Action grants to support projects on children as victims of bullying

Call for Proposals

The Call for Proposals JUST/2014/RDAP/AG/BULL “Action grants to support transnational projects on children as victims of bullying at school, in residential care settings and in detention” has been published by the European Commission, Directorate-General Justice.

The current “Action grants to support transnational projects on children as victims of bullying at school, in residential care settings and in detention” call for proposals for action grants is based on the 2014 annual work programme of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (REC Programme). It aims to co-fund transnational projects linked to children as victims of bullying at school, in residential care settings and in detention, in line with the specific objective to prevent and combat all forms of violence against children, young people and women, as well as violence against other groups at risk, in particular groups at risk of violence in close relationships, and to protect victims of such violence (Daphne).

The proposals under the current “Action grants to support transnational projects on children as victims of bullying at school, in residential care settings and in detention” call shall focus on the area of rights of the child complementing the efforts of the EU.

The “Action grants to support transnational projects on children as victims of bullying at school, in residential care settings and in detention” will fund activities on:

- mutual learning, exchange of good practices, cooperation activities;

- training.

In particular, projects should develop and roll out, or roll out previously developed and piloted comprehensive anti-bullying policy and programmes (to be described in detail in the application) in one of the three settings mentioned in this call. All projects should not only develop a sound methodology using recognised existing good practice or tried and tested intervention models, but also consist of a large proportion of concrete and practical delivery to the specific target groups identified, ultimately to improve children's experience of school, alternative care or detention as a respectful and non-violent environment.

Projects under the current “Action grants to support transnational projects on children as victims of bullying at school, in residential care settings and in detention” call may cover social networking sites/cyberbullying as an extension of bullying in schools, residential care and detention. Projects under this priority may allow for adaptations or customisation in line with the situation in individual Member States, but the overall objectives and methods must be the same for all participating Member States.

Any training modules developed should be made available and be easily adaptable for use in all EU Member States. Training modules must be piloted and, if necessary, adapted prior to delivery.

The following types of activities will not be funded by the Commission under the current “Action grants to support transnational projects on children as victims of bullying at school, in residential care settings and in detention” call:

- individual sponsorships/scholarships for participation in workshops, seminars, conferences, congresses, training courses etc.;

- activities supporting individual political parties;

- provision of financial support to third parties;

- legal actions before national or international courts regardless of their grounds or objectives.

The indicative total budget under this call for proposals is EUR 1 500 000. The requested grant should not be higher than EUR 300 000 or lower than EUR 75 000. The grant cannot constitute more than 80% of overall eligible project costs. The Commission reserves the right not to award all available funds, and/or to redistribute the amounts per priority depending on the projects received and the outcome of the evaluation procedure.

The deadline for submitting proposals via the PRIAMOS system in the framework of the current “Action grants to support transnational projects on children as victims of bullying at school, in residential care settings and in detention” call for proposals is 10 March 2015.

Further information on the current call for proposals is available on the European Commission’s web site at: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants1/calls/just_2014_rdap_ag_bull_en.htm