Promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Code: 36671 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 27/05/2025 | End submission calls: 18/09/2025

This is a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of Union Values under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV). This call for proposals will promote the founding rights and values of the Union by building primarily civil society organisations’ awareness on and capacity to apply the Charter and to carry out activities to ensure that the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter are upheld.

Projects can be national or transnational.

Framework partnership agreements to support EU level Networks active in the area: "Rights of persons with disabilities"

Code: 36665 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-OG-DISA-FPA | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/06/2025 | End submission calls: 26/08/2025

This call will support networking at Union level and dialogue with and among relevant stakeholders in the policy area of disability and build up the institutional capacity of these stakeholders to contribute actively to the development and implementation of all relevant policies.

This call aims to set up 3-year framework partnership agreements with EUlevel networks and organisations whose statutory aim is to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities and which will implement among others activities in the areas of:
policy advice, support and analysis, training and capacity building, mutual learning and exchange of good practices, awareness raising, as well as information and dissemination with EU added value.

Objectives:

• Promoting, protecting and monitoring the rights of persons with disabilities by providing financial support to EU-level networks of civil society organisations active in this area at local, regional, national and transnational level.
• It will in particular contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 (ESRPD) and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD);
• Supporting the Commission in putting the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 into practice;
• Delivering on the European Pillar of Social Rights and related initiatives such as the ESRPD is a shared responsibility of the EU institutions, national, regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society. Civil society organisations are expected to:
  • support its implementation at EU, national and local level notably by collecting and exchanging data and good practices and cooperating with public authorities in the design and implementation of relevant policies; implementing different mutual learning activities on concrete policies (mutual learning event/peer learning and other similar activities);
  • organise communication and engagement activities to raise awareness of the ESRPD and promote the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe. The ultimate goal is to build a stronger social Europe and ensure that people with disabilities can fully enjoy their rights.

Call Town Twinning 2025

Code: 36197 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-TOWN-TT | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 09/04/2025 | End submission calls: 17/09/2025

This call aims to support projects that bring together a wide range of people from twinned towns, from different socio-economic background, gender and countries. By mobilising members of the public at the local and EU levels to debate specific issues on the European political agenda, this call seeks to promote mutual understanding, inclusion and cultural diversity and develop opportunities for civic engagement at the EU level.

Rights of the child and children’s participation

Code: 35660 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-CHILD | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/01/2025 | End submission calls: 29/04/2025

This call focuses on the implementation of the actions and recommendations at EU, national and local levels of the EU Strategy on the rights of the child. It aims at responding to children’s current needs and challenges in the EU. It pays attention to the rights of children with specific needs and vulnerabilities, including those who fled the Russian’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The call stresses the importance of taking into account gender differences and intersectionality in providing support to children.

Citizens’ engagement and participation

Code: 35654 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-CIV | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/01/2025 | End submission calls: 29/04/2025

This call aims to support projects promoted by transnational partnerships and networks directly involving citizens.

It focuses on promoting citizens’ and representative associations’ participation in and contribution to the democratic and civic life of the Union by making known and publicly exchanging their views in all areas of Union action.

Networks of Towns

Code: 35638 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-CITIZENS-TOWN-NT | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/12/2024 | End submission calls: 27/03/2025

The scope of the call is promoting 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. In addition, developing sustainable networks of towns, deepening and intensifying their cooperation, while outlining their long-term vision for the future of European integration is another objective.

Call for proposals for 3-year framework partnership agreements to support European networks, civil society organisations active at EU level and European think tanks in the areas of Union values

Code: 35118 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-OG-FPA | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 31/10/2024 | End submission calls: 28/01/2025

The objective of this call is to protect, promote and raise awareness of rights by providing financial support to civil society organisations active at local, regional, national and transnational level in promoting and cultivating those rights.

The call thereby also aims at strengthening the protection and promotion of Union values including respect for the rule of law and contributing to the construction of a more democratic Union, democratic dialogue, transparency as well as good governance. Also the call intends to set up 3-year framework partnership agreements with European networks, civil society organisations active at EU level and European think tanks, and to increase the capacities of the framework partners to contribute actively to the development and implementation of EU policies.

Available budget:

• The budget will be allocated via specific calls to the selected framework partners (see the specific call CERV 2025-OG-SGA).
• Depending on the number and quality of proposals, we expect to sign between 70-80 framework partnerships.

