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Call for proposals to promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Details
Location:
EU 27
Grantmaking entity:
Grantmaking entity type:
Development Institution
Status:
Awarded
Budget:
EUR 18,000,000
Award ceiling:
N/A
Award floor:
EUR 75,000
Sector:
Community Development & NGOs, Gender & Human Rights, Organizational development
Languages:
English, French, German
Eligible applicants:
NGOs / Nonprofit Organisations, Government / Public Bodies, Private Sector
Eligible applicant countries:
EU 27, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Greenland, Montserrat, New Caledonia, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Turks and Caicos, Wallis and Futuna
Date posted:
May 13, 2025
Summary
This grant aims to support civil society organizations at various levels (local, regional, national, transnational) in promoting an...
Eligible applicants include non-profit legal entities for lead applicants (coordinators) and both non-profit and for-profit legal entities for co-applicants, with for-profit entities required to partner with non-profit organizat...
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Description
Topic updates
22 September 2025
The Call CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI has closed on 18 September 2025 at 17:00 CET (Brussels time).
547 proposals have been submitted.
The breakdown per priority is:
CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI-CHARTER : 211 proposals
CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI-CIVIC : 112 proposals
CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI-LITIGATION : 53 proposals
CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI-SPEECH: 156 proposals
CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI-WHISTLE: 15 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in March 2026.
11 June 2025
CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI Online Info Session - Presentations available
The presentations given at the 2025 CHAR-LITI Info session of 10 - 11 June 2025 (Day 1 and Day 2) are now available on the EACEA website.
https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/events/online-info-session-cerv-civil-dialogue-call-proposals-cerv-2025-char-liti-2025-06-10_en
11 June 2025
CALL DOCUMENT TRANSLATIONS
The French and German translations of the CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI Call document are available on the EACEA webpage.
https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/document/d48b20e4-b0f6-40d5-bef3-0772e7732460_en
22 May 2025
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is organising an Online Info Session for applicants on 10 – 11 June 2025 from 9:30 to 12:45 CEST.
More information and the link to register can be found at: Online info session: CERV Civil Dialogue - Call for proposals CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI.
https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/events/online-info-session-cerv-civil-dialogue-call-proposals-cerv-2025-char-liti-2025-06-10_en
Call for proposals to promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
TOPIC ID: CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI
Type of grant: Call for proposals
General information
Programme: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)
Call: Call for proposals to promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CERV-2025-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: 27 May 2025
Deadline dates: 18 September 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)
Topic description
Objective:
This is a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of Union Values under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV).
The objective of the call is to protect, promote and raise awareness of fundamental rights by providing financial support to civil society organisations active at local, regional, national and transnational level in promoting and cultivating those rights, thereby also strengthening the protection and promotion of Union values and respect for the rule of law, and contributing to the construction of a more democratic Union, democratic dialogue, transparency and good governance.
Scope:
This call for proposals aims to promote the founding rights and values of the Union by building primarily civil society organisations’ awareness on and capacity to apply the Charter and to carry out activities to ensure that the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter are upheld. Projects can be national or transnational.
Each project application under the call must address only ONE of the following priorities:
Priority 1. Capacity building and awareness raising on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Priority 2. Promoting rights and values by empowering the civic space;
Priority 3. Strategic litigation;
Priority 4. Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate crime and hate speech;
Priority 5. Supporting an enabling environment for the protection of whistleblowers.
Please consult the Call document for more information.
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
Described in Section 5 of the Call document.
2. Eligible Countries
Described in Section 6 of the Call document.
3. Other Eligibility Conditions
Described in Section 6 of the Call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
Described in Section 7 of the Call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
Described in Section 8 of the Call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in Section 9 of the Call document.
5. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
Described in Section 4 of the Call document.
Publication of the call: 13 May 2025
Deadline for submitting applications: 18 September 2025 – 17:00 (Brussels time)
Evaluation period: October 2025 – February 2026
Information to applicants: March 2026
Signature of grant agreement: June 2026
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Described in Section 10 of the Call document.
Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (CERV) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
CERV 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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Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Please consult the Q&A on the Topic page CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI for call-specific questions.
Please also consult the Topic page regularly, since we will use it to publish call updates, including invitations to info sessions for applicants after the opening of the call.
For non-IT related questions, please contact theCERV National Contact Pointof your country (if established) or send an email to the following address: [email protected].
Please indicate clearly in the subject of your email thereference of the call and topic:"CERV-2025-CHAR-LITI".
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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
About the Sectors
Community Development & NGOs
Focuses on initiatives that support community empowerment, civic engagement, and the work of non-governmental and civil society organizations at local, national, and international levels.
Key areas:
- Community development and social inclusion initiatives
- Civil society and NGO programmes
- Civic engagement and citizen participation
Gender & Human Rights
Includes initiatives that promote gender equality, protect human rights, and address discrimination and vulnerability across populations.
Key areas:
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment
- Human rights protection and advocacy
- Protection of vulnerable and marginalized groups
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