The Directorate-General for Justice invites proposals for the establishment of three-year framework partnership agreements with EU-level networks and operating grants for 2015. This call will provide support for activities and operating costs of EU-level networks for the period 2015 to 2017, whose statutory aims fall under or contribute to the specific objectives of the justice programme and the rights, equality and citizenship programme. Activities must focus on one of the following policy areas:

•judicial cooperation in civil or criminal matters;

•access to justice;

•Daphne – combating violence;

•rights of the child;

•racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance;

•non-discrimination;

•rights of persons with disabilities;

•equality between women and men.

The applicant must be an established legal entity which is either a formal network with own legal personality or represents an established formal network. The network must be organised at European level and have member organisations or authorities in a…