Promoting diversity management and inclusion at the workplace, both in the public and private sector

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027)

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.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

CERV-2025-EQUAL-DIVERSITYMGT

Call

Promoting diversity management and inclusion at the workplace, both in the public and private sector

Summary

We are looking for projects that focus on:

  • strengthening the Diversity Charters network, supporting the implementation and further development of existing Diversity Charters in the EU and increasing the number of their signatories.

Projects should promote diversity and inclusion at the workplace via an intersectional approach. Projects concerning one ground of discrimination are not the focus of this priority.

The priority does not support research projects or projects on skills development.

Projects can be either national or transnational. 

Detailed Call Description

  • Increased number of organisations affiliated to a Diversity Charter;
  • Increased knowledge and awareness on the benefits of diversity and inclusion at the workplace;
  • Increased diversity at the workplace, supported by stronger links between the academic and research community and the business world;
  • More inclusive workplaces and societies;
  • Increased and improved Europe-wide guidance and tools to build inclusive workplaces and to measure diversity and inclusion at the workplace.

Call Total Budget

€20.000.000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

90%

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

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

 

Thematic Categories

  • Social Affairs & Human Rights

Eligibility for Participation

  • International Organisations
  • Legal Entities
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Other Beneficiaries
  • Private Bodies
  • 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, 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 4 (diversity management):

  1. Coordinators can be profit making or non-profit
  2. Organisations which are profit-oriented must apply as partners in partnership with public entities or private non-profit

Call Opening Date

15/07/2025

Call Closing Date

23/10/2025

National Contact Point(s)

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

EU Contact Point

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