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CERV – Call for proposals for Town Twinning – 2025

CERV – Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme aims at protecting and promoting EU rights and values and to contribute to sustaining and further developing open, rights-based, democratic, equal, and inclusive societies based on the rule of law.

2025-09-17
5 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference CERV-2025-CITIZENS-TOWN-TT
Programme CERV - Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme
Institution European Commission
Sectors Citizenship & Human Rights Cooperation & Development Culture, Media & Communication Social Economy Territorial Development
Beneficiaries Association & NGO EU & International Organisation Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Media & cultural organisation State administration & affiliated entities

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Call reference

CERV-2025-CITIZENS-TOWN-TT



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To promote exchanges between citizens of different countries
  • To 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
  • 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

Priorities

  • Priority 1: To foster solidarity across generations and borders, emphasizing the importance of unity between citizens and Member States
  • Priority 2: To give citizens a platform to express their vision for Europe and challenge euroscepticism
  • Priority 3: To promote broad and inclusive participation in democratic processes, including children’s involvement in matters that concern them
  • Priority 4: To promote awareness of EU citizenship rights, free movement, and fundamental rights, making them more tangible for EU citizens
  • Priority 5: To improve democratic participation through cultural activities, inspired by the New European Bauhaus, and to address the needs of targeted groups in twinned municipalities

Among financed actions

  • Workshops
  • Seminars/webinars
  • Conferences
  • Training activities
  • Expert meetings
  • Awareness-raising activities
  • Cultural events, festivals, exhibitions

Eligibility

  • Be a legal person
  • Be a public or private entity
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Non-EU states: countries associated to the Cerv Programme (Click here)
  • A consortium composed of at least 2 entities, established in at least 1 different EU Member States or associated countries to the programme must be constituted

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: between 6 and 12 months
  • Contact: EACEACERV@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 5 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 8.455 and 50.745 euros per project