(PDF File 1 MB)
Hippokrates - EU funding for organisations involved in crime prevention
Hippokrates is a new European Union funding programme. It is designed to provide support for the European crime-prevention strategy by encouraging cooperation between the interested public and private-sector organisations.
This page gives a general presentation in three parts:
I) Latest developments
Expiring end of 2002. For 2003, see AGIS
II) General context
The purpose of the Hippokrates programme is toencourage cooperation between all the public and private organisationsin the European Union Member States involved in preventing crime of all kinds, whether organised or not. The programme is widely accessible to all partners concerned on a multidisciplinary basis.
How does it work in practice?
Hippokrates co-financestraining, exchanges and placements, the organisation of meetings and seminars, studies and research and the dissemination of the results obtained under the programme.
How long will the programme last?
The programme is envisaged for a period of two years (2001-02), in order to prepare the merging of all the law-enforcement programmes (Grotius II , OISIN II, Falcone and STOP II) into a single programme governed by Title VI of the EU Treaty.
How much money is at stake?
The money foreseen for the implementation of the programme for the period 2001 to 2002 amounts toEUR 2 million. This estimate is based on the proportion of crime-prevention projects supported in the last two years under existing programmes (mainly OISIN and Falcone).
What are the specific aims of Hippokrates?
The programme provides for action in order to:
- reduce opportunities for crime, so as to increase the risks that the criminal will be detected and punished and to reduce the possibilities of profiting from his crime;
- reduce the factors which facilitate entry into the world of crime and repetition;
- avoid victimisation, i.e. all those factors which, by placing a person in a situation of vulnerability, predispose him to being a victim of crime;
- reduce the sense of insecurity;
- promote and disseminate a law.abiding culture and a management culture designed to avert conflicts;
- promote good governance and, in particular, to prevent corruption;
- prevent criminal infiltration of the structures of the economy and society.
What is the role of the European Commission?
The European Commission is responsible for the management and implementation of the programme, in cooperation with the Member States. It prepares an annual work programme comprising specific objectives and a list of priority actions. The Commission is responsible also for evaluating and selecting projects on the basis of specific criteria such as European dimension, scope for participation by the applicant countries, complementarily with other cooperation projects and the quality of the projects in terms of their conception and presentation of expected results. In this procedure, the Commission is assisted by a committee, consisting of representatives of the Member States. The Commission chairs this committee and may invite representatives from the applicant countries to information meetings after the committee's meetings.
For more information on the Hippokrates programme
Secretary of the programme: e-mail: JAI-HIPPOCRATES@ec.europa.eu