The objective of the Call for Proposals is to address the raising poly-criminal nature of activities of organised crime groups and their increased mobility. Projects to be financed under this Call for Proposals shall be aiming at filling the operational gap in the cross-border cooperation and creating synergies between various criminal markets in relation to the mobile nature of criminal groups.

The topics are covered under this call:

• ISFP-2016-AG-MC-01: Mobile criminality

 The following types of activities are eligible under this Call for Proposals:

1. analytical, monitoring and evaluation activities, including threat, risk and impact assessments, which are evidence based and consistent with priorities and initiatives identified at Union level, in particular those that have been endorsed by the European Parliament and the Council and projects monitoring the implementation of Union law and Union policy objectives in the Member States;
2. projects promoting networking, public-private partnerships, mutual confidence, understanding and learning, identification and dissemination of best practices and innovative approaches at Union level, training and exchange programmes;
3. projects supporting the development of methodological, notably statistical, tools and methods and common indicators;
4. the acquisition, maintenance and/or further upgrading of technical equipment, expertise, secure facilities, infrastructures, related buildings and systems, especially ICT systems and their components at the Union level, including for the purpose of European cooperation on cyber security and cybercrime, notably the European Cybercrime Centre;
5. projects enhancing awareness of Union policies and objectives among stakeholders and the general public, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union;
6. particularly innovative projects developing new methods and/or deploying new technologies with a potential for transferability to other Member States, especially projects aiming at testing and validating the outcome of Union funded security research projects;

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• 2,00 Million EUR (Global Budget)

• 12 January 2017 - 2 years ago (Deadline for the presentation of proposals)

• Official page of the Call

• Call for Proposals (Legal base)

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

• Local authorities
• Regional authorities
• National authorities

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• European Union (EU)

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