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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL JUSTICE AND CONSUMERS

Unit 04: Programme and financial managemen

Brussels, 23 May 2019

CALL RESULTS & ABSTRACTS OF CO-FUNDED PROJECTS

Programme: Justice programme 2014-2020

Call for proposals: JUST-JCOO-AG-2018

Topic: Call for proposals for action grants to support

transnational projects promote judicial

cooperation in civil and criminal matters

Publication date: 30 January 2018

Opening date: 7 March 2018

Deadline: 19 June 2018 17:00:00

Single-stage

Call's budget: €2,900,000.00

Number of proposals submitted: 22

Number of ineligible proposals: 2

Number of proposals recommended

for funding: 9 (total amount €2,794,916.75)

Number of proposals placed on

the reserve list: 3 (total amount €1,041,865.58)

Number of proposals rejected due

to insufficient relevance and/or quality: 8

Applicants were informed of the results of the evaluation of their proposals on

19 October 2019.

The abstracts of projects for which agreements have already been signed are annexed. The

document will be updated if other agreements are signed.

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Contents

JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL MATTERS ............................................................................... 3

AMICABLE (831593) - Best Practice Tools assisting with the enforceability of mediated

agreements in the EU and specifically in Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland and a Model

for incorporating mediation into child abduction proceedings ........................................................... 3

ECJIN (831656) – Evaluation des instruments européens de coopération judiciaire civile par les

services d'inspection nationaux ........................................................................................................... 5

EN2BRIA (831598) - Enhancing Enforcement under Brussels Ia ................................................................. 7

EU-EN4S (831628) - Diversity of Enforcement titles in cross-border debt collection in the EU .................. 9

EU Enforcement Atlas (831663) - EU Enforcement Atlas ........................................................................... 11

INCLUDE (831587) - Including children for a better and more child-friendly case-handling,

procedure and enforcement of decision in cross-border family disputes .......................................... 13

JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS .................................................................... 15

AWARE (831583) - Arrest Warrant European ............................................................................................. 15

DJCCM (831642) - Development of the judicial cooperation in criminal matters ....................................... 16

EIO-LAPD (831623) - European Investigation Order – legal analysis and practical dilemmas of

international cooperation .................................................................................................................. 18

FIGHTER (831637) - Fight Against International Terrorism. Discovering European Models of

Rewarding Measures to Prevent Terrorism ....................................................................................... 20

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JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CIVIL MATTERS

AMICABLE (831593) - Best Practice Tools assisting with

the enforceability of mediated agreements in the EU and

specifically in Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland and a

Model for incorporating mediation into child abduction

proceedings

Participant Name Country Participant

Role

Grant

Requested

Mikk e.V. International mediation centre

for family conflict and child abduction Fasanenstr. 12

10623 Berlin

Germany

DE Coordinator €262,008.74

Universidad de Alicante ES Beneficiary €81,942.31

Universita' degli Studi Di Milano-Bicocca IT Beneficiary €94,538.35

Uniwersytet Wroclawski PL Beneficiary €61,910.18

Total grant €500,399.58

Total project costs €625,499.53

Implementation period: From 1 March 2019 to 28 February 2021 (24 months)

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Exchange of a Best Practice Model (practiced in Germany, Netherlands and United

Kingdom) for incorporating mediation into the tight 6-week time frame (Brussels

IIa/Recast) of international child abduction proceedings in Spain, Italy and Poland.

Plugging a gap by providing a means to assist in the recognition, enforcement of

mediated “package” agreements (parental responsibility, maintenance and other

matters) in child abduction,parental responsibility, relocation cases between EU

Member States in general and specifically in Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland by

developing best practice tools.

Activities

4 research reports; development of an EU, 4 country specific best practice tools, case

scenarios, evaluation.

3 national seminars (Spain, Italy and Poland) + evaluation survey

Final conference.

