Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate speech and hate crime

Call updates

18 March 2025

EVALUATION RESULTS - FLASH REPORT

- Publication date: 20/03/2024

- Opening date: 23/04/2024

- Type of action: CERV-PJG

- Single-stage

- Deadline: 18/09/2024, 17:00:00 Brussels time

- Call budget: EUR 16.000.000

- Number of proposals submitted: 570

- Number of eligible proposals: 562

The results of the evaluation were communicated to the applicants via the Funding and Tenders Portal on 14/03/2025.

Summary of the results:

- 33 proposals are proposed for funding for the amount of EUR 15,949,344.36

- 14 proposals are placed on the reserve list

- Rejection of 351 proposals for lack of budget

- Rejection of 164 proposals due to insufficient relevance and/or quality of proposals

- Rejection of 1 inadmissible proposal

- Rejection of 7 ineligible proposals

20 September 2024

Update - Call Closure

The Call CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI closed on 18 September 2024 at 17:00 CET (Brussels time).

570 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is: 

•           CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-SPEECH: 209 proposals

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in March 2025.

May 29, 2024 3:54:15 PM

Online Info Session - CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI – Presentations available

The slides presented at the Online Info Session on the 2024 CHAR-LITI Call (27 – 28 May 2024) are available at this link.

https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/events/online-info-session-call-proposals-cerv-2024-char-liti-2024-05-27_en

Apr 26, 2024 3:40:18 PM

ONLINE INFO SESSION – CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI CALL

On 27 and 28 May 2024 the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) will organise an online Info Session to present the 2024 Call for Proposals to promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI).

Please find the details and register at this link https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/events/online-info-session-call-proposals-cerv-2024-char-liti-2024-05-27_en

The registration closes on 23 May 2024 at 17:00 Brussels time.

Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate speech and hate crime

TOPIC ID: CERV-2024-CHAR-LITI-SPEECH

Type of grant: Call for proposals

General information

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-2024-CHAR-LITI)

Type of action: CERV-PJG CERV Project Grants

Type of MGA: CERV Action Grant Budget-Based [CERV-AG]

Status: Forthcoming

Deadline model: single-stage

Planned Opening Date: 23 April 2024

Deadline dates: 18 September 2024 17:00 (Brussels time)

Topic description

Scope:

Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate speech and hate crime

All forms and manifestations of hatred are incompatible with the EU values and the fundamental rights enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty and the Charter. Hatred affects the individual victims and the groups they belong to, generates societal polarisation and silences wide sectors of the population, weakening pluralism and undermining respectful public democratic debates. The online world has amplified the negative effects of hate speech. Hate crimes are a direct violation of the victims’ fundamental right to dignity, to equality and non-discrimination. Combating hate speech and hate crime is therefore a key part of the Commission’s action to promote EU values and to ensure that the Charter is upheld.

At EU level, the 2008 Council Framework Decision requires the criminalisation of certain forms of hate speech and hate crimes. Also, the Commission adopted a Communication in December 2021 inviting the Council of the European Union to extend the legal basis for EU-level criminalisation to other forms of hate speech and hate crime beyond the racist and xenophobic grounds already covered by the Framework Decision.

Recently, the EU is experiencing an alarming increase in hate speech and hate crime, including physical and online attacks targeting in particular the Jewish and Muslim communities in Europe. The Joint Communication on “No Place for Hate” confirms a strong commitment to step up EU efforts to fight hatred in all its forms, by reinforcing action across a variety of policies.

As recognised by the Communication, civil society organisations play a crucial role in combating hate speech and hate crime,thereby safeguarding and promoting fundamental rights. Projects under this priority should aim to enable civil society organisations to establish mechanisms of cooperation with public authorities in particular to support the reporting and recording of episodes of hate crime and hate speech; to ensure support to victims of hate speech and hate crime; and to support law enforcement, including through training or data collection methodologies and tools. Projects should also focus on activities to tackle hate speech online, including reporting content to IT companies, designing countering narrative and awareness raising campaigns, and educational activities to address the societal challenges of hate speech online.

1. Eligible countries:as described in the Call document.

2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: as described in the Call document.

3. Proposal page limits and layout:Please refer to Part B of the standard proposal template.

4. Evaluation:Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold andprocess are described in the Call document.

5. Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: as described in the Call document.

Publication of the call: 20 March 2024

Deadline for submitting applications: 18 September 2024 17:00 (Brussels Time)

Evaluation period: October 2024 - February 2025

Information to applicants: March 2025

Signature of grant agreement: June 2025

6. Proposal templates, guidance and model grant agreements (MGA):

Standard proposal template

Call document

Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) 2023-2024 Work Programme

Mono/Multi-beneficiary Model Grant Agreement

Visit theCitizens, Equality, Rights and Values programmepage from the European Commission's website for further information.

Start submission

The submission system is planned to be opened on the date stated on the topic header.

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