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    "<p class=\"topicdescriptionkind\">Expected Outcome:</p><p>Project results are expected to contribute to <strong>all</strong> of the following expected outcomes:</p><ul level=\"0\"><li>Police Authorities in Europe are empowered with modern, accessible and validated tools, methodologies and training curricula to anticipate and cope with the misuse of new and emerging technologies for criminal purposes, with the aim to facilitate prevention, detection, efficient data access and investigation of criminal offences in a lawful manner and with full respect of fundamental rights, including the right to protection of personal data and to privacy;</li><li>Reinforced interdisciplinary collaboration at the European level through the establishment of partnerships among technologists, policymakers and Police Authorities, resulting in a holistic understanding of the challenges posed by emerging technologies and in sharing of best practices;</li><li>Clear guidelines and frameworks are created, including on procedures and rules, that ensure lawful access to data, balancing the needs of security with respect for privacy and that foster a European approach to the related challenges for the police and the judiciary. </li> </ul><p class=\"topicdescriptionkind\">Scope:</p><p>New and emerging technologies (e.g., new communication technologies, quantum technologies, new biometrics and identification technologies, cloud computing technologies, generative AI etc.) bring many benefits but also pose a number of new challenges for the police and the judiciary. Therefore, there is a strong need to adequately tackle challenges for Police Authorities stemming from all these new and emerging developments as well as to make sure that the lawful access to data keeps track with these evolutions, respecting applicable legislation and fundamental rights such as personal data protection and privacy.</p><p>Under the Open topic, proposals are welcome to address new and emerging technologies that are not covered by the other projects of the previous Horizon Europe Calls Fighting Crime and Terrorism, as well as of the current Call Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2026-2027. Proposals should emphasize adaptive methodologies and frameworks that can evolve in response to new threats and challenges, empowering Police Authorities to act effectively while ensuring adherence to legal standards regarding data access. Thus, research activities proposed within this topic should, in a balanced way, 1) develop modern tools, methodologies and training material for police to tackle the problem of misuse for criminal purposes of the new and emerging technologies under consideration, and 2) address issues related to lawful access to data in this context.</p><p>In this topic the integration of the gender and intersectional dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement. Coordination among the successful proposals from this topic should be envisaged to avoid duplication and to exploit complementarities as well as opportunities for increased impact.</p><p>The proposals funded under this topic that concern issues which are within the mandate of Europol<sup>[1]</sup> are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes, with the aim of facilitating future uptake of innovations for the law enforcement community. Similarly, if the proposals concern drug-related issues, they are expected to engage with the EU Drugs Agency during the lifetime of the project, including validating the outcomes. For Police Authorities’ training-related aspects, cooperation of successful proposals with CEPOL is expected, provided that the Agency opts out from applying for funding.</p><p>Finally, proposals are expected to address all applicable considerations expressed in the Introduction of the Fighting Crime and Terrorism Destination.</p><p class=\"topicdescriptionkind\">Technology Readiness Level - Technology readiness level expected from completed projects</p><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>Activities are expected to achieve TRL 5 by the end of the project – see General Annex B.</p></div><p class=\"eui-u-font-s\">[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32016R0794<u> (Annex I).</u></p>"
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Eligible Countries</h4><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>described in <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-15-general-annexes_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Annex B</a> of the Work Programme General Annexes.</p><p>A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/programme-guide_horizon_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Horizon Europe Programme Guide</a>.</p></div></div><div><h4>3. Other Eligible Conditions</h4><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>The following additional eligibility criteria apply:</p><p>This topic requires the active involvement, as beneficiaries, of at least 2 Police Authorities[[In the context of this Destination, ‘Police Authorities’ means public authorities explicitly designated by national law, or other entities legally mandated by the competent national authority, for the prevention, detection and/or investigation of terrorist offences or other criminal offences, specifically excluding police academies, forensic institutes, training facilities as well as border and customs authorities.]] from at least 2 different EU Member States or Associated Countries. For these participants, applicants must fill in the table “Information about security practitioners” in the application form with all the requested information, following the template provided in the submission IT tool.</p></div><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.</p></div><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).</p></div><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>described in <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-15-general-annexes_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Annex B</a> of the Work Programme General Annexes.</p></div></div><div><h4>4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion</h4><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>described in <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-15-general-annexes_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Annex C</a> of the Work Programme General Annexes.</p></div></div><div><h4>5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds</h4><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>are described in <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-15-general-annexes_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Annex D</a> of the Work Programme General Annexes.