The present Call for Proposals aims at funding projects in the area of corruption. The overall objective of the Call for Proposals is to develop tools for the fight against corruption. In particular, the following areas are targeted:

• corruption in budgeting and public procurement at local levels;
• risk assessment and prevention of corruption in sectors with high corruption risks;
• prevention of the use of financial and professional services for corruption and for laundering proceeds of corruption;
• support for civil society and citizens to expose corrupt practices;
• activities supporting and providing legal aid and technical assistance for whistle-blowers;
• research on methodology aiming at exposing corruption in law making and law enforcement.

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

1. projects promoting networking, public-private partnerships, implementation 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, as well as ICT systems and their components at the Union level;
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.

This call covers the following topics

• ISFP-2017-AG-CORRUPT: Corruption

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

• 2,20 Million EUR (Global Budget)

• 20 March 2018 - more than one year 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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