call for proposals on digital investigations

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Jun 17, 2024 11:10:25 AM

On 14/06/2024 DG Home held an information session on the requirements, procedure, etc. for applying to the call for proposals on digital investigations ISF-2024-TF2-AG-DIGITAL. You can view the session here:

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May 31, 2024 3:42:12 PM

On 14/06/2024 at 14:00 DG Home will hold an information session on the requirements, procedure, etc. for applying to the call for proposals on digital investigations ISF-2024-TF2-AG-DIGITAL.

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call for proposals on digital investigations

TOPIC ID: ISF-2024-TF2-AG-DIGITAL

Type of grant: Call for proposals

General information

Programme: Internal Security Fund (ISF)

Call: Call for proposals on digital investigations (ISF-2024-TF2-AG-DIGITAL)

Type of action: ISF-PJG ISF Project Grants

Type of MGA: ISF Action Grant Budget-Based [ISF-AG]

Status: Open for submission

Deadline model: single-stage

Opening Date: 30 April 2024

Deadline dates: 05 September 2024 17:00 (Brussels time)

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

The expected results include:

- solutions to increase and enhance reporting of cybercrime to law enforcement authorities implemented.

- capacity and ownership of digital tools, including future maintenance, to EU Law Enforcement Authorities, including EU Agencies, formally transferred

- capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to investigate cyber-attacks and cyber enabled crime, for instance through investigative techniques and tools (including for digital forensics) adapted, in particular, to emerging smart environments, enhanced

- enhanced capacity of law enforcement to support victims during investigations

- enhanced capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to address the use of encryption by criminals and its impact on criminal investigations,

- solutions to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to cooperate across borders implemented

- practical mechanisms, systems and tools to enhance the cooperation between private entities and law enforcement and/or judicial authorities, for the purpose of detecting, reporting, investigating and preventing crime and taking remedial action created

- accountability of registrars of domain names and ensuring accuracy of information on website ownership increased

Objective:

The activities to be funded have the following objectives:

(1) developing capacity and expertise of law enforcement and judicial authorities and supporting cross-border cooperation;

(2) contributing to the implementation of EU law;

(3) fostering cross-border cooperation between law enforcement/judicial authorities and private entities.

Scope:

The project activities should focus on:

- developing and implementation of solutions to increase and enhance reporting of cybercrime to law enforcement authorities.

- formal transfer of capacity and ownership of digital tools, including future maintenance, to EU Law Enforcement Authorities, including EU Agencies

- enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to investigate cyber-attacks and cyber enabled crime, for instance through investigative techniques and tools (including for digital forensics) adapted, in particular, to emerging smart environments.

- enhancing the capacity of law enforcement to support victims during investigations

- enhancing the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to address the use of encryption by criminals and its impact on criminal investigations,

- implementing solutions to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to cooperate across borders

- setting up practical mechanisms, systems and tools to enhance the cooperation between private entities and law enforcement and/or judicial authorities, for the purpose of detecting, reporting, investigating and preventing crime and taking remedial action

- increasing the accountability of registrars of domain names and ensuring accuracy of information on website ownership

Specific priority areas might be further specified in the call.

Cooperation in the framework of EMPACT and with relevant EU Agencies (Europol, CEPOL, Eurojust) and with existing projects to ensure sustainability of results will be considered an asset.

Expected Impact:

enhanced and increased reporting of cybercrime to law enforcement authorities

enhanced capacity to use digital tools, following transfer of these tools (including future maintenance) to EU Law Enforcement Authorities, including EU Agencies,

enhanced capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to investigate cyber-attacks and cyber enabled crime,

enhanced capacity of law enforcement to support victims during investigations

enhanced capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to address the use of encryption by criminals and its impact on criminal investigations,

enhanced capacity of law enforcement and/or judicial authorities to cooperate across borders implemented

enhanced cooperation between private entities and law enforcement and/or judicial authorities, for the purpose of detecting, reporting, investigating and preventing crime and taking remedial action created

enhanced accountability of registrars of domain names and ensuring accuracy of information on website ownership

Conditions

1.Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document

Proposal page limits and layout:described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System

2. Eligible countries:described in section 6 of of the call document

3. Other eligibility conditions:described in section 6 of the call document

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion:described insection 7 of the call document

5.Evaluation and award:

• Award criteria, scoring and thresholds:described in section 9 of the call document

• Submission and evaluation processes:describedsection 8 of the call document and theOnline Manual

• Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement:described in section 4 of the call document

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants:describedin section 10 of the call document

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To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point.

To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section.

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