Call for proposals for action grants to support transnational projects in the fields of e-Justice, victims’ rights and procedural rights
JUST Lump Sum Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- JUST-2025-JACC-EJUSTICE
- Programme
- Call for proposals for action grants to support transnational projects in the fields of e-Justice, victims’ rights and procedural rights
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- May 6, 2025
- Deadline
- October 2, 2025
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €5,400,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- JUST-2025-JACC-EJUSTICEJUST-2025-JACC-EJUSTICEAccess to justiceData protection and privacyE-Justice/e-lawProcedural law, rights of suspect and accusedProcedural rightsVictims' rights
Description
The call for proposals aims to facilitate effective and non-discriminatory access to justice for all, and effective redress, including by electronic means (e-Justice), by promoting efficient civil, and criminal procedures, and by promoting and supporting the rights of all victims of crime as well as the procedural rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings.
This biennial call for proposals, under the Access to justice specific objective, covers two priorities:
- E-justice priority
- Victims’ rights and procedural rights priority
For more information, please consult the Call document.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
Proposal page limits and layout are described in:
- Section 5 of the call document.
- Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
Described in section 6 of the call document and in the list of participating countries.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
Described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
Described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
Described in section 8 of the call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Described in section 9 the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
Described in section 4 of the call document:
- Opening for submission: 6 May 2025
- Deadline for submitting applications: 2 October 2025, 17:00 (Brussels time).
- Evaluation period: October 2025 - January 2026.
- Information to applicants: February - March 2026.
- Signature of grant agreements: April - May 2026.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (JUST) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table (JUST LSII) - Detailed budget template to facilitate the planning of your project 90% co-financing
Declaration on Honour regarding CPP by public entities
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Regulation establishing the Justice Programme 2021/693
Decision authorising the use of lump sums for actions under the Justice programme (2021-2027)
Guidance: How to manage your lump sum grants
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Support & Resources
Please read carefully all provisions of the Call document and get familiar with the proposal template, its annexes and the system before the preparation of your application.
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Please consult the Q&A on the Topic page JUST-2025-JACC-EJUSTICE for call-specific questions.
Please also consult the Topic page regularly, since we will use it to publish call updates, including invitations to info sessions for applicants (if any) after the opening of the call.
For non-IT related questions, please send an e-mail to the following address: [email protected]. Please clearly indicate in the subject of the email the call reference: "JUST-2025-JACC-EJUSTICE".
Latest Updates
PROPOSAL NUMBERS
The call JUST-2025-JACC-EJUSTICE closed on 2 October 2025.
71 proposals have been submitted.
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in February - March 2026.
Online info session
The Directorate-General Justice and Consumers is organising an online info session to present the funding opportunities under the 2025 Call for Proposals for action grants to support transnational projects in the fields of e-Justice, victims’ rights and procedural rights.
Besides the presentation of the objectives, priorities and expected outputs of the call, the session will also cover the practical side of the submission process, including on the use of the budget table for lump-sum type II.
You can submit your questions beforehand through the registration form or ask your questions directly during the session. The session will not be recorded.
When: Thursday 5 June 2025, 09.15 - 13.00 (CET)
Language: English
Detailed information can be found in this webpage.