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Annual operating grants 2026 to support EU level Networks active in the area: "Rights of persons with disabilities"
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Location:EU 27
Funding agency:
Grantmaking entity: European Commission Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers
Grantmaking entity type:Development Institution
Quick summary
Objectives: The grant aims to promote, protect, and monitor the rights of persons with disabilities while providing financial support to EU-level networks of civil society organizations. It...
Eligibility criteria: Eligible participants include legal entities (public or private bodies) established in eligible countries such as EU Member States and non-EU countries associated with the CERV Programme. Applicant...
Description
Annual operating grants 2026 to support EU level Networks active in the area: "Rights of persons with disabilities"
TOPIC ID: CERV-2025-OG-DISA-SGA
Type of grant: Call for proposals
General information
Programme: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)
Call: Annual operating grants 2026 to support EU level Networks active in the area: "Rights of persons with disabilities" (CERV-2025-OG-DISA-SGA)
Type of action: CERV-FPA-OG CERV Operating Grants Framework Partnerships
Type of MGA: CERV Specific Operating Grant [CERV-SGA-OG]
Status: Forthcoming
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned Opening Date: 17 June 2025
Deadline dates: 27 August 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)
Topic description
Objective:- Promoting, protecting and monitoring the rights of persons with disabilities by providing financial support to EU-level networks of civil society organisations active in this area at local, regional, national and transnational level. It will in particular contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 (ESRPD) and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD);
- Supporting the Commission in putting the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 into practice;
- Delivering on the European Pillar of Social Rights and related initiatives such as the ESRPD is a shared responsibility of the EU institutions, national, regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society. Civil society organisations are expected to:
- support its implementation at EU, national and local level notably by collecting and exchanging data and good practices and cooperating with public authorities in the design and implementation of relevant policies, implementing different mutual learning activities on concrete policies (mutual learning event/peer learning and other similar activities);
- organise communication and engagement activities to raise awareness of the ESRPD and promote the rights of persons with disabilities in Europe;
- The ultimate goal is to build a stronger social Europe and ensure that people with disabilities can fully enjoy their rights.
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions
described in the section 5 of the call document.
2. Eligible Conditions
as described in section 6 of the call document.
Nota bene: for this call, proposals for operating grants (CERV-2025-OG-DISA-SGA) should be submitted in parallel with proposals for Framework Partnership Agreements (CERV-2025-OG-DISA-FPA). You must first submit the FPA proposal and then use your FPA submission number in the SGA proposal.
Only applicants who have a signed Framework Partnership Agreement are eligible to receive an operating grant.
3. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion:
as described in section 7 of the call document.
4. Evaluation and award:
as described in sectios 8 and 9 of the call document.
5.Indicative timeline
Publication of the call: 17 June 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications: 27 August 2025 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: August - October 2025.
Information to applicants:October 2025.
Signature of grant agreement:December 2025.
Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (CERV OG) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Operating Grants MGA
Additional documents:
CERV Work Programmes
CERV Regulation 2021/692
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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About the Funding Agency
EuropeAid is an agency responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid worldwide. Its purpose is to aid in the reduction and eventual abolition of poverty in developing nations by fostering sustainable development, democracy, peace and security. With its partner nations, EuropeAid walks alongside them on their journey to sustainable development, continually adapting its help to their changing requirements. EuropeAid is also concerned with increasing the value and impact of aid money by ensuring that help is provided appropriately.
Under the donor EC - European Commission, DevelopmentAid covers the following entities:
Departments / Directorate Generals
- AGRI - Agriculture & Rural Development
- BUDG - Budget
- CLIMA - Climate Action
- COMM - Communication
- CNECT – Communications Networks, Content & Technology (formerly Digital Agenda)
- COMP - Competition
- ECFIN - Economic & Financial Affairs
- EAC - Education & Culture
- EMPL - Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
- ENER - Energy
- ENV - Environment
- ESTAT - Eurostat
- FISMA – Financial Stability, Financial Services & Capital Markets Union
- SANTE - Health & Food Safety
- ECHO - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection
- HR - Human Resources & Security
- DIGIT - Informatics
- GROW - Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs
- DEVCO – International Cooperation & Development - EUROPEAID
- SCIC - Interpretation
- JRC - Joint Research Centre
- JUST - Justice & Consumers
- MARE - Maritime Affairs & Fisheries
- HOME - Migration & Home Affairs
- MOVE - Mobility & Transport
- NEAR – Neighbourhood & Enlargement Negotiations
- REGIO - Regional & Urban Policy
- RTD - Research & Innovation
- SG – Secretariat-General - no procurement opportunities available
- FPI – Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
- TAXUD - Taxation & Customs Union
- TRADE - Trade
- DGT - Translation
Agencies
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- Eurojust
- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
- European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
- European GNSS Agency (GSA)
- European Union Agency for Network and Information Security
- The European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy ("Fusion for Energy")
- European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
- Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA), Health and Food Safety Unit
- European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
- European Fisheries Control Agency
- Single Resolution Board
- Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC Office)
- The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
- European Asylum Support Office
- European Union Intellectual Property Office
- European Union Agency for Railways
- European Environment Agency
- European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA)
- Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
- European Defence Agency
- EU Grant Programmes
EU Bodies
- European Parliament
- Council of the European union
- Court of Justice of the European Union
- European Court of Auditors
- European Economic and Social Committee
- European Committee of the Regions
- Publications office of the European Union
- European Patent Office
- European External Action Service
- Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
- Energy Community Secretariat