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Type and number of persons benefiting from the project

155,900 children affected by international divorces (Eurostat 2012) + in 1,161 EU

child abduction cases (HCCH 2015);

Lawyers, mediators, judges in EU cross-border family disputes;

EU Central Authorities.

Expected results

Mutual learning, exchange of procedures, best practices regarding the incorporation

of mediation in child abduction proceedings;

Improved knowledge of legal practitioners/judges in the coherent application of EU

legal instruments by providing a legal roadmap for making mediated “package”

agreements legally binding;

Building-up data collection on the application of EU civil justice instruments;

Improved co-operation between judicial authorities+development of mutual trust;

Improvement of the situations for children.

Main deliverables

1 general EU best practice tool;

4 country-specific best practice tool (Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland);

4 research reports;

Multilingual Website;

3 national seminars (Spain, Italy and Poland);

1 international conference in Berlin.

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ECJIN (831656) – Evaluation des instruments européens de

coopération judiciaire civile par les services d'inspection

nationaux


Role

Grant

Requested

Justice Coopération Internationale GIP

Rue Saint Honoré 217

Bâtiment D

75001 Paris

France

FR Coordinator €186,419.09

Consejo General del Poder Judicial ES Beneficiary

Conselho Superior da Magistratura PT Beneficiary

Hoge Raad voor de Justitie - Conseil

supérieur de la Justice BE Beneficiary

Inspectia Judiciara RO Beneficiary

Ministère de la Justice FR Beneficiary

Ministero della Giustizia IT Beneficiary



Implementation period: From 3 June 2019 to 2 June 2021 (24 months)

ABSTRACT:

Objectives:

entrust a team of inspectors from national judicial inspection services with the task of

studying the conditions under which the European instruments of judicial cooperation

in civil matters are implemented by the national courts and with the task of proposing

any possible improvements;

develop tools for evaluating these instruments for these inspection services,

Activities:

Evaluation of the implementation of several instruments of judicial cooperation in civil

matters by national courts.

Type and number of persons benefiting from the project:

the European institutions, in particular those in charge of the European Judicial Network

in Civil and Commercial Matters (EJN) and EU Justice Scoreboard, the central

authorities of each Member State responsible for implementing the European judicial

mutual assistance instruments, the national judicial inspection services, the judges,

prosecutors, the judicial staff, the lawyers, bailiffs and notaries in charge of the cross-

border mutual assistance procedures, European citizens subject to measures in the field of

civil judicial cooperation.

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Expected results:

provide to the national and European institutions additional information on the

implementation of instruments of judicial cooperation in civil matters;

identify and promote national good practices for a strengthened cooperation and a

better exchange of information between competent national authorities;

analyse any difficulties in the implementation of the aforementioned instruments and

propose improvements in order to increase the capacity of national practitioners to

address issues related to judicial cooperation in civil matters;

develop a common methodology for evaluating the implementation of the said

instruments.

Type and number of deliverables:

1 kick off seminar;

6 study visits;

6 visit reports;

a closing conference;

1 common methodology for evaluating the implementation of mutual legal assistance

instruments;

1 final report.

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EN2BRIA (831598) - Enhancing Enforcement under

Brussels Ia


Role

Grant

Requested

Universita degli Studi di Genova

Via Vivaldi 5

16126 Genoa

Italy

IT Coordinator €65,711.59

Universitat d Valencia ES Beneficiary €12,786.49

Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis FR Beneficiary €29,497.87

Universiteti i Tiranes AL Beneficiary €19,395.41



Implementation period: From 1 March 2019 to 28 February 2021 (24 months).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The project’s main objective is to shed light (also through the collection of relevant data)

on the terms whereby the relationship between Regulation No 1215/2012 (Brussels Ia)

and other EU law instruments is to be handled, with a view to investigating the impact

that the above mentioned issue produces upon the effective application of the EU law

acquis on judicial cooperation in civil matters and with specific regard to the effective

enforcement of judgments, in light of the collected case-law, consistently with the

priority of the call.

