Call for proposals

Internal Security Fund Police “Projects on Environmental Crime" - ISFP-2017-AG-ENV

 

Objective and description

A new call for proposals has been launched under the Internal Security Fund Police for “Projects on Environmental Crime" - ISFP-2017-AG-ENV.

 

The objective of the Call for Proposals is to boost the operational activities of the law enforcement via training of competent authorities with regard to:

·         Fight against wildlife trafficking, forest crime and other forms of wildlife crime;

·         Fight against trafficking in illicit waste; and

·         Any other type of environmental crime.

 

Project applications submitted under the present Call for Proposals must address at least one of the above priorities. Proposals consisting exclusively in studies and/or conferences will not be considered for funding under this Call for Proposals.

 

Projects must be aiming to achieve one or more of the following specific objectives:

·         to boost intelligence-led investigations, including cross-border investigations and regionally focussed operations to tackle environmental crime;

·    to develop detection and investigation methodologies and tools, including the use of forensic techniques, IT technology, Earth observation techniques, methods for valuation and quantification of damage caused by environmental crime;

·         to develop know-how on preparation of national enforcement strategies to combat environmental crime;

·         to develop tools for exchange of intelligence and operational information;

·         to identify training needs for police and other enforcement officers, develop tailored training materials and organise training courses, including common events for police, customs, national environmental inspectorates and other administrative and judicial authorities in the field of environment and the judiciary;

·         to establish structured mechanisms (e.g. networks) to enhance communication, coordination and cooperation between different enforcement and judicial authorities at national and EU level;

·         to enhance cooperation between enforcement agencies of Member States, as well as between these agencies and (i) relevant EU and international organisations and agencies, such as Europol, Eurojust, Interpol, World Customs Organisation, (ii) third countries and (iii) relevant actors from the private sector;

·         to develop expertise and a strategic analysis of the environmental crime phenomenon;

·         to gather statistics and intelligence on environmental crime for the purpose of threat and risk analysis;

·         to explore and share good practices in investigating and prosecuting environmental crime;

·         to detect and analyse links with related areas of crime, such as corruption and illicit financial flows and raise awareness on environmental crime with agencies specialised in these issues.

 

Project applications must ensure complementarity with the EU Policy Cycle, in particular with activities funded by Europol.

 

Eligible activities

The following types of activities are eligible under this Call for Proposals:

a) projects promoting networking, public-private partnerships, mutual confidence, understanding and learning, identification and dissemination of best practices and innovative approaches at Union level, training and exchange programmes;

b) projects supporting the development of methodological, notably statistical, tools and methods and common indicators;

c) the acquisition, maintenance and/or further upgrading of technical equipment, expertise, secure facilities, infrastructures, related buildings and systems, especially ICT systems and their components at the Union level, including for the purpose of European cooperation on cyber security and cybercrime, notably the European Cybercrime Centre;

d) innovative projects developing new methods and/or deploying new technologies with a potential for transferability to other Member States, especially projects aiming at testing and validating the outcome of Union funded security research projects;

e) studies.

 

For actions in relation to and in third countries the following types of activities are eligible under this Call for Proposals:

a) actions improving police cooperation and coordination between law enforcement authorities and, where applicable, international organisations, including joint investigation teams and any other form of cross-border joint operation, access to and exchange of information and interoperable technologies;

b) networking, mutual confidence, understanding and learning, identification, exchange and dissemination of know-how, experience and best practice, information sharing, shared situation awareness and foresight, contingency planning and interoperability;

c) acquisition, maintenance, and/or further upgrading of technical equipment, including ICT systems and their components;

d) exchange, training and education of staff and experts of relevant authorities;

e) threat, risk and impact assessments;

f) studies.

 

Eligible applicants

In order to be eligible for a grant, the Applicant and the Co-applicants must be:

a) legal persons; applications from natural persons are not eligible;

b) a public body, a non-profit-making private entity or an international organisation. An international organisation can only be a Co-applicant;

c) established in a Member State of the European Union participating in the ISF Police instrument (All EU Member States, with the exception of the United Kingdom and Denmark). In duly justified cases where their participation is necessary to achieve the objectives of the project, the Co-applicants may also be established in a third country. However, the applications may not envisage provision of financial support to third parties.

 

In order to be eligible for a grant, applications must be transnational, i.e. involving at least two entities established in two different EU Member States participating in the ISF Police instrument.

 

The Applicant may submit more than one application under this call for proposals. The Applicant may be awarded more than one grant under this call for proposals. An organisation may participate as Applicant or Co-applicant in several applications.

 

Budget and duration

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 2 500 000.

 

In order to be eligible for a grant, applications must be seeking EU co-funding equal to or more than EUR 250 000.

 

The EU grant is limited to a co-funding rate of 90% of the total eligible costs of the action.

 

Projects cannot be scheduled to last more than 24 months. Applications for projects scheduled to run for a longer period will be rejected.

 

Deadline for proposals’ submission

The deadline for submitting proposals is 28 February 2018 – 17:00 (Brussels Local Time).

 

Applications must be submitted using the Electronic Submission System of the Participant Portal.

 

Further information

Please find attached the call documents.

 

Questions about the call shall be sent to the following email address: HOMEISF@ec.europa.eu. In order to ensure an efficient handling of any enquiry please indicate clearly the reference of this Call for Proposals.

 

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

 

 

Kind regards,

Rosemary

 

Rosemary STREVINIOTI

Head of Brussels Office
European Office of Cyprus
Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor
B-1000 Brussels
Tel./Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85
E-mail: strevinioti.rozamaria@ucy.ac.cy

 

 

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