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JUSTICE PROGRAMME – Operating grants for 2026 under Framework Partnership Agreements in the area of facilitating and supporting judicial cooperation in civil and/or criminal matters and/or in the area of access to justice – 2025

JUST – The Justice Programme aims at providing funding to support judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters such as training to judges and other legal practitioners and effective access to justice for citizens and businesses.

2025-07-03
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Call reference JUST-2025-JCOO-JACC-OG-SGA
Programme Justice Programme
Institution European Commission
Sectors Citizenship & Human Rights Civil Protection & Risks Cooperation & Development Culture, Media & Communication Education & Training Justice, Security, Defence Research & Innovation
Beneficiaries Association & NGO Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) Training organisation & school

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JUST-2025-JCOO-JACC-OG-SGA



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • In the area of judicial cooperation:
    • To facilitate and support judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, and promote the rule of law, independence and impartiality of the judiciary, including by supporting the efforts to improve the effectiveness of national justice systems, and the effective enforcement of decisions
  • In the area of access to justice:
    • 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

Priorities

  • Priority 1: To strengthen judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters
  • Priority 2: To improve access to justice, uphold the rule of law, protect the rights of crime victims and suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings, and enhance e-Justice

Among financed actions

  • Network activities
  • Analytical activities
  • Training activities
  • Research & data
  • Mutual learning
  • Cooperation
  • Awareness-raising
  • Information & dissemination

Eligibility

  • Be a private entity
  • Be a non-profit making entity
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories, excluding Denmark)
    • Non-EU states: countries associated to the Justice Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (Click here)
  • A consortium composed of only one applicant must be constituted

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: 12 months
  • Contact: : EC-JUSTICECALLS@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Budget per objectives:
    • For promoting judicial cooperation in civil and/or criminal matters: 2.035 million euro
    • For access to justice: 2.390 million euro
  • Funding rate: up to 80% of the total eligible costs