Activities

collection of all relevant national and ECJ case law;

analysis of the crucial issues related to the interplay between Brussels Ia Regulation

and other EU law instruments;

organisation of the final international conference;

organisation of seminars (Genoa and Tirana);

drafting of a handbook;

drafting of recommendations addressed to political institutions;

drafting of guidelines addressed to legal practitioners;

creation of the webpage of the project.


academia (100);

judges (10);

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lawyers (100);

judicial staff (10);

students (50);

national authorities (10);

business / companies (15).

Expected results

increased capacity of practitioners to address issues related to judicial cooperation in

civil and commercial matters, especially as far as enforcement is concerned;

improved awareness, both at practical and institutional level, about the complexities

of the relations between Brussels Ia regulation and other EU instruments;

improvement of the legal framework and regulations concerning judicial cooperation

in civil matters through the identification of possible solutions to mitigate the main

criticalities examined.

Type and number of deliverables to be produced

handbook (100 hard copies + electronic copy);

webpage;

1 database;

1 seminar in Tirana;

1 seminar in Genoa;

1 final international conference.

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EU-EN4S (831628) - Diversity of Enforcement titles in

cross-border debt collection in the EU


Role

Grant

Requested

Univerza v Mariboru

Mladinska ul. 9

SI-2000 Maribor

Slovenia

SI Coordinator €223,604.32

Boleo Global SL ES Beneficiary €19,123.00

Center za Pravno Informatiko in Svetovanje,

Posrednistvo, Raziskovanje, Storitve n

Izobrazevanje DOO

SI Beneficiary €69,849.60

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität

Hannover DE Beneficiary €27,135.00

Institut za Primerjalno Pravo pri Pravni

Fakulteti v Ljubljani SI Beneficiary €13,216.64

Masarykova univerzita CZ Beneficiary €18,754.96

Mykolo Romerio Universitetas LT Beneficiary €18,780.64

Notarska Zbornica Slovenije SI Beneficiary €5,204.48

Sveuciliste u Rijeci, Pravni Fakultet HR Beneficiary €19,897.72

Uclan Cyprus Limited CY Beneficiary €33,384.00

Universidade Portucalense Infante D.

Henrique-Cooperativa de Ensino Superior CRL PT Beneficiary €19,123.00

Universität Graz AT Beneficiary €21,305.84

Universiteit Maastricht NL Beneficiary €70,330.67

Universiteti i Tiranes AL Beneficiary €17,068.64

Uniwersytet Wroclawski PL Beneficiary €32,871.26

Uppsala Universitet SE Beneficiary €27,135.00

Total grant €636.784.77

Total project costs €795.981.56

Implementation period: From 1 June 2019 to 31 May 2021 (24 months).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Promotion of mutual trust in the administration of justice in Member States;

Contribution to an understanding of differences in the structure, content and effects of

judgments in selected Member States and the impact of this on cross-border

enforcement proceedings;

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Contribution to comparative research of the dogmatic and empirical concepts of

different enforcement titles for recognition and enforcement;

Toolkit for starting enforcement upon foreign enforcement title adapted to different

enforcement systems;

Creation of an expert glossary to reduce terminological obstacles;

Improvement of judicial information on the scope and ability of enforcement titles.

Activities

Comparative expert research work;

Exchange of knowledge, capacity building and awareness raising;

Elaboration of European enforcement title oracle;

Pilot activities: automation of enforcement proceedings.


Academia (450);

Judges (750);

Law enforcment authorities (750);

Notaries (750).

Expected results

Increased knowledge and understanding of enforcement authorities on foreign

enforcement titles;

Enhanced mutual trust among enforcement authorities from different Member States;

Increased use of cross-border enforcement by individuals;

European Enforcement Title Oracle (tool);

Webinar and instructions;

Glossary in English;

Pilot: autmation of enforcement proceedings.