Operating grants to framework partners active in the area of Union values

Code: 35100 | Identifier Code: CERV-2025-OG-SGA | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/10/2024 | End submission calls: 05/02/2025

The objective of this call is to protect, promote and raise awareness of rights, as laid down in the EU Treaties, in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (“the Charter”) and in the applicable international human rights conventions by providing financial support to European networks, civil society organisations active at EU level, and European think tanks in promoting and cultivating those rights. The call thereby also aims at strengthening the protection and promotion of Union values including respect for the rule of law and contributing to the construction of a more democratic Union, democratic dialogue, transparency as well as good governance.
The call aims to support the strive for a Union where there is no place for hate, racism, discrimination, or violence in any of its forms.

Promoting rights and values by empowering the civic space

Code: 33872 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-CIVIC | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

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.

Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate speech and hate crime

Code: 33870 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-SPEECH | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Projects under this priority should aim to enable civil society organisations to establish mechanisms of cooperation with public authorities in particular to support the reporting and recording of episodes of hate crime and hate speech; to ensure support to victims of hate speech and hate crime; and to support law enforcement, including through training or data collection methodologies and tools.

Strategic litigation

Code: 33868 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-LITIGATION | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Strategic litigation involving the rights enshrined in the Charter contributes to a more coherent implementation and application of EU law and to the enforcement of individuals’ fundamental rights.

Strategic litigators are key to fostering the promotion and protection of Charter rights and support should be given to strengthening their capacity and specialised knowledge on the Charter and on how to develop a strategic approach to cases. In this context, the support and assistance to victims provided by civil society organisations, NHRIs and equality bodies and Ombuds-institutions is instrumental.

Supporting an enabling environment for the protection of whistleblowers

Code: 33865 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-WHISTLE | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Support will be given to creating an enabling environment for reporting and informing on breaches of the Union law, in particular by building capacity on the effective application of the Directive on whistleblower protection. This Directive provides for an obligation to establish internal and external reporting channels, a strict obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the reporting person as well as for high standards of protection from retaliation and legal remedies for whistleblowers who report on breaches of EU law in a wide range of key policy areas, thus promoting the fundamental values of the rule of law and democracy as well as the right to freedom of expression, enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter.

Capacity building and awareness raising on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Code: 33862 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-CHARTER | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights underlines the importance of strengthening the application of the Charter in the Member States, through awareness raising and capacity building initiatives. The projects funded under this priority could address the capacity building and awareness raising needs on the Charter in general, or they could focus on one or several of the topics below:

• Rights enshrined in the Charter and awareness of the Charter’s scope of application.
• Protecting fundamental rights in the digital age.

Town-Twinning

Code: 33261 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-TOWN-TT | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 09/04/2024 | End submission calls: 19/09/2024

The objective of this call is to promote exchanges between citizens of different countries, in particular through town twinning, 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.

Strengthening the remembrance of the Holocaust, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity to reinforce democracy in the EU

Code: 33204 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM-HOLOCAUST | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/03/2024 | End submission calls: 06/06/2024

Projects under this priority should focus on specific crimes such as the Holocaust, totalitarian crimes or other 20th century crimes like genocides, war crimes and crimes against humanity and should analyse how these crimes were organised, which actors were involved and how they were committed.

Within further analysis, this topic is under the European remembrance call, which aims to commemorate defining events in modern European history, including the causes and consequences of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, and at raising awareness among European citizens, of their common history, culture, cultural heritage, and values, thereby enhancing their understanding of the Union, its origins, purpose, diversity, and achievements and of the importance of mutual understanding and tolerance.

An overarching aim of this call, is to promote a more nuanced understanding of historic events by integrating a gender perspective when examining them. Looking through a gender-lens at history can highlight the role, representation and perspective of groups and individuals of all gender and promote a more holistic and gender-sensitive understanding of history.

European Remembrance is fundamentally linked to the realisation and protection of EU values and rights today.

Migration, de-colonisation and multicultural European societies

Code: 33202 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM-HISTMIGRATION | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/03/2024 | End submission calls: 06/06/2024

Projects under this priority can deal with common European experiences of migration that can be linked to a multitude of events such as wars, transition moments, colonisation and de-colonisation, economic impacts, persecution, or others.

