Call for proposals
Internal Security Fund Police “Projects on Cybercrime" - ISFP-2017-AG-CYBER
Objective and description
A
new call for proposals has been launched under the Internal Security
Fund Police for “Projects on Cybercrime" - ISFP-2017-AG-CYBER.
The present Call for Proposals aims at funding projects in the area of Cybercrime and Child Sexual Abuse.
Project applications submitted under the present Call for Proposals must address at
least one of the following priorities in the areas of cybercrime
(including fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment) and
child sexual exploitation (with specific focus on victims'
identification and countering travelling child sex offenders):
1. Developing capacity and expertise of law enforcement and judicial authorities.
This includes, for instance, the development of investigative and
forensics tools to address the challenges posed by the use of encryption
by criminals and its impact on criminal investigations and supporting
law enforcement authorities' engagement in the area of Internet
governance;
2. Fostering cross-border cooperation among law enforcement and judicial authorities.
This includes, for instance, the setting up of mechanisms facilitating
swift access to seized evidence or intelligence (or both) across
borders;
3. Fostering cross-border cooperation between law enforcement/judicial authorities and private entities. This includes, for instance, the establishment of mechanisms supporting public-private cooperation.
Proposals solely focusing on awareness raising will not be considered for funding under this Call for Proposals.
Projects must be aiming to achieve one or more of the following outcomes:
- Increasing and enhancing reporting of crime to law enforcement authorities;
- Enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to investigate crime, for instance through investigative techniques and tools;
- Enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to address the challenges posed by the use of encryption by
criminals and its impact on criminal investigations, for instance by
supporting the establishment, extension and development of points of
expertise and their networking at EU level or supporting the development
of a toolbox of alternative investigation techniques to obtain needed
information encrypted by criminals;
- Enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to cooperate across borders,
for instance supporting the gathering and provision of digital
evidence, supporting the secondment of officials, improving the
efficiency of 24/7 law enforcement contact points for cybercrime,
establishment of dedicated platforms;
- Enhancing the cooperation between private entities and law enforcement
and/or judicial authorities, for the purpose of detecting, reporting,
investigating and preventing crime and taking remedial action;
- Increasing the accountability of registrars of domain names and ensuring accuracy of information on website ownership;
- Addressing the problem of travelling sex offenders;
- Improving the detection of online child sexual abuse material and its removal;
- Improving accuracy and effectiveness for the identification of victims of child sexual abuse, including the creation of databases for the exchange of evidence and other information between relevant actors;
- Aiming at implementing the model national response of the WePROTECT – Global Alliance to end child sexual exploitation online.
Eligible activities
The following types of activities are eligible under this Call for Proposals:
a)
analytical, monitoring and evaluation activities, including threat,
risk and impact assessments, which are evidence based and consistent
with priorities and initiatives identified at Union level, in particular
those that have been endorsed by the European Parliament and the
Council and projects monitoring the implementation of Union law and
Union policy objectives in the Member States;
b)
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;
c) projects supporting the development of methodological, notably statistical, tools and methods and common indicators;
d)
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;
e)
particularly 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;
f) 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, including language training;
e) awareness raising, dissemination and communication activities;
f) threat, risk and impact assessments;
g) 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 8 000 000.
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 6 March 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://tinyurl.com/yal4p4y6
Kind regards,
Ioanna
Ioanna Asimakaki
Erasmus+ Trainee
European Office of Cyprus
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