Call for proposals for action grants to support transnational projects in the fields of e-Justice, victims’ rights and procedural rights
EU grants for transnational projects supporting e-Justice, victims' rights, and procedural rights under the Justice Programme.
This call funds projects that improve access to justice and support victims' and procedural rights across the EU. It focuses on electronic justice and fair legal procedures. Grants are awarded as lump sums for transnational initiatives.
Likely relevant for
- NGOs working on victims' rights
- Legal aid organizations
- Justice system reform projects
- Transnational consortia in criminal and civil justice
- Researchers in procedural rights and e-Justice
Project signals
What it funds
- Transnational projects supporting e-Justice
- Projects promoting victims' rights
- Projects enhancing procedural rights of suspects and accused
- Actions facilitating effective and non-discriminatory access to justice
Expected outcomes
- Improved access to justice via electronic means
- Enhanced protection of victims' rights
- Strengthened procedural rights in criminal justice
- Efficient civil and criminal procedures
Who can apply / participate
- Public bodies
- Non-governmental organizations
- Research institutions
- Consortia of eligible entities
- Transnational consortia required
- Check call document for minimum number of countries involved
- Eligible countries listed in call document
- EU Member States and associated countries
- Applicants must meet financial and operational capacity criteria
- Compliance with lump sum grant rules required
- Exact eligible applicant types and consortium size must be verified in call document
Must check before shortlisting
- Eligibility of applicant types and countries
- Specific lump sum grant conditions
- Consortium composition requirements
Money
Total budget of approximately €9.4 million for 2027 under lump sum grants.
- Total budget for 2027 — 9400000EURDistributed as lump sum grants
Application notes
- Single-stage submission model.
- Proposal page limits and layout as per call document section 5
- Eligibility and admissibility conditions detailed in call document section 6
- Financial and operational capacity requirements in section 7
- Evaluation criteria and process in sections 8 and 9
- Legal and financial set-up described in section 10
- Prepare proposal using provided application form templates
- Submit proposal via Funding & Tenders Portal by 15 October 2026, 17:00 Brussels time
- Consult call document and annexes carefully before submission
- Use IT helpdesk for technical support
- Monitor call page for updates and Q&A
- Check eligibility of applicants and consortium composition
- Familiarize with lump sum grant management rules
- Deadlines and evaluation timelines must be strictly followed
Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 7 Jul 2026, 12:26 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.
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Official source text
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Topic description
Expected Outcome: 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 This topic is covering the Victims' rights and procedural rights priority of the call for proposals for EU action grants to support transnational projects in the fields of e-Justice, victims’ rights and procedural rights under the Justice Programme (JUST) . For further information about the call and its conditions, please see the call document
Conditions and documents
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 eligibility 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 of 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: 25 June 2026
- Deadline for submitting applications: 15 October 2026, 17:00 (Brussels time).
- Evaluation period: October 2026 - January 2027.
- Information to applicants: March 2027.
- Signature of grant agreements: April - May 2027.
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)
Declaration on Honour regarding CPP by public entities
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Regulation establishin 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 information
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-2027-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: EC-JUSTICE-CALLS@ec.europa.eu . Please clearly indicate in the subject of the email the call reference: "JUST-2027-JACC-EJUSTICE" .
Raw budget overview
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