With the financial support from the Prevention of and Fight against Crime Programme of the European Union
European Commission – Directorate-General Home Affairs

The objective of the grant received from the European Commission is to provide financial and logistical support to Joint Investigation Teams (JITs). With the grant, Eurojust intends to meet perceived difficulties with JITs. This is consistent with the strengthened role given to Eurojust regarding JITs in the new Eurojust Decision.

The current Eurojust JIT Funding Project is basically the second project of its kind; while the first JIT Funding Project ended on 31 December 2010 after 18 months of successful operation; the second JIT Funding Project was launched on 1 October 2010 and will run for 36 months until 30 September 2013.

Under the (second) JIT Funding Project, Eurojust supports JITs reimbursing their costs related to travel, accommodation, translation and interpretation. In addition, to address lacking facilities/infrastructure, Eurojust loans equipment such as mobile telephones, laptops, mobile printers and scanners.

Added value of this project is twofold. On the one hand, the aim of the project is to increase usage of JITs as a specific tool in cross-border investigations and to help overcoming financial constrains; on the other hand, the project allows gathering valuable information on quantity and duration of JITs as well as the types of crimes targeted by them.

Related documentation: The description of the procedure on how to apply for funding as well as further details on particular types of support are available in the guide and in the application published in the JIT Funding section of the document library.