Within further analysis, this topic is under the European remembrance call, which aims to commemorate defining events in modern European history, including the causes and consequences of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, and at raising awareness among European citizens, of their common history, culture, cultural heritage, and values, thereby enhancing their understanding of the Union, its origins, purpose, diversity, and achievements and of the importance of mutual understanding and tolerance.

An overarching aim of this call, is to promote a more nuanced understanding of historic events by integrating a gender perspective when examining them. Looking through a gender-lens at history can highlight the role, representation and perspective of groups and individuals of all gender and promote a more holistic and gender-sensitive understanding of history.

European Remembrance is fundamentally linked to the realisation and protection of EU values and rights today.

Democratic transition, (re-)building and strengthening society based on the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights

Code: 33200 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM-TRANSITION | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/03/2024 | End submission calls: 06/06/2024

Projects under this priority should focus on the transition from authoritarian and totalitarian rule to democracy in different European countries, their similarities and differences and the lessons retained for the future about how to defend and sustain EU values such as democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights.

Within further analysis, this topic is under the European remembrance call, which aims to commemorate defining events in modern European history, including the causes and consequences of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, and at raising awareness among European citizens, of their common history, culture, cultural heritage, and values, thereby enhancing their understanding of the Union, its origins, purpose, diversity, and achievements and of the importance of mutual understanding and tolerance.

An overarching aim of this call, is to promote a more nuanced understanding of historic events by integrating a gender perspective when examining them. Looking through a gender-lens at history can highlight the role, representation and perspective of groups and individuals of all gender and promote a more holistic and gender-sensitive understanding of history.

European Remembrance is fundamentally linked to the realisation and protection of EU values and rights today.

European integration and its defining achievements

Code: 33182 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM-EUINTEGRATION | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/03/2024 | End submission calls: 06/06/2024

The projects under this priority should explore and promote to all generations the defining moments and reference points of European integration, its history, and how these changes have in practice affected the daily lives of Europeans.

Within further analysis, this topic is under the European remembrance call, which aims to commemorate defining events in modern European history, including the causes and consequences of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, and at raising awareness among European citizens, of their common history, culture, cultural heritage, and values, thereby enhancing their understanding of the Union, its origins, purpose, diversity, and achievements and of the importance of mutual understanding and tolerance.

An overarching aim of this call, is to promote a more nuanced understanding of historic events by integrating a gender perspective when examining them. Looking through a gender-lens at history can highlight the role, representation and perspective of groups and individuals of all gender and promote a more holistic and gender-sensitive understanding of history.

European Remembrance is fundamentally linked to the realisation and protection of EU values and rights today.

Call for proposals to national data protection authorities on reaching out to stakeholders in data protection legislation

Code: 32034 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-DATA | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/12/2023 | End submission calls: 24/04/2024

The objective of this call is the protection and promotion of the right to the protection of personal data.

Call for proposals to National Roma Contact Points for Roma equality, inclusion and participation

Code: 32013 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-NRCP | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/12/2023 | End submission calls: 07/03/2024

The objective of the Call is to foster the implementation of the EU Roma strategic framework on equality, inclusion, and participation (EURSF), and of the Council Recommendation, in the Member States. Hence, the Call will also actively contribute towards promoting equality and preventing and combating inequalities and discrimination on grounds of gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation and respecting the principle of non discrimination on the grounds provided for in Article 21 of the Charter.

Call for proposals to promote gender equality

Code: 32001 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-GE | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2023 | End submission calls: 29/02/2024

The objective of the Call is to support, advance and implement comprehensive policies to promote women’s full enjoyment of rights, gender equality, including work-life balance, equal pay between women and men, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming.

Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children

Code: 31999 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-DAPHNE | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2023 | End submission calls: 24/04/2024

To fight violence, including gender-based violence and violence against children by:

• Preventing and combating at all levels all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls in all their diversity and domestic violence, including by promoting the standards laid down in the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
• Preventing and combating all forms of violence against children, young people and other groups at risk, such as LGBTQI persons and persons with disabilities;
• Supporting and protecting all direct and indirect victims of the forms of violence referred to in points (1) and (2), such as the victims of domestic violence perpetrated within the family or within intimate relationships, including children orphaned as a result of domestic crimes, and supporting and ensuring the same level of protection throughout the Union for victims of gender-based violence.