Survey reports/national reports on good practices in English (20);

Expert reports (20);

Comparative international study in English (1x);

Tailored feedback questionnaires (2x);

Conference proceedings in English (2x);

Webinary materials in English (1x);

Training seminar material packages (15);

IT web tool (1);

Manual for enformecent authorities (1);

Instructions for advanced users for European Enforcement Title Oracle (1).

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EU Enforcement Atlas (831663) - EU Enforcement Atlas


Role

Grant

Requested

Centre for European Constitutional Law EL Coordinator €100,344.51

Union Internationale des Huissiers de Justice et

Officiers Judiciaires FR Beneficiary €106,020.74



Implementation period: From 3 June 2019 to 2 June 2021 (24 months).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The project aims to cover the existing information gap on enforcement procedures,

requirements, competence, costs and timing in the 28 EU Member States (29

enforcement systems). Specifically: collect accurate information on enforcement

legislation, procedures, expenses and professionals across EU enforcement systems;

compile, present and compare this information in a user-friendly and accessible way;

make this information accessible online through the EU Enforcement Atlas and integrate

it with the EU judicial atlas.

Activities

Data collection and analysis, quality control and compilation of this information in a

uniform, accessible and user friendly format;

Making information on enforcement available and accessible; integrating it with the

European Judicial Atlas; launching the EU Enforcement Atlas and disseminating

results to all stakeholders. This will be achieved through: accessible enforcement e-

manuals, user-friendly EU Enforcement Atlas website, regular information updates.

Dissemination and awareness activities, through a launch event of Enforcement Atlas

combined with a European roundtable on the future of enforcement of claims and an

information campaign through internet, social media and national chambers, targeting

judicial officers, lawyers, notaries and stakeholders across the EU.


International Union of Judicial Officers;

National Chambers and associations of Judicial Officers in 28 Member States;

EU Institutions;

Legal professionals and authorities;

Citizens and businesses across the EU.

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Expected results

Comprehensive information on enforcement procedures, cost, duration, legislation

and the judicial officers profession in EU-28 collected and compiled;

Comparative assessment of enforcement procedures to bridge knowledge gap;

Information accessible online through EU Enforcement Atlas website;

Stakeholders aware of project results.

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INCLUDE (831587) - Including children for a better and

more child-friendly case-handling, procedure and

enforcement of decision in cross-border family disputes


Role

Grant

Requested

European Federation for Missing and

Sexually Exploited Children AISBL

Rue de l'Industrie 10

1000 Brussels

Belgium

BE Coordinator €98,141.66

HFC Hope for Children CRC Policy

Center CY Beneficiary €34,893.98

Hintalovon Alapitvany HU Beneficiary €10,680.71

Universiteit Antwerpen BE Beneficiary €32,737.72



Implementation period: From 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2021 (24 months).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To enhance the participation and the wellbeing of children at all stages of an international

child abdcution: from the start of the case until the enforcement and after return.

Activities

Literature study

Development of methodology for child participation

Research meetings (2)

Preparation and enrollment of focus groups in 2 countries

Steering Committee meetings (2)

Draft of good practice guides (2)

Feedback to participants

Dissemination activies: preparation of conference, conference materials, video,

evaluation

Project meetings (3)

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Final beneficiairies: children who become the victim of an international child

abduction (1320 cases reported to 116000 holtines in 2016, app 130 000 international

couples file for divorce each year in the EU);

Direct beneficiairies: legal professionals (judges, lawyers, Central Authorities,

mediators, guardians at litem, police,… involved in cases of international child

abduction in Europe).

Expected results

The development of specific tools that can help to improve the situation of children in

cases of international child abduction;

Create good practices to provide better and more child-friendly information to

children in all stages of the international child abduction;

Create good practices to inform children on a return decision and inform and involve

them in the practical organisation of the enforcement of the decision;

Create good practices to provide age-appropriate and child-friendly good practices to

provide assist children upon return and after return, so that their reintegration can be

organised smoothly;

The exchange of good practices and the creation of collaborations between

professional stakeholders in the member states to improve the daily lives of children

in cases of international child abduction and their wellbeing upon enforcement of

return decisions.

