DG JUSTICE Newsletter on funding opportunities & funded projects

Under the CERV programme, the CHILD call is back with a substantial increase of the budget and new interesting priorities such as children's mental health. Under the Justice programme, the big focus this year is on digitalisation of justice. This is just a little taste: discover the first 2024 calls already published (some of them are already open). You cannot miss these funding opportunities!

The 2024 call on the rights of the child is open for applications until 26 March 2024 with a substantial increase of the budget (from 2 to 12 million EUR). Don't miss this opportunity!

The 2024 Union values call makes 74.5 million EUR available to support grass-root civil society organisations! With this substantial increase of the budget (from 51 to 74.5 million EUR), we hope to receive many interesting project proposals! Discover more about this call!

Under the Single Market Programme, there is a new call for proposals for training judges in EU competition law. We are looking to co-finance projects which can increase the knowledge and know-how of national judges in the context of enforcing European competition rules. This includes public and private enforcement of both the Antitrust rules and the State aid rules. The call is already open (deadline to apply: 6 March 2024).

A conference on this topic took place in Brussels on 16 November 2023, aiming to identify possible ways forward to protect, support and enable a thriving civic space in the EU. It was part of a broader consultation process that informed also our funding. Curious to know more?

The high-level EU conference took place in April this year and focused in depth on the digitalisation of justice, one of the priorities set by the European judicial training strategy 2021-2024. Now the report is ready, have a look!

On 11 October, EACEA jointly with DG JUST organised a workshop under the title “The revival of urban and rural spaces for an inclusive Europe.” The workshop was planned in the frame of the annual European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) that took place between 9-12 October 2023. Why is this relevant for our funding?

The EU Children’s Participation Platform was set up a year ago and welcomes all children and teenagers under the age of 18, living in the EU. It's a key milestone of the EU strategy on the Rights of the Child.

To try to compensate the extreme inflation in air travel since 2021, the rates for return air and rail travel above 400km have increased by 25%.

Formal procedures for the participation of non-EU countries in the Citizens, Equality, Values and Rights (CERV) programme and in the Justice programme are now nearing completion for a number of third Countries. Curious to know more?

Co-funded by the REC programme, this project ran until June 2023. On its website you can find useful tools, such as: the Child Participation Assessment Tool and its child friendly version; an handbook on children’s participation for professionals working for and with children; a child-friendly campaign package and an online training course for professionals.

Do you know this network and its activities? It's one of CERV framework partners.