Funding Programme

Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) is the EU's funding programme for citizens' engagement and the implementation of EU rights and values. Read more about CERV here.

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Call overview

This call aims to support actions to prevent and combat all forms of intolerance and discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity offline and online, with an emphasis on intersectional approach.

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Call details

The objective is to support a comprehensive and intersectional approach, funding 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.

The priorities of this call are:

• Fighting against discrimination and combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, including antigypsyism, anti-Black racism, antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred
• Promoting diversity management and inclusion at the workplace, both in the public and private sector
• Fighting discrimination against LGBTIQ people and promoting LGBTIQ equality through the implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy
• Call for public authorities to improve their responses to (intersectional) discrimination, racism, antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia and all other forms of intolerance.

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Activities to be funded under this topic:

• Coalition building, capacity building and training for professionals and victims of (intersectional) discrimination;
• Mutual learning, exchange of good practices, cooperation, including identifying best practices which may be transferable to other participating countries;
• Dissemination and awareness-raising, including social media or press campaigns;
• Promotion of digital skills and critical thinking;
• Data recording, data collection, surveys, monitoring and reporting of incidents of discrimination;
• Gender and age sensitive victim empowerment and support;
• Designing and implementing strategies or plans of action;
• Capacity building and training activities for national, regional and local authorities.

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Eligibility

In order to be eligible for funding, 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)) or 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  

To be eligible under the first, second and third priority, grant applications must also comply with all the following criteria:

• Coordinators must be non-profit making. Organisations which are profit-oriented may apply only in partnership with public entities or private non-profit organisations.
• Other applicants must be legal entities (public or private bodies) formally established in one of the eligible countries or an international organisation;
• Activities must take place in any of the eligible countries.
• The maximum duration of the action is 24 months.
• The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than EUR 100 000.
• The project can be national or transnational.
• The application must involve at least two applicants (coordinator and at least oneother applicant not being affiliated entity or associated partner).

To be eligible under the fourth priority, grant applications must also comply with all the following criteria:

• Coordinators must be public authorities.
• Other applicants must be legal entities (public or private bodies) formally established in one of the eligible countries or an international organisation.
• Activities must take place in any of the eligible countries.
• The maximum duration of the action is 24 months;
• The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than EUR 100 000.
• The project can be national or transnational.
• The application must involve at least two applicants (coordinator and at least one other applicant, not being affiliated entity or associated partner).

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Consortium Composition

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least two applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:

• under the first, second and third priority: the beneficiaries must be public entities or private organisations, duly established in one of the countries participating in the programme, or an international organisation; organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit organisations.
• under the fourth priority: the coordinator must be a public authority of one of the countries participating in the programme; the other applicant(s) must be public entities or private organisations, duly established in one of the countries participating in the programme, or international organisations.

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Budget

The EU grant applied for all priorities cannot be lower than EUR 100 000. There is no upper limit.

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Project duration

Projects should normally range between 12 and 24 months (extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment).

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Application assistance

For application assistance, contact EC-CERV-CALLS@ec.europa.eu