Networks of Towns

Code: 31965 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-TOWN-NT | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 14/12/2023 | End submission calls: 18/04/2024

It is expected that Networks of Towns projects reflect on a holistic narrative for Europe, one that is citizen-oriented, equality promoting, forward-looking and constructive that would be more engaging for the younger generation in particular. Projects may be based on the outcome of citizens’ consultations and may lead to debates about concrete ways to create a more democratic Union, to enable citizens to re-engage with the EU and to develop a stronger sense of ownership of the European project.

Networks of Towns should provide towns and municipalities the possibility to deepen and intensify their cooperation and debate in a long-term perspective, to develop sustainable networks and to outline their long-term vision for the future of European integration.

Rights of the child and children’s participation

Code: 31631 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CHILD | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 26/03/2024

This call for proposals aims at responding to children’s current needs and challenges in the EU. It pays specific attention to the rights of children with specific needs and vulnerabilities, including those who fled the Russian’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

Call for proposals for civil society organisations active on protecting and promoting Union values: call to intermediaries (giving financial support to third parties)

Code: 31425 | Identifier Code: CERV-2024-CITIZENS-VALUES | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 26/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/03/2024

The objective of this call for proposals is to protect, promote and raise awareness of fundamental rights and of EU values by supporting local, regional and/or national civil society organisations and by increasing their capacity.

The aim of this call is to select and support a limited number of intermediaries in EU Member States capable of building the capacities of a large number of CSOs active at local, regional and/or national level in the fields covered by the CERV programme, including through providing them with financial support.

Citizens’ engagement and participation

Code: 28278 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-CITIZENS-CIV | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/04/2023 | End submission calls: 05/09/2023

This call aims to support projects promoted by transnational partnerships and networks directly involving citizens. These projects will gather a diverse range of people from different backgrounds and genders in activities directly linked to EU policies, giving them an opportunity to actively participate in the EU policymaking process and thus contribute to the democratic and civic life of the Union.

Networks of Towns

Code: 27851 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-CITIZENS-TOWN-NT | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/01/2023 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Objectives

• To promote exchanges between citizens of different countries.
• To give citizens the opportunity to discover the cultural diversity of the European Union and to make them aware that European values and cultural heritage constitute the foundation for a common future.
• To guarantee peaceful relations between Europeans and to ensure their active participation at the local level.
• To reinforce mutual understanding and friendship between European citizens.
• To encourage cooperation between municipalities and the exchange of best practices.
• To support good local governance and reinforce the role of local and regional authorities in the European integration process.

Town-Twinning

Code: 27825 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-CITIZENS-TOWN-TT | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/03/2023 | End submission calls: 20/09/2023

The objective of this call for proposals is to promote exchanges between citizens of different countries, in particular through town twinning, 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.
This call aims to support projects that bring together a wide range of people from twinned towns, from different socio-economic background, gender and countries. By mobilising members of the public at the local and EU levels to debate specific issues on the European political agenda, this call seeks to promote mutual understanding, inclusion and cultural diversity and develop opportunities for civic engagement at the EU level.

European Remembrance - 2023

Code: 27689 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-CITIZENS-REM | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/02/2023 | End submission calls: 06/06/2023

This call for proposals will support projects aimed at commemorating defining events in modern European history, including the causes and consequences of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, and at raising awareness among European citizens, of their common history, culture, cultural heritage and values, thereby enhancing their understanding of the Union, its origins, purpose, diversity and achievements and of the importance of mutual understanding and tolerance. Projects must address one or several of the following policy priorities:

• Democratic transition, (re-)building and strengthening society based on the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights;
• Strengthening the remembrance of the Holocaust, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity to reinforce democracy in the EU;
• Migration, de-colonisation and multicultural European societies;
• European integration and its defining achievements.

Supporting an enabling environment for the protection of whistleblowers

Code: 27672 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI-WHISTLE | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/01/2023 | End submission calls: 25/05/2023

Projects under this priority should support and protect whistleblowers and build capacity of national authorities and legal practitioners to ensure adequate legal remedies to protect whistleblowers.

Promoting rights and values by empowering the civic space

Code: 27669 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI-CIVIC | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/01/2023 | End submission calls: 25/05/2023

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.

