Enhancing Charter Compliance of EU funds

ECHOFunds

PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

Magdi Birtha

PROJECT TEAM AT THE EUROPEAN CENTRE

Sandra Scharf, Anette Scoppetta, Elif Naz Kayran, Sabina Gjylsheni

EXTERNAL PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

Katrin Wladasch (LBI-GMR)

PROJECT PARTNERS

LBI-GMR - Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (Austria)

CECL - Centre for European Constitutional Law, Themistocles and Dimitris Tsatsou Foundation (Greece)

INPRIS - Institute for Law and Society (Poland)

Hungarian Helsinki Committee (Hungary)

BACKGROUND

EU funds form a significant share of national budgets and are regulated by a set of common provisions. For the funding period of 2021-2027, the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) foresees that the principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU have to be complied with throughout the funding cycle as horizontal enabling conditions. Additionally, the CPR also foresees a more articulated role for bodies representing civil society and national bodies with a human rights remit.

AIMS

The aim of the project is to enhance the human rights conditionality of EU funds by ways of raising awareness about Charter rights and their implications and contributing to a common understanding of the roles of different stakeholders in EU funding in all stages of the funding period. Project activities will include:

Research (desktop research, key stakeholder interviews).
Transfer of knowledge and exchange of experience via national events in Austria, Greece and Poland along with virtual transnational open consultation days about Charter rights and their implications in EU funds.
Strong focus on dissemination tailored to the needs of different target groups and a wider public as well as online tools that can be applied to enhance Charter awareness and compliance.