Organised crime and drug trafficking

Call document reads: “in particular countries of origin and transit of illicit flows towards the EU and countries which are relevant ” and that: “These include the following regions....” It does not explicitly exclude other countries/regions, but these are of a lesser concern. Do note that the involvement of beneficiaries from the non-EU countries should be relevant for the call. The degree of "relevance" and "concern" will be taken into account in the evaluation of the proposals.

This seems to be the default setting in the submission system. You indeed receive a warning when you include any non-EU country, but you can still submit the proposal. Your proposal will not be rejected for this as long as you have met the criteria and conditions in the call document related to this.

Yes, they can be coordinator. Overseas countries and territories are linked to one of the European Union Member States. Participants from overseas territories can participate on the same terms as entities from the EU Member States.

For the period 2021-2027 the HOME Funds (AMIF, BMVI and ISF) apply the unit costs for travel, accommodation and subsistence (as specified by the Model Grant AgreementPDFand Annotated Grant AgreementPDF).

The use of the unit costs should be seen as a simplification and cutting red tape. Specific rationale for applying the unit costs can be found in the Commission Decision C(2021)35PDF that was amended by Commission Decision C(2023)4928 finalPDF. Decision specifies in which cases the unit costs are mandatory to be applied – in general all travels above 400km independent of the direction as well as in the range 50-400km within and between the Member States. For directions not covered by the decision (e.g. travel between 50 and 300km in a third country; travel between 50 and 300km and between a Member State and a third country, and; land travel between 50 and 300km in Luxembourg, Cyprus or Malta), actual costs of travel, accommodation and subsistence, also in line with the local accounting and tax rules are to be used. For specific rules, please refer to section ‘General > Article 6.2.C.1 Travel and subsistence’ of the Annotated Grant AgreementPDF.

In practice, it is advised to use the unit costs as reference while establishing your draft budget at proposal stage.

During the implementation of the project you will incur costs according to your usual practices but you will have to declare your travel, accommodation and subsistence, in your final payment request, as unit costs in accordance with the article 6.2.C.1 of the model grant agreement.

Since the maximum avialable budget for the topic 2 Trafficking in Human Beings is EUR 2 550 000 the maximum EU grant amount for project's budget must range between EUR 1 million and EUR 2.55 million for this topic. An updated version of the call document correcting this will be published in due course.

The correct template to be used for ISF calls for proposals, like this one, is called EU Grants: Application form (AMIF/ISF/BMVI): V2.0 – 01.06.2022 (the one available for download when starting the EU submission service). The template EU Grants: EU Grants: Application form (AMIF/ISF/BMVI CA): V2.0 – 01.04.2026 is the one used for Contribution Agreements (hence the CA at the end).

Indeed, there is a missmatch. We will try to correct this error by providing an update template. But feel free to use the current one. You do not to submit a detailed budget table, but if we receive one we will not take it into account. Feel free to provide a list of previous projects, but in case it is not submitted we will ask for this after the submission. Your application will not be affected. Please find below the tempate for the list of previous projects.

The recording can be found here: ecconf.webex.com

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The powerpoint presentation can be downloaded by clicking: drive.google.com

The list of the previous projects as a separate mandatory annex is mentioned in point 5 of the call text.

As mentioned in point 11 of the Call for proposals document, applicants shall submit their proposal via the Electronic Submission System of the Funding & Tenders Portal (SEP). There, applicants can find a document entitled “Part B template”. They shall download this document and cut from it the content of its last page, entitled a “List of previous projects” including a dedicated table. That list shall be duly filled in by the applicant, saved as a separate document, and then uploaded (in PDF format) in the dedicated space in the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System.

That way we ensure that only part B, related to the description of action, is subject to the control of the maximum page-limit set in the call text.