Project-based exchanges
Take the initiative and create yourself a training that suits your needs!
EJTN project-based exchanges are an opportunity to identify a host partner and to prepare an exchange project before applying. They give judges, prosecutors and court/prosecution staff the highest possible level of freedom to create their project according to their needs.
Project-based exchanges are group or individual exchanges that can be organised in all EU Member States except Denmark. They can be organised with a court or a prosecution office. It is your choice! Take the initiative!
Learn more about the project-based exchanges below.
Project-based exchanges
Project-based exchanges are now offered under a single, streamlined format combining former bilateral exchanges, regional exchanges, and judiciary learning grants.
Participants take the initiative, design and plan their own exchange project focused on judicial topics of European and institutional relevance. Groups may be mixed in terms of professions and nationalities, offering flexibility and greater opportunities for long-lasting cross-border collaboration. Upon their return, participants are encouraged to share the results at national and EU levels to ensure knowledge transfer.
In a project-based exchange, judges, prosecutors and/or court and prosecution staff from one EU Member State apply individually or in group of 2 to 5 participants for an exchange lasting from 2 to 5 working days in a court of prosecution office in another EU Member State (except Denmark). Topics may include, for example, digitalisation of justice, judicial ethics, cross-border crime, or environmental justice.
Submitted project proposals are assessed based on quality, coherence, and expected impact, using a scoring rubric. In case of reciprocal visit, each applicant (for individual project proposal) or group leader (for group project proposal) who intends to visit its counterparts must submit a complete application to their national training institution.
The call for applications opens every year from early September to mid-October. The application to the project-based exchanges is based on a project proposal to be submitted by the visiting applicant or group leader. This project must include a hosting agreement signed by the hosting court or prosecution office, and a draft agenda.
EJTN-CEPOL exchanges
The EJTN-CEPOL joint Exchange Programme is a hands-on training programme enabling the EU judiciary and law enforcement to exchange about each other’s practices on the field.
Law enforcement officials and judiciary professionals have the opportunity to visit each other in their respective workplaces – law enforcement institutions and courts and prosecution offices of the EU MS to share and compare experiences, working methods and investigation techniques in the areas of Economic / Financial crime, Cybercrime, Drug Trafficking, Trafficking in Human Beings, Environmental Crime, Corruption and Joint Investigation Teams.
The application period for an exchange in 2026 will be open in January 2026.
Interested in an exchange?
The call for applications for project-based exchange will open on 1st September until 15 October (18:00 Brussels time) for projects to be implemented in 2026. The call for applications for other the EJTN-CEPOL joint exchanges will open in January 2026 on the EJTN Exchange Programme platform.
Projects are preselected by the EJTN Members and Associate Members. Preselected projects are then submitted to the EJTN secretariat which proceeds to the allocation.
