR 75 000. 

 

Both national and transnational projects are eligible. Transnational projects will receive a higher priority than national ones.

 

Budget and duration

The total budget earmarked for the EU co-financing of projects under this call is estimated at EUR 3,552,000.

 

The grant applied for cannot be lower than 75,000 EUR

 

Maximum rate of co-financing is 80%.

 

The duration of the project should not exceed 24 months.

 

Deadline of proposals' submission

The deadline for submission is 11 July 2017.

 

Further information

Please find attached the call documents.

 

For questions regarding this call please email: EC-JUSTICE-CALLS@ec.europa.eu

 

More information: https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/just/topics/just-jacc-eju-ag-2017.html

 

 

Kind regards,

Flora

 

Flora Stavropoulou
Intern

European Office of Cyprus

Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor

B-1000, Brussels

Tel/Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85

E-mail: eoc.brussels2@ucy.ac.cy