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.
Call overview
This call supports projects bringing together a wide range of partner towns in a town-twinning event around topics in line with the objectives of the CERV programme.
Call detail
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.
More specifically:
- promote exchanges between citizens of different countries;
- give citizens 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;
- guarantee peaceful relations between Europeans and to ensure their active participation at the local level;
- reinforce mutual understanding and friendship between European citizens;
- encourage cooperation between municipalities and the exchange of best practices;
- support good local governance and
- reinforce the role of local and regional authorities in the European integration process.
Activities to be funded under this topic
- Workshops,
- seminars,
- conferences,
- training activities,
- expert meetings,
- webinars,
- awareness-raising activities,
- data gathering and consultation, development,
- exchanges and dissemination of good practices amongst public authorities and civil society organisations,
- development of communication tools and the use of social media.
The gender equality perspective should be taken into account when designing the ‘format’ of the activities, to ensure that it is accessible to women and men on equal terms, and both women and men are able to participate in the activities.
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
- for the applicant: be a public body or a non-profit organisation: towns/municipalities and/or other levels of local authorities or their twinning committees or other non-profit organisations representing local authorities.
- the project must involve municipalities from at least two eligible countries of which at least one is an EU Member State.
- activities must take place in an eligible country participating to the project.
- events must involve a minimum of 50 direct participants, of which a minimum of 25 participants are "invited participants.“
Consortium Composition
Only applications by single applicants are allowed. Town-Twinning proposals must involve municipalities from at least 2 eligible countries of which at least one is an EU Member State.
Budget
Project budgets (maximum grant amount) are expected to range between EUR 8.455and EUR 50.745 per project.
Project duration
Projects should range between 6 and 12 months (extensions of maximum 9 months are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment).
