Prevention of and Fight against Crime - action grants 2011

The following priorities have been identified in the Annual Working Programme 2011. Proposals submitted outside these priorities may be considered, subject to quality and budget availability after funding projects matching priorities.

1. Projects  on  measures  concerning  the  threat  posed  by  possible  use  by  terrorists  of  Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear materials, as well as Explosives, in line with the EU Action Plans on CBRN and Explosives;
2. Projects on radicalisation leading to terrorism and the protection of victims of terrorism;
3. Projects  on  trafficking  in  human  beings:  Prevention,  protection  of  victims,  prosecution  and investigation  of  offenders,  coordination  and  cooperation  mechanisms,  partnerships,  awareness raising, training of officials likely to come into contact with victims and the collection of reliable data;
4. Projects on sexual exploitation of children and illegal use of Internet: Supporting prevention and fight  sexual  exploitation  and  abuse  of  children,  in  particular  but  not  exclusively  in  the  on-line environment,  and  promoting  cooperation  between  law enforcement, private sector and civil society for that purpose.  Projects establishing real-time central pool of shared resources and best practices among Member States and the industry in combating cybercrime;
5. Projects on Financial and economic crime, supporting: disruption of transnational criminal networks through better prevention and detection of corruption (including support for the EU Anti-Corruption Report), money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, counterfeiting, fake medicines, racketeering and extortion; 
6. Projects  on  the  cross-border  Law  Enforcement  cooperation,  particularly  in  the  access  to  and exchange of information through the implementation of the principle of availability through Council Decision  2008/615/JHA  and  2008/616/JHA  (Prüm  Decision)  and  Council  Framework  Decision 2006/960/JHA (Swedish Initiative);
7. Projects  on  operational  law  enforcement  cooperation,  including  customs  cooperation  and  Joint Investigation Teams in cooperation with Europol and Eurojust;
8. Projects  on  cross-border  law-enforcement  cooperation  in  the  field  of  drug  supply  reduction, covering  joint  training  programmes  for  law  enforcement  authorities,  projects  to  enhance  the  EU's capacity  to  target  drug  trafficking,  including  on  the  EU's  external  borders;  support  regional  law enforcement   cooperation   platforms   facilitating   the   exchange   of   operational   information   and information on technical assistance projects; 
9. Projects  analysing  the  possibilities  for  use  of  privately  held  information  for  law  enforcement purposes, including in the field of passenger data, and telecommunication data, especially focusing on the aspects of achieving higher security without compromising human rights and privacy. Projects analyzing the possibilities for use of modern technologies and improving more conventional methods to detect new forms of crime, such as transnational cybercrime, identity theft, fraud; 
10. Training  of  and  other  exchanges  among  law  enforcement  officers Actions  should  include  the  joint development,  by  law  enforcement  training  bodies,  of  common  curricula  and  courses  with  a  crossborder, regional and/or EU-wide scope as well as, workshops, seminars, and exchanges among law enforcement  officers  and  trainers  aimed  at  sharing  knowledge,  experience  and  best  practice  in various areas of law enforcement activity;
11. Projects  on  illegal  trafficking  in  firearms,  including prevention,  prosecution  and  investigation  of offenders,  coordination  and  cooperation  actions  and  mechanisms,  awareness  raising,  training, analysis, assistance and networking in line - among other - with the EU Action Plan to combat illegal trafficking in so called "heavy" firearms which could be used or are used in criminal activities;
12. Prevention of crime, including urban, juvenile, and environmental crime through the development of multi-agencies partnerships between public, private bodies and NGOs with a special attention paid to the  development  of  operational  projects,  guidelines,  trainings.  Initiatives  should  be  based  on  local safety audits and cost-effectiveness evaluations; 
13. Projects  designed  to  improve  the  connectivity  to  Europol  and  to  enhance  the  possibilities  to  share information  via  the  Europol  secure  network:  this  includes  projects  aimed  at  extending  SIENA  to Member  States'  competent  authorities;  projects  aimed  at  a)  equipping  Member  States  with  data loaders  for  the  transmission  of  information  to  the  Europol  Information  System  (EIS)  as  well  as  b) establishing  user  access  to  this  system;  projects  aimed  at  enhancing  the  communication  between expert communities, through, for instance, the European Bomb Data System and Check-the-Web;
14. Promoting protection and integration of victims and witness of organised crime (including mafia) and terrorism;