Deliverables:

Research: literature study (2);

Methodology;

Focus groups,

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JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

AWARE (831583) - Arrest Warrant European


Role Grant

Bremen Senate of Justice and Constitution DE Coordinator €94,433.92

Antigone Onlus IT Beneficiary €44,996.50

Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii RO Beneficiary €43,400.91

Qualify Just - IT Solutions and Consulting

LDA PT Beneficiary €36,002.91


Total costs €273,543.36


ABSTRACT:

The project aims at increasing cross-border cooperation between EU Member States

using in particular two Framework Decisions (FDs) - 2002/584/JHA on the European

arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States and 2008/909/JHA

on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters

imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose

of their enforcement in the European Union.

Objectives:

Transfer knowledge between EU MS legal practitioners responsible for extradition,

and to jointly explore best practice in and sustainable development of cross-border

cooperation in the application of the European Arrest Warrant, whilst respecting the

protection of fundamental rights.

Analysis of partners’ prison and legal protection systems, with findings providing a

baseline for the development of standards which lead to a standardized procedure for

the provision of information by the issuing member state according to each individual

case, contextualized in referral to international standards.

Activities:

Seminars to facilitate discussion, document and produce case studies with visual

elements from participating practitioners

Cross-border study visits

Creation of an an effective toolkit for EU MS legal practitioners to get an in-depth

understanding of European arrest warrant procedures and to use the methodological

and evaluation tools developed in the seminars and study visits

Dissemination.

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DJCCM (831642) - Development of the judicial cooperation

in criminal matters


Role

Grant

Requested

Tiesu Administracija

6 Antonijas Street

LV 1010 Riga

Latvia

LV Coordinator €67,911.62

Ministarstvo Pravosuda HR Beneficiary €5,692.40

Nacionaline Teismu Administracija LT Beneficiary €4,074.56



Implementation period: From 1 April 2019 to 31 October 2020 (19 months).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The overall objective of the project is to promote judicial cooperation in criminal

matters and to contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU mutual

recognition instruments in criminal matters.

The Specific objective is to develop unified case law approach executing the

sentences defined by the foreign judicial institutions and to contribute the mutual

cooperation in the criminal matters.

Activities

Exchange of international practice

Development of the case law summary

International conference.


The professionals of the justice system – judges, prosecutors, officials from the

Ministry of Justice and Court Administration.

Expected results

Increased capacity of national practitioners, courts and authorities to address issues

related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters, and to the application of the Union

instruments on criminal law and criminal procedural law;

Strengthened cooperation and exchange of information between competent national

authorities, including courts in relation to judicial cooperation in criminal matters;

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Harmonisation of the practices in relation to the relevant legislation in different

Member States;

Exchange of international practice regarding the usage of Council Framework

Decisions – 2008/909/JHA of 27 November 2008 and 2008/947/JHA of 27

November 2008;

Unified case law summary developed and spread among the project partner

institutions;

1 contact person is defined as the expert in all issues related to the both Council

Framework Decisions.

Main deliverables

Video material;

Unified case law summary;

Workshops;

Seminars;

International conference.

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EIO-LAPD (831623) - European Investigation Order –

legal analysis and practical dilemmas of international

cooperation


Role

Grant

Requested

Univerza v Mariboru

Mladinska ul. 9

SI-2000 Maribor

Slovenia

SI Coordinator €138,981.86

Georg-August-Universität Gottingen Stiftung

Öffentlichen Rechts DE Beneficiary €38,562.80

Institut Jozef Stefan SI Beneficiary €20,553.42

Sveuciliste u Zagrebu - Pravni Fakultet HR Beneficiary €31,500.80

Universidade Portucalense Infante D.

