The objective of the Call for Proposals is to boost the operational activities of the law enforcement via training of competent authorities with regard to:

• fight against wildlife trafficking, forest crime and other forms of wildlife crime;
• fight against trafficking in illicit waste;
• any other type of environmental crime.

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

1. 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;
2. projects supporting the development of methodological, notably statistical, tools and methods and common indicators;
3. 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;
4. 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;
5. studies.

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

• 2,50 Million EUR (Global Budget)

• 28 February 2018 - 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)

Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security

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