CERV – Call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination – 2023

Objectives

• To support a comprehensive and intersectional approach, funding specific actions to prevent and fight against discrimination and combat intolerance,
  racism and xenophobia

Priorities

• Priority 1: fighting against discrimination and combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, including antigypsyism, anti-Black racism,
  antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred
• Priority 2: promoting diversity management and inclusion at the workplace, both in the public and private sector
• Priority 3: fighting discrimination against LGBTIQ people and promoting LGBTIQ equality through the implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy
• Priority 4: 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

Among financed actions

• 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

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
• Inital duration of the action: between 12 and 24 months

Eligibility

• Be legal entity (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the EU Member States or countries associated to the CERV Programme
• Be non-profit making  and at least two applicants to be eligible under the first, second and third priority
•  Be a public authority and at least two applicants to be eligible under the fourth priority

• Total budget of the topic: 20 million euro
• Amount of the grant: min. 100 000 euro
• Co-financing rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs

This grant is a lump sum grant.