GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Funding will be provided for training activities and tools for training providers, as described below, in order to support training activities for:

Judicial training principles: Training should be designed and planned in cooperation with training providers of justice professions, justice professions’ associations or bodies, or judicial authorities. Training should primarily be delivered by justice professionals who have been previously trained for this purpose, involving non-judicial experts only where relevant, and by using active and modern adult learning techniques.

Training needs assessment: An evidenced-based training needs assessment for the topic of the training activity is always required. It should have already been carried out and should be outlined clearly in the project applications.

Gender mainstreaming: The assessment of the training needs should include a gender equality analysis. Findings from this gender analysis are expected to inform the design and implementation of the project. When designing the training content, the applicant shall take into account, as relevant, the differences in situations and conditions for women and men (or girls and boys) that are subject to a legal process.

Non-legal skills and knowledge: Competencies like digital skills, digitalisation, use of modern technologies and IT tools and their application in case and courtroom management should be addressed. Topics like judgecraft, conduct, resilience, unconscious bias, including gender-bias, leadership and linguistic skills might be addressed only if linked to training on legal topics.

Training topics: Training can cover one of more of the following topics with the general aim of building the “digital capacity” of justice professionals on the application of the relevant substantive and procedural law.

• Fundamental rights
• Civil law
• Criminal law

Proposals without a strong focus on digitalisation but in the scope of the call may still be awarded funding if the objectives of such proposals will contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU law.