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 key policy objectives set out in the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and will support projects that help to effectively implement it. The strategy includes initiatives to address intersectional discrimination and inequality experienced on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics in employment, education, health and other areas of life.

We are looking for projects that focus on one or more of the following:

• addressing the challenges LGBTIQ people face in areas where they are particularly disadvantaged (e.g. education, health care, housing);
• LGBTIQ people in the most vulnerable situations, such as transgender and intersex people and those experiencing intersectional discrimination; and rainbow families.

Projects should take into account the:

• Report on the Implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025
• The 3rd LGBTIQ survey of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
• 2023 special Eurobarometer on discrimination in the EU

The priority does not support research projects.

Projects can be either national or transnational. Transnational projects are particularly encouraged. We particularly encourage projects to have at least one LGBTIQ specific civil society organisation as one of the main partners. Projects led by LGBTIQ organisations are also encouraged.

90%

Project budgets (requested grant amount) are expected to range between €150 000 and €500 000.

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

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 5 (LGBTIQ):

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

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