Hercule III Programme — Call for proposals — 2017 — Law Training and Studies
Date: 2017-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, fraud, fraud against the EU, invitation to tender, legal profession, vocational training








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20.6.2017   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 196/6





HERCULE III Programme
Call for proposals — 2017
Law Training and Studies
(2017/C 196/05)
1.   Objectives and description

This notice of call for proposals is based on Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) establishing the Hercule III Programme, in particular Article 8 (a) (‘Eligible Actions’), as well as the Financing Decision 2017 adopting the annual work programme (2) for the implementation of the Hercule III Programme in 2017, in particular section 6.2.1 ‘Training actions’. The Financing Decision 2017 provides for the organisation of a call for proposals ‘Law Training and Studies’.
2.   Eligible applicants

The bodies eligible for funding under the Programme are:






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National or regional administrations of a Member State which promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union,
or:










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Research and educational institutes and non-profit-making entities provided that they have been established and have been operating for at least one year, in a Member State, and promote the strengthening of action at Union level to protect the financial interests of the Union.




3.   Eligible actions

The purpose of this call is to invite eligible applicants to submit applications for actions under one of the following three topics:






1.


Developing high-profile research activities, including studies in comparative law (including dissemination of the results and a concluding conference, where applicable);










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Increasing cooperation and awareness among practitioners and academics (through conferences, including the organisation of the annual meeting of the presidents of the Associations for European Criminal Law and for the Protection of EU Financial Interests);










3.


Developing periodical scientific publications and other tools for the dissemination of scientific knowledge.




An applicant can submit only one application under this call. The application shall be made for an action under only one of the three topics mentioned above: an application for an action under more than one of these topics will not be accepted.
4.   Budget

The indicative available budget for this call is EUR 500 000. The financial contribution will take the form of a grant. The financial contribution awarded will not exceed 80 % of the eligible costs. In exceptional and duly justified cases, the financial contribution may be increased to cover a maximum of 90 % of the eligible costs. The call document lists the criteria that will be applied to determine these exceptional and duly justified cases. The minimum threshold for the budget of an action submitted in an application has been set at: EUR 40 000.
The Commission reserves the right not to allocate all the funds available.
5.   Submission of an application and deadline

Applications must be submitted no later than: Wednesday, 9 August 2017, and can only be submitted by making use of the Participant Portal for the Hercule III programme:
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/herc/index.html
6.   Further information

All documents related to this call for proposals can be downloaded from the Participant Portal mentioned under point 5 mentioned above or from the following internet website:
http://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/policy/hercule_en
Questions and/or requests for additional information in relation to this call have to be submitted via the Participant Portal.
The questions and answers may be anonymously published in the Guide for Applicants made available on the Participant Portal and on the Commission’s internet website if they are relevant to other applicants.


(1)  Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 establishing a programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union (Hercule III programme) and repealing Decision No 804/2004/EC (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 6).

(2)  Commission Decision concerning the adoption of the annual work programme and the financing of the Hercule III Programme in 2017 C(2017) 1120 final of 22 February 2017.