Capacity-building and awareness raising on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Code: 27666 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI-CHARTER | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/01/2023 | End submission calls: 25/05/2023

Capacity building and awareness raising on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

The Charter Strategy underlines the importance of strengthening the application of the Charter in the Member States, in particular through awareness raising and capacity building initiatives.

Strategic litigation

Code: 27654 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI-LITIGATION | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/01/2023 | End submission calls: 25/05/2023

Strategic litigators are key to fostering the promotion and protection of Charter rights and support should be given to strengthening their capacity and specialised knowledge on the Charter and on how to develop a strategic approach to cases.

Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate speech and hate crime

Code: 27652 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI-SPEECH | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 24/01/2023 | End submission calls: 25/05/2023

Civil society organisations play a crucial role in combating hate speech and hate crime, thereby safeguarding and promoting fundamental rights. Projects under this priority should aim to enable civil society organisations to establish mechanisms of cooperation with public authorities to support the reporting of episodes of hate crime and hate speech; to ensure support to victims of hate speech and hate crime; and to support law enforcement, including through training or data collection methodologies and tools.

Call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination

Code: 26540 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-EQUAL | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/06/2023

The objective of this call is to support a comprehensive and intersectional approach and specific actions to prevent and fight against discrimination and combat intolerance, racism and xenophobia, in particular on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, including when this manifests itself in the form of antigypsyism, anti-black racism, antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred, and LGBTIQ phobia.

Projects can be national or transnational. Transnational projects are particularly encouraged.

Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children: call to intermediaries (giving financial support to third-party civil society organisations)

Code: 25714 | Identifier Code: CERV-2023-DAPHNE | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 19/04/2023

The overall aim of this call is to support, empower and build the capacity of independent civil society organisations active at local, regional, national and transnational level in combating gender-based violence and/or violence against children and championing EU values, thereby contributing to women and children’s full enjoyment of rights, the equal empowerment of women and men and the empowerment of children, in all their diversity.

Union Values

Code: 16750 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-CITIZENS-VALUES | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/12/2021 | End submission calls: 29/03/2022

The overall aim of this call for proposals is to protect, promote and raise awareness of EU fundamental rights and values by supporting local, regional and/or national civil society organisations and increasing their capacity thereby also strengthening the effective application of the Charter and the respect of the rule of law and of democracy in the EU.

Call for proposals to protect and promote the rights of the child

Code: 16602 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-CHILD | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/12/2021 | End submission calls: 18/05/2022

The call aims to strengthen the sustainability and impact of child participation mechanisms (existing or to be created) at local and national level in decision making processes.

Call for proposals limited/restricted to National Roma Contact Points

Code: 16598 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-NRCP | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/12/2021 | End submission calls: 03/03/2022

The aim of this Call is to advance the institutional development and capacity of the National Roma Contact Points for Roma equality, inclusion and participation (NRCPs) in their role of facilitating national consultation processes, particularly through reforming and strengthening their established National Roma Platforms (NRPs). NRPs purpose is to promote and facilitate dialogue, mutual learning, cooperation and policy review among all national stakeholders (e.g. Roma and pro-Roma civil society organizations, activists, elected and appointed officials in public administration, academia, etc.). Within the context of the NRPs, the NRCPs are also expected to boost
in a gender-sensitive way the representation of Roma people in the platform structures, including women and youth, as well as by nominating a Roma representative to ensure the link between National and the European Roma Platforms.

Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children

Code: 16588 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-DAPHNE | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/12/2021 | End submission calls: 12/04/2022

This call is divided into 5 priorities, with the aim to:

• Integrate prevention of various forms of gender-based violence against women in different contexts, with a systemic approach (priority 1)
• Tackle harmful practices against women and girls (priority 2)
• Prevent gender-based violence by tackling its root causes (priority 3)
• Support and improve national data collection on violence against children (priority 4)
• Strengthen responses that prevent and support child victims of violence by reinforcing child protection systems at national and local level (priority 5)

Call for proposals to promote gender equality

Code: 16581 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-GE | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/12/2021 | End submission calls: 16/03/2022

Objectives
Supporting, advancing and implementing comprehensive policies to promote women’s full enjoyment of rights, freedom from gender stereotypes, gender equality, including work-life balance, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming.
Policy initiative supported: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025.

