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Regional and Horizontal Programmes - IPA Regional Programme 2010 (all IPA region)

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   Multi-country
Notice/Contract Number:   EuropeAid/129871/C/ACT/Multi
Publication Date:   Jul 20, 2010
Deadline:   Sep 15, 2010
Buyer:   European Commission (EC)
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   Ms. Roberta CORTESE
Enlargement Directorate General
European Commission
Unit D3, Regional Programmes
Office: CHAR 05/83
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Telephone:   N/A
Email:   Click here
Web Site:   http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/index_en.htm

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BACKGROUND
The project will build on the efforts that the Beneficiaries are deploying to increase the effectiveness of the fight against organised crime and linked cases of economic and financial crime and corruption. The project will also build upon the newly established International Law Enforcement Coordination Units (ILECUs) as an interface for cross-border communication among law enforcement agencies, as well as upon the achievements of the CARDS 2006 regional project "Support to the Prosecutors’ Network" .

The project will provide further support to the strengthening of the Prosecutor's Network and to the upgrading of the professional capacities of the Public/State Prosecutors' Offices specialised in the investigation and prosecution of organised crime and related cases of economic and financial crime and corruption.

The initial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the regional cooperation and networking amongst prosecutors against organised crime was signed on 30 March 2005 in Skopje and marked the establishment of the Prosecutors’ Network. The signatories of the Memorandum committed themselves to cooperate closely in repressing, investigating and prosecuting perpetrators of organised crime, criminal groups and criminal associations. The cooperation is based on the exchange of information, documents and evidence related to all forms of organised crime within the signatories' jurisdiction, especially in case of offences committed on their territories and involving their nationals or foreign citizens, as criminal actors or as victims. Cooperation also involves requests of mutual legal assistance, development of common investigation mechanisms and strategies against organised crime, joint investigations, as well as organisation of regular regional meetings. The Prosecutors' Network therefore contributes to facilitating direct and swift cooperation between prosecution services of the six signatories in investigating and prosecuting cross-border crime.

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME
The global objective of this Call for Proposals is:
Improve cross-border and international judicial cooperation in the Beneficiaries to investigate and prosecute organised crime and linked cases of economic and financial crime and corruption.

The specific objective (s) of this Call for Proposals is:
To strengthen the operational capacity and capabilities of the General/State Prosecutors' Offices in the Beneficiaries to prosecute and investigate cross-border organised crime and linked cases of economic and financial crime and corruption.

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