Call for proposals for action grants to support transnational projects on judicial training covering civil law, criminal law or fundamental rights
JUST Lump Sum Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- JUST-2025-JTRA
- Programme
- Call for proposals for action grants to support transnational projects on judicial training covering civil law, criminal law or fundamental rights
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- December 12, 2024
- Deadline
- March 26, 2025
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €4,075,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- JUST-2025-JTRAJUST-2025-JTRA
Description
The primary objective of the call is to support training promoting the digitalisation of national justice systems. Training funded under this call is expected to build the “digital capacity” of justice professionals, address training needs stemming from the Regulation on the digitalisation of judicial cooperation and access to justice in cross-border civil, commercial and criminal matters, the e-evidence Regulation, service of documents Regulation, and Taking of evidence Regulation and promote the digital transition of judicial training methodologies, while also contributing to the effective and coherent application of EU law in the areas of civil law, criminal law, and fundamental rights, including non-discrimination, equality, and the rule of law.
Funding will be provided for training activities and tools for training providers to support training activities for justice professionals:
For more information, please consult the Call document.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Eligible countries
As described in the call document.
2. Eligiblility and admissibility conditions
As described in the call document.
3. Proposal page limits and layout
Please refer to Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
4. Evaluation
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document
5. Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
As described in the call document:
- Opening for submission: 12 December 2024
- Deadline for submitting applications: 26 March 2025 17:00 (Brussels Time)
- Evaluation period: March-July 2025
- Information to applicants: July-August 2025
- Signature of grant agreements: August-December 2025
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
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.
For help related to this call, please contact [email protected]
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.
Latest Updates
Evaluation results of the call JUST-2025-JTRA "Call for proposals for action grants to support transnational projects on training of justice professionals covering civil law, criminal law or fundamental rights":
Number of proposals submitted: 43
Number of eligible proposals: 42
Summary of the results:
- Award of a grant to 9 proposals for a maximum amount of EUR 4.024.827,03 (out of the total budget of EUR 4.075.000 foreseen for this call);
- 4 proposals were placed on the reserve list for the amount of EUR 2.306.522,97;
- Rejection of 19 proposals due to insufficient budget
- Rejection of 10 proposals due to insufficient relevance and/or quality and/or impact;
- Rejection of 1 ineligible proposal.
The results of the evaluation were communicated to the applicants through individual letters on the Funding & tender opportunities Portal on 25 July 2025.