Henrique-Cooperativa de Ensino Superior CRL PT Beneficiary €30,559.20

Universita degli Studi di Torino IT Beneficiary €54,332.03

Universität Graz AT Beneficiary €35,329.69



Implementation period: From 1 May 2019 to 30 April 2021 (24 months),

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Deepening the pool of knowledge on the Directive 2014/41/EU;

Facilitating legal and practical implementation of the Directive 2014/41/EU;

Improving practical coordination between Directive 2014/41/EU and pre-existing

instruments of MLA;

Increasing capacity in lawyers to address issues related to the Directive;

Equipping target groups with specialised knowledge about the cross-border evidence

gathering procedure described in the Directive 2014/41/EU.

Activities

Accumulation of knowledge by cabinet study, gathering of information from

issuing/executing authorities and lawyers;

Comparative analysis regarding the legal and practical implementation of the

Directive 2014/41/EU and related instruments of MLA;

Capacity building activities (workshops);

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Awareness raising activities and dissemination of the accumulated knowledge

(guidelines, monograph, website, articles…).


Judges, public prosecutors, lawyers directly benefiting from the capacity building

activities (from countries of project partners): 280;

Other judges, public prosecutors, lawyers, researchers and police officers, dealing

with international offences all over the EU: 3500;

Other legal experts, students, NGOs and interested public all over the EU: 30 000.

Expected results

Increased effectiveness of the European Investitgation Order;

Transfer of good practice between Member States;

Raised awareness on the importance of the EIO and its functioning in legal experts

and other target groups.


Monograph: 1x;

Guidelines: 7x;

Conference: 1x;

Conference proceedings: 1x;

National reports: 6x;

Expert articles: 14x;

Professionals participating at the capacity building seminars: 180;

Brochures: 6 linguistic versions;

Expert web blog posts: 24x;

Website with a web forum: 1x;

Facebook and Twitter posts: 110x;

Media part taking events: 8x.

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FIGHTER (831637) - Fight Against International

Terrorism. Discovering European Models of Rewarding

Measures to Prevent Terrorism


Role

Grant

Requested

Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio

Emilia

Via san Geminiano 3

41121 Modena

Italy

IT Coordinator €116,607.44

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München DE Beneficiary €26,428.23

Sveuciliste u Zagrebu - Pravni Fakultet HR Beneficiary €40,636.44

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid ES Beneficiary €14,742.68

Universita degli Studi di Ferrara IT Beneficiary €60,043.46

Université de Lille FR Beneficiary €50,201.23

Université du Luxembourg LU Beneficiary €61,569.51

Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles ASBL BE Beneficiary €57,586.25




ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Realising of a comparative study on the evolution of the main “rewarding measures”

in the selected Member States.

Creation of one or more European models of rewarding measures for a future vertical

harmonisation.

Verification of the operational limits of Article 16 of Directive (EU) 2017/541

(mitigating circumstances for repentant terrorists) and production of guidelines for its

implementation.

Activities

Data collection on the existing rewarding legislation in the selected Member States;

Comparative analysis for the individuation of already-existing common model of

rewarding measure;

Feasibility study on the possibility to harmonise the rewarding measures for

terrorists;

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Policy recommendations for the harmonisation of rewarding measures for terrorists;

Evaluation of the legislative possibilities in the activities of Article 16 transposition;

Development of guidelines for the transposition of Article 16 of Directive (EU)

2017/541.


Judges (400-600 persons);

Prosecutors (400-600 persons);

Law enforcement authorities (400-600 persons);

Lawyers (300-500 persons);

National authorities (40-50 persons);

Academia (100-200 persons);

Students (200-400 persons).

Expected results

Raise awareness and knowledge of the practitioners involved in international

terrorism prevention on the rewarding measures;

Enhance judicial cooperation on terrorism prevention through the vertical

harmonisation of rewarding measures;

Best application of Article 16 of Directive (EU) 2017/541.


14 “focus groups” (2 per participating country: Belgium, Germany, Spain, France,

Croatia, Italy and Luxembourg );

1 final conference;

8 press conferences;

1 final volume (200 copies, in English and French);

1 final e-book (in English and French);

6 newsletters;

1 website.

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