Donor: EC, Directorate-General Justice and Consumers

Coordinator: Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli”

Partners: EUROPEAN PUBLIC LAW ORGANIZATION, G.R.A.L.E. SRL, INSTITUT DE FORMATION JUDICIAIRE (IGO-IFJ), CRIM'HALT, UNIVERSITE TOULOUSE II-JEAN JAURES

Project starting date: 12/2022

Project duration: 30 months

Countries: Italy, Greece, Belgium, France

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

The main objective of the project is to foster the mutual recognition of the decisions of EU member states regarding the seizure and confiscation of assets by enhancing knowledge, competences and skills of judiciary professionals and other key players involved in the Multi – Phase Asset Recovery process in line with the priorities of the EU provisions - Regulation 2018/1805 and Directive 2014/42

The specific objectives of the project are to:

• conduct a comparative analysis to identify training needs, deficiencies and best practices with regard to national implementation of EU Regulation 2018/1805 and EU Directive 2014/42 in the 4 participating countries
• develop an effective Training plan and delivery targeting judicial and non-judicial professionals
• create a broad community of practice at EU level in this field
• contribute to the progressive mutual recognition of standards, requirements and practices, allowing for a swifter cooperation and harmonization of cross-border criminal cases.
• enable public administrators to better manage and use the confiscated assets according to broad civic and social values
• contribute to the long-term benefits for the communities affected by criminal organizations due to strengthened capacity and cooperation of the institutional actors.

ACTIVITIES

Development of information materials and resources for victims of crime, including:

• in-depth overviews of individual countries involved in the project (IT-GR-BE-FR) analyzing and assessing key implementation measures and practices at national level related to the 2 legislative provisions (Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 and EU Directive 2014/42), highlighting weak spots, best practices and useful case studies;
• online survey carried out at European level, highlighting training needs with regard to the 2 EU legislative provisions;
• focus group meetings, highlighting major practical obstacles to effective international judicial cooperation in the specific legal field;
• guidelines and new training materials and tools addressed to;
• national Training Events
• Development of dissemination and networking strategy
• Organization of Final Conference.