Project Title: Provision of Training Services for Criminal Justice Practitioners within the Framework of the EuroMed Justice Programme
Donor: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (EUROJUST)
Coordinator: Fondazione SAFE
Partner: European Public Law Organization
Project starting date: 09/2021
Project duration: 17 months
Countries: EU MS, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia
OVERALL OBJECTIVE
This project will implement the Training and Exchange Component of the EuroMed Justice Programme. Specifically, the objective of the project is the delivery of trainings on judicial cooperation in criminal matters that shall strengthen the capacities of criminal justice authorities from both EU MSs and SPCs to address cross-border serious crime through effective judicial cooperation.
The EuroMed Justice Programme is a capacity building programme designed to develop a sustainable cross-regional mechanism of judicial cooperation in criminal matters between EU Member States, the South Partner Countries (SPC) - Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia – and EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies.
ACTIVITIES
- Develop the training methodology, programme and training materials, including the training of trainers (TOT), in line with the scope and content of the EuroMed Justice Programme;
- Organise trainings focusing on the following thematic areas:
- International cooperation in criminal matters in the Euro-Mediterranean region: including, but not limited to mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, extradition, transfer of proceedings, transfer of sentenced persons, joint investigations/ investigation teams, parallel investigations, spontaneous exchange of information, emergency procedures.
- Procedural criminal law and investigative techniques: AML investigations; asset recovery and confiscation of crime proceeds; special investigative techniques; procedures to investigate terrorism cases; procedural rights for victims and defendants etc.
- Criminal law: terrorism related crime; financial crime; drug trafficking; traffic of human beings; migrant smuggling etc.
- Cybercrime: electronic evidence and data protection related aspects in international cooperation in criminal matters procedures.