Support to public authorities to combat racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia and all other forms of intolerance, including intersectional discrimination
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
This priority is restricted to public authorities and bodies at national, regional and local level as lead applicant (consortium coordinator).
The objective of this priority is to help Member States to:
- improve the implementation of the Racial Equality Directive and the Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia, as well as the EU Directives on Standards for Equality Bodies,
- develop and implement national action plans or strategies to combat racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia and all other forms of intolerance.
- improve the collection and use of equality This priority does not support research projects.
Projects can be either national or transnational. Transnational projects are particularly encouraged.
Detailed Call Description
- Improved skills of public authorities to effectively investigate, prosecute and adequately sentence incidents of discrimination;
- Stronger cooperation between public authorities and civil society organisations that collect data on incidents of discrimination;
- Improved support to victims, better public awareness of rights and increased number of reported incidents;
- Improved cooperation and exchange of information among public authorities (in particular municipal and regional administrations), as well as between public authorities and other actors such as civil society organisations and community representatives, to improve responses to discrimination, racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance;
- Improved knowledge and awareness among public and law enforcement authorities of the impact of discrimination, racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance and current trends, and better understanding of the various forms of intolerance and of the legal framework;
- Improved system of recording discrimination and collecting data, an improved methodological approach and better inter-institutional cooperation on data collection;
- Effective development and implementation of comprehensive frameworks, strategies or plans of action to prevent and combat, racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ phobia and other forms of intolerance.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
90%
Project budgets (requested grant amount) cannot be lower than €100 000. There is no upper limit.
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
- 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 6 (public authorities):
- Coordinators must be public
- Organisations which are profit-oriented must apply as partners in partnership with public entities.
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
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