VICTIMS’ RIGHTS

EU funding instruments of support to strengthening victims' rights

28 November 2012 UNDP conference"Judicial Reform and the

Empowerment of Victims"

EU funding on victims through:

In the area of Criminal Justice:• Criminal Justice Support Programme (JPEN)• Daphne III to combat violence against

children, young people and women

In the area of Home Affairs – crime prevention:• Prevention of and Fight against Crime (trafficking

in human beings, sexual exploitation etc.)

JPEN & Daphne III - Key figures

• Duration: 2007-2013• Implementing service: DG Justice• Total budget:

• JPEN: 196 million Euros• Daphne: 123 million Euros

• Annual budget 2013: • JPEN: 27,5 million Euros (grants: 15M)• Daphne: 18,5 million Euros (grants: 16M)

JPEN Objectives

To promote judicial cooperation in the field of criminal justice by promoting the compatibility of rules;

improving contacts and exchange of information and best practice between practitioners;

improving training of the members of the judiciary;

strengthening mutual trust with a view to protecting the rights of victims and the accused.

Daphne III Objectives

To fight all forms of violence against women, children and young people

By preventing violence;

By providing support to victims and groups at risk.

Funding possibilities

• Action grants – Funding for transnational projects

• Operating grants – Annual work programme of NGOs with Europe-wide coverage

• Procurement contracts through tenders – Commission initiatives (studies, events etc.)

Action grants – Transnational projects

Who can participate?• Non-profit-making public or private

organisations and institutions (NGOs, public authority or institution, universities, research centres)

• Partnership of at least two organisations from EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway (and Croatia for JPEN)Non-EU Member States can participate if they have

agreed with EU on financial contribution (MOU), otherwise participate as associate partners on a no-cost basis.

Action grants – Transnational projects

Funding Rules

• Minimum 2 partners• Project duration: max 24 months • EC funding up to 80% of total cost• Minimum EC grant: € 75.000• No maximum amount

JPEN action grant priorities 2013

• Supporting victims of crime to facilitate the implementation of the legislation on victims’ rights focusing on how the needs of victims can best be met.

• Procedural rights and defence rights in criminal proceedings and detention conditions

• European Judicial training of European legal practitioners

• Networking and exchanging best practice among practitioners

• e-Justice

Daphne III action grants priorities 2013

• Support for victims of violence• Violence linked to harmful practices • Children as victims and/or witnesses of violence in close

or intimate relationships • Children as victims of bullying at school • Perpetrator interventions and victim protection

measures• Prevention of violence against children, young people and

women through projects targeting attitudinal and behavioural changes in the context of sexualisation

• Awareness raising on violence against women

Typical actions that can be funded

• Capacity building and training of professionals and NGOs;• Setting up and supporting multidisciplinary networks;• Expansion of the knowledge base and exchange,

identification and dissemination of information and good practice;

• Conferences and seminars;• Designing and testing awareness-raising and educational

materials; • Targeted awareness-raising actions;• Research and data collection;• Developing and implementing support programmes for

victims and people at risk and intervention programmes for perpetrators.

Operating grants

Purpose: Co-financing the annual work programme of organisations with a “European dimension” and European NGO networks.

• Minimum 10 MS covered• Duration: 12 months (accounting year)• EC funding up to 80% of total cost• Maximum EC grant: € 250.000

Multiannual financial framework 2014-2020?

• The Commission proposal to streamline current programmes into a Justice Programme and a Rights and Citizenship Programme.

• Total budget proposed 2014-2020:• Justice Programme (incl. JPEN) – €475 million• Rights and Citizenship Programme (incl. Daphne)

– €442 million NO changes to funding rules or participation

Where to find information?

European Commission DG JUSTICE homepage (calls, annual work programmes):http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants/programmes/index_en.htm

PRIAMOS system (online application tool):http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants/priamos/index_en.htm