Justice

Key facts

Programme Operator:

Ministry of Justice - Romania

Programme ID:

RO-JUSTICE

Programme Donors

NMOJ | KDI | DA

Date of approval:

07 Dec 2020

Total amount:

€44,400,000

Norway Grants fund:

€ 44,400,000

Programme areas:

Good Governance

Judicial Cooperation

Domestic and Gender-based Violence

Correctional Services

Articles

News 08.12.2023

Tough Prison Makeover

In a significant step towards its prison reform, Romania is implementing a multifaceted project backed by the EEA and Norway Grants. It aims to improve criminal penalty execution by adopting...
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Supporting victims of sexual violence

Staggering one-in-four women have experienced sexual violence, estimates the World Health Organisation. But as the process can be tough on the victims, only a few assaults are reported to the police.

Currently available funding

There are currently no calls for proposal.

More information

Romania country page

Programme Summary

Objective

Strengthened rule of law

Programme summary

Programme Concerns

A maximum amount of EUR 4,352,941 shall be set aside for the exploration of three pre-defined projects in the area of Correctional Services and Pre-trial Detention, Good Governance Accountable Institutions, Transparency and Domestic and Gender-based Violence, respectively.

In developing the concept note and during the implementation of the programme, the Programme Operator shall seek to ensure synergies with the programme Home Affairs in order to strengthen the justice chain, inter alia, regarding access to justice, good governance, gender based violence and trafficking in human beings.

Interaction and cooperation with relevant civil society organisations shall be encouraged.

No more than 60% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme and no more than 50% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme area ''Domestic and Gender Based Violence'' shall be available for infrastructure (hard measures).

Synergies between the programme areas within this programme shall be ensured to strengthen the justice chain, inter alia, regarding the use of alternative sanctions to imprisonment.

The programme shall include measures to increase the use of alternative sanctions to imprisonment.

This programme shall contribute to the improvement of the situation for the Roma population and shall contribute towards the target set in section 2 ''Specific concerns'' of this Annex.

Bilateral Ambitions

€ 250,000 shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme.

Information on the projects funded by the EEA and Norway Grants is provided by the Programme and Fund Operators in the Beneficiary States, who are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of this information.