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
Projects under this priority should promote rights and values by empowering civil society actors to work together at the local, regional and national levels on the fields covered by the programme.
Detailed Call Description
Projects should also help creating a channel of communication with the EU level to report on the state of the civic space in their countries and voice their concerns. More specifically, projects could create a systematic and comprehensive monitoring system to regularly and consistently monitor the environment in which civil society organisations work in the national contexts, building on the Fundamental Rights Agency indicators about the shrinking civic space and of internal organisations’ data, and in particular of breaches of CSOs and rights defenders’ fundamental rights. Projects could also support and enhance the protection of CSOs, their members and rights defenders working to protect and promote EU values under attack.
Transnational partnerships with mutual learning possibilities for partners in several EU Member States are particularly encouraged to apply, as well as networks of relevant actors at national level such as National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), Equality bodies, Ombuds-institution and the national Charter Focal Points.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
90%
The EU grant cannot be lower than €75 000. There is no limit as to the maximum grant amount.
Thematic Categories
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- International Organisations
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants must be:
- For lead applicants (i.e. the “Coordinator”): non-profit legal entities (private bodies)
- For co-applicants: non-profit or profit legal entities (public or private bodies). Organisations which are profit-oriented may apply only in partnership with private non-profit organisations;
- be formally established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.: EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)).
The project can be either national or transnational.
The application may involve one or more organisations.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Organization for European Programmes and Cultural Relations
Nenad Bogdanovic
Planning and Development Coordinator, Head of CERV Contact Point
Telephone: 99589774
Email: nb@epcr.org.cy
Website: www.epcr.org.cy
(Publish Date: 10/03/2023-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
Website: https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en