Funding through CERV programme aims at protecting rights and values enshrined in the EU treaties in order to sustain open, democratic and inclusive societies.

This priority supports holistic and intersectional responses5 to discrimination and intolerance – in particular on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, colour and religion – as well as to racism and xenophobia, antigypsyism intolerance, including their manifestations on the ground. Such responses should aim to build trust between individuals, communities and national authorities.

The priority will support projects that help to effectively implement:

• the EU Anti-racism action plan, which aims to combat structural forms of racism faced in particular by people of colour and people of African descent, Muslims or people perceived as such, Roma as well as people of Asian descent.
• the Racial Equality Directive (Council Directive 2000/43/EC), which aims to lay down a framework for combating discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, with a view to putting into effect in the Member States the principle of equal treatment.
• the EU Roma strategic framework, which aims to promote effective equality, socio-economic inclusion and meaningful participation of Roma, and
• the Council Recommendation on Roma equality, inclusion and participation, which aims to have Member States adopt national Roma strategic frameworks; adopt and implement measures to promote equality and effectively prevent and combat discrimination, antigypsyism, social and economic exclusion, the extremely high at-risk-of-poverty rate and material and social deprivation among the Roma population; and step up meaningful participation by and consultation of Roma people.

We are looking for projects that focus on:

• multisectoral cooperation between civil society organisations, public and private organisations and local authorities to address systemic and structural racism in areas related to access to quality housing, employment (i.a. skills, vocational training.) and social inclusion (fight against poverty, etc.).
• the reporting, rights-awareness, protection, advocacy and interest representation of victims.
• the diversity of Roma, with a specific focus on the political participation of Roma youth, the health of Roma women, the early childhood development and care of Roma children and environmental justice.

The priority does not support research projects.

Projects can be either national or transnational. Transnational projects are particularly encouraged. For projects concerning Roma inclusion and participation, national consortia are encouraged.

90%

Project budgets (requested grant amount) are expected to range between €150 000 and €750 000.

For all call priorities the grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

• Social Affairs & Human Rights

• International Organisations
• Legal Entities
• Non Profit Organisations
• Other Beneficiaries
• Semi-governmental organisations
• State-owned Enterprises

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies).
• be established in one of the eligible countries, e.:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • non-EU countries:
    • countries associated to the CERV Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries).

To be eligible under priority 1 (discrimination and racism):

1. Coordinators must be non-profit
2. Organisations which are profit-oriented must apply as partners in partnership with public entities or private non-profit
3. For projects concerning Roma inclusion and participation, national consortia are encouraged

Organisation for European Programmes and Cultural Relations

Nenad Bogdanovic
Head of CERV Contact Point
Email: nb@epcr.org.cy

Mrs. Elena Theodoulou Charalambous
Email: info@epcr.org.cy

Phone: +357 22 80 98 06

Website: www.epcr.org.cy

For help related to this call, please contact: EACEA-CERV@ec.europa.eu

• Funding & Tenders
• Call document