Open topic on enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of societal issues related to various forms of crime

Di cosa tratta questo bando?

The open topic funds research on preventing, detecting and deterring crimes rooted in cultural or societal factors not covered by other topics. Practitioners such as police authorities, NGOs and civil society organisations are involved, partly as recipients of financial support to third parties.

Cosa finanzia questo bando?

Scope

This open topic welcomes proposals on existing and emerging challenges in fighting crimes that are deeply rooted in cultural or societal factors and are not covered by the other Horizon Europe Fighting Crime and Terrorism topics from 2021 to 2027.

What proposals should do

• Explain how developed tools and solutions will be demonstrated, tested or validated.
• Set out plans for future uptake and upscaling at national and EU level.
• Address technological and societal dimensions in a balanced way, with an effective contribution from social sciences and humanities (SSH).
• Plan financial support to third parties (police authorities, NGOs or civil society organisations) to extend the work to more user groups or to additional assessments and testing. Between 5% and 20% of the requested EU funding may be used for this purpose.
• Plan a mid-term deliverable in which the practitioners involved assess the project's mid-term outcomes.

Expected outcomes

• Validated tools, skills, methods and training curricula for police authorities, NGOs and civil society organisations to prevent, detect and deter the offences addressed.
• Better understanding of the cultural and societal aspects of crime, terrorism or radicalisation.
• Evidence-based support for policymakers on related regulation.
• Greater public awareness of how these offences work and how to protect against them.

Technology readiness

Activities are expected to reach TRL 5 by the end of the project.

Cosa ci si aspetta dalle proposte?

• Projects within the Europol mandate are expected to engage with the Europol Innovation Lab; drug-related projects with the EU Drugs Agency.

Quando scade il bando?

4 novembre 2027 (364 giorni)

4 November 2027 (single-stage submission).