Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Funding through CERV programme aims at protecting rights and values enshrined in the EU treaties in order to sustain open, democratic and inclusive societies.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Promote exchanges between citizens of different countries, in particular through networks of towns, to give them practical experience of the wealth and diversity of the common heritage of the Union and to make them aware that these constitute the foundation for a common future.
Develop sustainable networks of towns, deepening and intensifying their cooperation, while outlining common activities to promote Union values and fundamental rights, and their long-term vision for the future of European integration.
Detailed Call Description
Policy priorities
- Encourage citizen engagement, participation and democratic involvement at local, national, and EU level, promoting EU citizenship, shared values and democratic standards.
- Raise awareness of the benefits of diversity, tackle discrimination, racism and exclusion, and support the participation of under-represented groups, including racialised people, migrants and LGBTIQ individuals.
- Support the active involvement of citizens, including children, in public life, and promote democratic participation, gender equality and representation in local decision-making.
- Prevent and raise awareness of violence, hatred and polarisation (including violence against women, domestic violence, violence against children, violence against LGBTIQ people and racialised people, as well as bullying and cyberbullying, and promote promising practices for local Roma inclusion, desegregation and social cohesion.
- Promote democratic participation through cultural activities, including projects inspired by or aligned with the New European Bauhaus initiative.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The minimum grant amount is €100.000. The maximum grant amount has no limit.
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
- Urban Development
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
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, i.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 EU Grants: Call document (CERV): V1.0 – 17.12.2025 12 agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Organisation for European Programmes and Cultural Relations
Nenad Bogdanovic
Head of CERV Contact Point
Email: nb@epcr.org.cy