</p></div></div><div><h4>5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes</h4><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>are described in <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-15-general-annexes_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Annex F</a> of the Work Programme General Annexes and the <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/om_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Online Manual</a>.</p></div></div><div><h4>5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement</h4><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>described in <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-15-general-annexes_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Annex F</a> of the Work Programme General Annexes.</p></div></div><div><h4>6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants</h4><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5.</p></div><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf\"><u>decision</u></a> is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf\"><u>https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf</u></a>]].</p></div><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>described in <a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-15-general-annexes_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Annex G</a> of the Work Programme General Annexes.</p></div></div></div><div class=\"eui-u-mt-l\"><h4>Specific conditions</h4> <div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]</p></div></div><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p>Some activities resulting from this topic may involve using classified background and/or producing of security sensitive results (EUCI and SEN). Please refer to the related provisions in section B Security — EU classified and sensitive information of the General Annexes.</p></div><div class=\"eui-u-mt-l\"><div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\">\n</div><h4>Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):</h4> <div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p><strong>Application form templates</strong> <em>— the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System</em></p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/temp-form/af/af_he-ria-ia_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)</a></p><p><strong>Evaluation form templates</strong> <em>— will be used with the necessary adaptations</em> </p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/temp-form/ef/ef_he-ria-ia_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)</a> </p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/programme-guide_horizon_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HE Programme Guide</a> </p><p><strong>Model Grant Agreements (MGA)</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/agr-contr/ls-mga_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lump Sum MGA</a> </p><p><strong>Call-specific instructions</strong> </p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/temp-form/af/detailed-budget-table_he-ls-euratom_en.xlsm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Detailed budget table (HE LS)</a> </p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/temp-form/af/information-on-financial-support-to-third-parties_he_en.docx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Information on financial support to third parties (HE)</a> </p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-funding-what-do-i-need-to-know_he_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Guidance: \"Lump sums - what do I need to know?\"</a></p></div><h4>Additional documents:</h4> <div class=\"eui-u-mt-s\"><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-1-general-introduction_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 1. General Introduction</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-6-civil-security-for-society_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 6. Civil Security for Society</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-15-general-annexes_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027 – 15. General Annexes</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/programme-guide_horizon_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HE Programme Guide</a></p><p><a href=\"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32021R0695\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HE Framework Programme 2021/695</a></p><p><a href=\"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32021D0764\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764</a></p><p><a href=\"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=OJ:L_202402509\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/rules-lev-lear-fca_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment</a></p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/aga_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement</a> </p><p><a href=\"https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/funding-tenders-opportunities/display/OM/Online+Manual\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Funding &amp; Tenders Portal Online Manual</a> </p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/ftp/tc_en.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Funding &amp; Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions</a> </p><p><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/support/legalnotice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Funding &amp; Tenders Portal Privacy Statement</a></p></div></div>"
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Research under this Destination will contribute to the forthcoming Internal Security Strategy and Counter-Terrorism Agenda.</p><p>This destination will support the implementation of the European Commission political guidelines 2024-2029 for a ‘Safer and more secure Europe’ as well as of ProtectEU<sup>[1]</sup> – a European Internal Security Strategy to support Member States and bolster the EU's ability to guarantee security for its citizens, and the Preparedness Union Strategy to support Member States and enhance Europe's capability to prevent and respond to emerging threats. Overall, research under this Cluster should continue to focus on preserving and ensuring citizens’ basic right to feel secure. This destination will also support the European Commission efforts towards a new Counter-Terrorism Agenda to address new and emerging threats, and a united approach to security, centred around a new European Critical Communication System to be used by public authorities in charge of security and safety.