Supporting an enabling environment for the protection of whistleblowers

Call Updates

Nov 20, 2023 6:55:13 PM

CALL UPDATE - FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

·         Publication date:  15 December 2022

·         Opening date: 24 January 2023

·         Type of action:    CERV-PJG CERV Project Grants

·         Single-stage

·         Deadline:              25 May 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

·         Call budget:          16.000.000 EUR

Number of proposals submitted: 236

Number of eligible proposals: 226

The results of the evaluation were communicated to the applicants via the Funding and Tenders Portal on 20/11/2023.

Summary of the results:

34 proposals are proposed for funding for the amount of EUR 15.907.748,05
14 proposals are placed on the reserve list for the amount of EUR 9.288.407,89
Rejection of 101 proposals for lack of budget
Rejection of 77 proposals due to insufficient relevance and/or quality proposals
Rejection of 4 inadmissible
Rejection of 6 ineligible proposals

May 30, 2023 2:38:35 PM

Call CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI closed on 25 May 2023.

236 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:
CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI-WHISTLE: 22 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in November 2023.

Mar 1, 2023 5:11:58 PM

The presentations of the info session on the CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI Call for proposals organised by EACEA on 16 February 2023 are available under the following link: Info session: CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI - Presentations available! (europa.eu)

Feb 9, 2023 1:00:05 PM

The presentations of the info sessions on the priorities of the CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI Call for proposals organised by DG JUST on 26-27 January 2023 are available under the following links:

JUST - INFO session on 2023 EU project funding on combating hate speech and hate crime (europa.eu)

JUST - INFO session on 2023 EU project funding CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI (europa.eu)

Feb 7, 2023 10:17:08 AM

CALL DOCUMENT TRANSLATIONS

Please find at this link the translations of the CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI Call document in French and German.

Jan 24, 2023 12:00:00 AM

The submission session is now available for: CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI-WHISTLE(CERV-PJG)

Supporting an enabling environment for the protection of whistleblowers

TOPIC ID: CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI-WHISTLE

Programme: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)
Call: Promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI)
Type of action: CERV-PJG CERV Project Grants
Type of MGA: CERV Action Grant Budget-Based [CERV-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Planned opening date: 24 January 2023
Deadline date: 25 May 2023 17:00:00 Brussels time

Objective:
Supporting an enabling environment for the protection of whistleblowers

A Union of values and rights is also based on effective law enforcement systems and the effective detection, investigation and prosecution of breaches of Union law. Support will be given to creating an enabling environment for reporting and informing on breaches of the Union law, in particular by building capacity on the effective application of the Directive on whistleblower protection (Directive (EU) 2019/1937). This Directive provides for an obligation to establish internal and external reporting channels, a strict obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the reporting person as well as for high standards of protection from retaliation and legal remedies for whistleblowers who report on breaches of EU law in a wide range of key policy areas, thus promoting the fundamental values of the rule of law and democracy as well as the right to freedom of expression, enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter.

Civil society organisations play a crucial role in help ensuring an effective implementation of these legal standards. Projects under this priority should support and protect whistleblowers and build capacity of national authorities and legal practitioners to ensure adequate legal remedies to protect whistleblowers.