Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV)

Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV): Programme Structure

What is Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV)?

The objective of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme is to protect and promote rights and values as enshrined in the EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, in particular by supporting civil society organisations active at local, regional, national and transnational level.

With a total budget of €1.55 billion for 2021-2027, the programme aims to sustain and develop open, rights-based, democratic, equal, and inclusive societies based on the rule of law. That includes a vibrant and empowered civil society, encouraging people’s democratic, civic, and social participation and cultivating the rich diversity of European society, based on our common values, history and memory.

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Union Values

To protect and promote Union values. In accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union, “the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. Those values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail”.

The provided services include:

  • focus on protecting, promoting and raising awareness on rights by providing financial support to civil society organisations active at local, regional and transnational level in promoting and cultivating these rights, thereby also strengthening the protection and promotion of Union values and the respect for the rule of law and contributing to the construction of a more democratic Union, democratic dialogue, transparency and good governance.

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Equality, Rights and Gender Equality

To promote rights, non-discrimination, equality, including gender equality, and advance gender and non-discrimination mainstreaming. Projects in this area will:

  • prevent and combat inequalities and discrimination on grounds of sex, 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 EU Charter;
  • promote women’s full enjoyment of rights, gender equality, including work-life balance, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming;
  • combat all forms of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, afrophobia, antisemitism, anti-gypsism, anti-muslim hatred, and other forms of intolerance, including homophobia and other forms of intolerance based on gender identity both online and offline;
  • protect and promote the rights of the child, awareness raising of children rights in judicial proceedings, capacity-building of child protection systems;
  • protect and promote the rights of persons with disabilities, for their active inclusion and full participation in society;
  • tackle the challenges related to the protection of personal data and data protection reform, as well as to support the stakeholder dialogue in this area;
  • support the efforts to enable people to exercise their rights as EU citizens and enforce free movement rights, as well as tackling the abuse of those rights.

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Citizens’ engagement and participation

To promote citizens engagement and participation in the democratic life of the Union and exchanges between citizens of different Member States and to raise awareness of the common European history.

Projects in this area will:

  • remember, research and educate about defining events in recent 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 and diversity;
  • 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;
  • promote exchanges between citizens of different countries, in particular through town-twinning and networks of towns, so as to afford 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.
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Daphne

To fight violence, including gender-based violence.

Projects in this area will:

  • prevent and combating at all levels all forms of gender-based violence against women and girls and domestic violence, also by promoting the standards laid down in the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention);
  • preventing and combating all forms of violence against children, young people, as well as violence against other groups at risk, such as LGBTQI persons and persons with disabilities;
  • support and protect all direct and indirect victims of such violence, such as domestic violence exerted within the family or violence in intimate relationships, including children orphaned by domestic crimes, and supporting and ensuring the same level of protection throughout the Union for victims of gender-based violence.

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More Information

See all Calls for Proposals published under the CERV programme Explore collaboration opportunities on CERV Calls for proposals through Partner Search in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. Find more information about the functions and features of the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

Proposal Preparation & Submission

Get help & support

If you are looking for answers to your questions or seeking guidance on the application process the European Commission provides a series of tools and services:

  • For help related to the submission of proposals visit Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ
  • Contact the IT helpdesk for questions on the Portal Submission System, such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
  • For non-IT related questions on a specific Call please contact: EACEA-CERV@ec.europa.eu (include Call ID in the subject line e.g. “CERV-2024-GE”) or the CERV National Contact Point of your country (please see section CERV National Contact Point of the website for all the details). Please indicate clearly the call reference and topic to which your question relates.
  • Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and submission to reporting on your on-going project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
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