Citizens’ engagement and participation

Code: 16579 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-CITIZENS-CIV | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 10/02/2022

The objective of this call is it to promote citizens’ and representative associations’ participation in and contribution to the democratic and civic life of the Union by making known and publicly exchanging their views in all areas on Union action. It aims to support projects promoted by transnational partnerships and networks directly involving citizens. These projects will gather a diverse range of people from different backgrounds in activities directly linked to EU policies, giving them an opportunity to actively participate in the EU policymaking process in areas related to the programme’s objectives.

Call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination

Code: 16556 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-EQUAL | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/12/2021 | End submission calls: 24/02/2022

The objective is to support a comprehensive and intersectional approach and specific actions to prevent and fight against intolerance, racism, xenophobia, and discrimination, in particular on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, including when this manifests in the form of antigypsyism, antisemitism, anti Muslim hatred, Afrophobia and LGBTIQ phobia offline and online. In this context, the call for proposals can cover actions addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting these groups in terms of intolerance, racism, xenophobia, discrimination and hate. 

European Remembrance

Code: 16553 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-CITIZENS-REM | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/01/2022 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

The objective of this call for proposals is to support projects aimed at commemorating defining events in modern European history, including the causes and consequences of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, and at raising awareness among European citizens of their common history, culture, cultural heritage and values, thereby enhancing their understanding of the Union, its origins, purpose, diversity and achievements and of the importance of mutual understanding and tolerance.

Networks of Towns

Code: 16547 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-CITIZENS-TOWN-NT | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/01/2022 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

Municipalities and associations working together on a common theme in a long-term perspective may wish to develop networks of towns to make their cooperation more sustainable. Networking between municipalities on issues of common interest appears to be an important means for enabling the exchange of good practices.

Town-Twinning

Code: 16545 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-CITIZENS-TOWN-TT | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 01/01/2022 | End submission calls: 24/03/2022

This measure aims at supporting projects bringing together a wide range of partner towns in a town-twinning event around topics in line with the objectives of the Programme and taking into consideration the policy priorities. This measure will seek to promote civic participation in the Union policy making process and develop opportunities for societal engagement and volunteering at Union level.

Promote capacity building and awareness on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and activities on strategic litigation relating to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights breaches

Code: 16455 | Identifier Code: CERV-2022-CHAR-LITI | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 28/10/2021 | End submission calls: 24/02/2022

The objective of this Call for proposals is to promote capacity building and awareness on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and activities on strategic litigation relating to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights breaches.

Call for proposals limited/restricted to national Data Protection Authorities on reaching out to stakeholders in data protection legislation

Code: 13144 | Identifier Code: CERV-2021-DATA | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 06/05/2021 | End submission calls: 08/12/2021

Building on experience gained from the calls for proposals launched in the Framework of the 2014-2020 REC Program (2017, 2019 and 2020) and in view of implementing the conclusions of the above-mentioned report on the GDPR, actions under this call should aim to further support activities carried out by national data protection authorities. 

Specific Grant Agreement under FPA CERV-2021-DISABILITY

Code: 13137 | Identifier Code: CERV-2021-DISA-OG-SGA | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/06/2021 | End submission calls: 30/09/2021

The call aims at awarding the first annual operating grants for 2022 to networks active in the area of disability that will sign a 4-year Framework Partnership Agreements (FPA) for the period 2022-2025.

Framework Partnership agreement under CERV-2021-DISA-OG-DISABILITY

Code: 13134 | Identifier Code: CERV-2021-DISA-OG-FPA | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/06/2021 | End submission calls: 28/09/2021

The call aims at setting up 4-year Framework Partnership Agreements (FPA) with networks active in the area of disability for the period 2022-2025.

Call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination

Code: 3658 | Identifier Code: CERV-2021-EQUAL   | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/04/2021 | End submission calls: 15/06/2021

The objective of this Call is to support a comprehensive and intersectional approach and specific actions to prevent and fight against intolerance, racism, xenophobia, and discrimination.

Call for proposals to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children

Code: 3660 | Identifier Code: CERV-2021-DAPHNE   | Programme name: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) (2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 20/04/2021 | End submission calls: 15/06/2021

This Call focuses on the early detection, prevention and protection of and/or support to women, children, young people and LGBTIQ victims or potential victims of violence, with specific attention paid to situations emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, it aims to prevent any gender-based violence by addressing masculinities and the engagement of men and boys.