</p><p>To this end, proposals should contribute to the achievement of one or more of the following impacts:</p><ul level=\"0\"><li>Modern information analysis for Police Authorities, allowing them to efficiently fight criminals and terrorists who use novel technologies;</li><li>Improved forensics and lawful evidence collection, increasing the capabilities to apprehend criminals and terrorists and bring them to the court;</li><li>Enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of societal issues related to various forms of crime, including cybercrime, and terrorism, such as violent radicalisation, as well as domestic sexual violence, and gender-based violence, with a particular emphasis on protecting populations in a vulnerable situation and victims at increased risk of violence, including those affected by child sexual abuse and juvenile delinquency;</li><li>Increased security of citizens against terrorism, including in public spaces (while preserving their quality and openness);</li><li>Improved intelligence picture and enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of various forms of organised crime;</li><li>More secure cyberspace for citizens, especially children and elderly people, through a robust prevention, detection, and protection from cybercriminal activities.</li></ul><p>More specifically, in the rapidly evolving technological and societal landscape, with climate change and environmental aspects increasingly seen as security issues, and with growing threats to citizens in a vulnerable situation, various forthcoming challenges that European society faces deserve dedicated research and innovation actions in the scope of this Destination. Some of them are:</p><ul level=\"0\"><li>challenges regarding prevention, detection and deterrence of various forms of crime and terrorism through an enhanced understanding of the related societal issues, such as  <ul level=\"1\"><li>tackling the nexus between disinformation, hate speech and radicalisation, countering gender-based violence, or fighting violence-as-a-service.</li>  </ul></li><li>challenges related to counterterrorism, protection of public spaces, such as  <ul level=\"1\"><li>improving detection of remote explosives and explosives in closed spaces and urban environments, or</li><li>use and countering of unmanned systems, including neutralisation of commercial drone attacks.</li>  </ul></li></ul><p>Research and innovation funded under this Destination will contribute to policy objectives such as those of the:</p><ul level=\"0\"><li>Police cooperation package<sup>[2]</sup> (information exchange<sup>[3]</sup>, automated data exchange for police cooperation - “Prüm II”<sup>[4]</sup>, operational cross-border police cooperation<sup>[5]</sup>);</li><li>Counter-Terrorism Agenda for the EU<sup>[6]</sup> (incl. Regulation 2021/784/EU on addressing dissemination of terrorist content online &amp; Directive 2017/541/EU on combating terrorism);</li><li>EU C-UAS Strategy<sup>[7]</sup> (counter-drone policy);</li><li>EU Strategy to Tackle Organised crime<sup>[8]</sup>;</li><li>EU Strategy on combatting Trafficking in Human Beings<sup>[9]</sup> (the modified Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human being and protecting its victims), and the Proposal to strengthen EU legislation to prevent and fight migrant smuggling<sup>[10]</sup> (notably its aspect of reinforcing Europol’s role in the fight against migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings);</li><li>EU drugs measures (Strategy<sup>[11]</sup>, Action Plan<sup>[12]</sup> and Roadmap to fight Drugs Trafficking and Organised Crime<sup>[13]</sup>);</li><li>EU Action Plan on firearms trafficking (COM(2020) 608 final);</li><li>Roadmap for lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement (COM/2025/349 final);</li><li>EU environmental crime measures<sup>[14]</sup> (review of the Directive 2008/99/EC on protection of the environment through criminal law);</li><li>EU anti-corruption measures (Communication<sup>[15]</sup>, proposal for a Directive<sup>[16]</sup>);</li><li>Directive (EU) 2019/713 on non-cash means of payment;</li><li>EU strategy on a more effective fight against child sexual abuse<sup>[17]</sup> (incl. Proposal for a regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse<sup>[18]</sup>);</li><li>EU Regulation (2022/2371) on serious cross-border threats to health;</li><li>Directive (EU) 2024/1385 on combating violence against women and domestic violence.</li></ul><p>This Destination will also support, whenever appropriate and applicable, proposals with:</p><ul level=\"0\"><li>a clear strategy on how they will adapt to the fast-evolving environment in the area of fight against crime and terrorism (evolution of related technologies, evolution of criminal modi operandi and business models related to these technologies, etc.);</li><li>the involvement of Police Authorities in their core;</li><li>the involvement of other law enforcement authorities including customs and border guards;</li><li>the active role for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs);</li><li>the active involvement of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs);</li><li>a minimum-needed platform, i.e., tools that are modular and can be easily plugged into another platform (in order to avoid platform multiplication);</li><li>tools that are developed and validated against practitioners’ needs and requirements;</li><li>tools following existing or new standards for data exchange, including cybersecurity best-practices;</li><li>a robust plan on how they will build on the relevant predecessor projects;</li><li>education and training aspects, especially for Police Authorities and other relevant practitioners, as well as information sharing and citizen awareness raising;</li><li>a clear strategy on the uptake and sustainability of the project results, with special attention to the access at little or no cost to created tools and methodologies by Police Authorities involved in the project;</li><li>a well-developed plan both on how research data for training and testing will be obtained, in order to reach the requested Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), and on how the specific TRL will be measured.</li></ul><p>For Police Authorities’ training-related aspects, cooperation of successful proposals with CEPOL is expected, provided that the Agency opts out from applying for funding. Where possible and relevant, synergy-building and clustering initiatives with successful proposals in the same area should be considered, in coordination with the Community for European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS)<sup>[19]</sup>.</p><p>Legal entities established in China are not eligible to participate in both Research and Innovation Actions (RIAs) and Innovation Actions (IAs) falling under this destination. 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