Objectives

• The objectives of the call are:
  • Promoting equality and preventing and combating inequalities and discrimination on the 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 the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
  • Supporting, advancing and implementing comprehensive policies and an intersectional approach to combat racism, xenophobia, antigypsyism, LGBTIQ phobia, antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and all forms of discrimination and intolerance, both online and offline.

Themes and Priorities

• Priority 1 - Fighting against discrimination and racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, including antigypsyism, anti-Black and anti-Asian racism [P1-discrimination and racism]
  • This priority supports holistic and intersectional responses to discrimination and intolerance - in particular on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, colour and religion - as well as to racism and xenophobia, antigypsyism intolerance, including their manifestations on the ground. Such responses should aim to build trust between individuals, communities and national authorities.
• Priority 2 – Fighting against antisemitism [P2-antisemitism]
  • This priority aims at supporting civil society organisations to prevent and combat all forms and manifestations of antisemitism, offline and online, in line with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism, and at supporting civil society organisations to foster Jewish life.
• Priority 3 - Fighting against anti-Muslim hatred [P3-anti-Muslim hatred]
  • This priority will support the fight against anti-Muslim hatred/racism and discrimination, and therefore support actions to raise awareness, foster reporting by victims and address negative stereotypes and intolerance against Muslims and persons perceived as such. Muslims form an integral part of European societies. Anti-Muslim racism is increasing throughout Europe and the world and affects the lives of a significant number of EU citizens. It also undermines the trust of many in the institutions and in the values of the European Union.
• Priority 4 - Promoting diversity management and inclusion at the workplace, both in the public and private sector [P4-Diversity management]
  • They are looking for projects that focus on:
    • strengthening the Diversity Charters network, supporting the implementation and further development of existing Diversity Charters in the EU and increasing the number of their signatories
• Priority 5 - Fighting discrimination against LGBTIQ people and promoting LGBTIQ equality [P5-LGBTIQ]
  • This priority will support projects that help to effectively implement it. The strategy includes initiatives to address intersectional discrimination and inequality experienced on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics in employment, education, health and other areas of life.
  • They are looking for projects that focus on one or more of the following:
    • addressing the challenges LGBTIQ people face in areas where they are particularly disadvantaged (e.g. education, health care, housing);
    • LGBTIQ people in the most vulnerable situations, such as transgender and intersex people and those experiencing intersectional discrimination; and rainbow families.
• Priority 6 – Support to public authorities to combat racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia and all other forms of intolerance, including intersectional discrimination [P6-public authorities]
  • This priority is restricted to public authorities and bodies at national, regional and local level as lead applicant (consortium coordinator).
  • The objective of this priority is to help Member States to:
    • improve the implementation of the Racial Equality Directive and the Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia, as well as the EU Directives on Standards for Equality Bodies,
    • develop and implement national action plans or strategies to combat racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia and all other forms of intolerance.
    • improve the collection and use of equality data.

Funding Information

• The estimated available call budget is EUR 20 000 000
• Budget (EUR) - 13 200 000

Eligible Activities

• For all call priorities:
  • All consortia are encouraged to produce English translations of the main project’s outputs to increase the possibility of best practice exchange and dissemination of the results across the EU.
  • Activities that support specific political parties will not be funded, regardless of their grounds for applying or objectives.
  • All activities should, both at design and implementation stage, incorporate a gender equality perspective.
  • All activities must avoid discrimination, victimisation and stereotyping. All applicants who need further guidance are advised to consult the EIGE’s materials on gender analysis and DG JUST’s online workshop on gender mainstreaming projects.

Expected Impact

• Priority 1 - Fighting against discrimination and racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance, including antigypsyism, anti-black and anti-Asian racism:
  • Increased knowledge of EU and national non-discrimination legislation;
  • Increased knowledge and application of administrative practices in the non-discrimination field, including practices and policies covering multiple discrimination;
  • Increased rights-awareness as well as awareness of biases and stereotypes;
  • More effective implementation and enforcement of the legislation on non-discrimination, as well as improved independent monitoring and reporting;
  • improved understanding of racism and its different forms, including structural racism as well as increased knowledge on EU policies and legislation;
  • Empowered and increased protection for groups, communities and individuals affected by manifestations of intolerance and racism, with a particular focus on antigypsyism, as well as on anti-black and anti-Asian racism.
• Priority 2 - Fighting against antisemitism:
  • Increased knowledge of EU and national non-discrimination legislation;
  • Improved knowledge and application of administrative practices in the non-discrimination field, including practices and policies covering antisemitism;
  • Empowered and increased protection for groups, communities and individuals affected by manifestations of antisemitism;
  • Improved knowledge and awareness of and capacity to react to all forms of antisemitism among the population in general and key groups in particular such as decision-makers, law enforcement and the judiciary, and young people.
• Priority 3 - Fighting against anti-Muslim hatred:
  • Increased knowledge of EU and national non-discrimination legislation;
  • Improved knowledge and application of administrative practices in the non-discrimination field, including practices and policies covering multiple discrimination;
  • Empowered and increased protection for groups, communities and individuals affected by manifestations of anti-Muslim hatred;
• Priority 4 - Promoting diversity management and inclusion at the workplace, both in the public and private sector: 
  • Increased number of organisations affiliated to a Diversity Charter;
  • Increased knowledge and awareness on the benefits of diversity and inclusion at the workplace;
  • Increased diversity at the workplace, supported by stronger links between the academic and research community and the business world;
  • More inclusive workplaces and societies.
• Priority 5 - Fighting discrimination against LGBTIQ people and promoting LGBTIQ equality:
  • Improved knowledge and awareness of the intersectional discrimination and inequality experienced by LGBTIQ people, in particular by transgender and intersex people, in employment, education and health, as well as solutions on how to tackle this;
  • Increased awareness and improvement of skills of relevant professionals, including in the health sector and educational sector, media and business professionals, to counter stereotyping, stigmatisation, pathologisation, discrimination, harassment and bullying affecting LGBTIQ people;
  • Increased support for LGBTIQ people and their families, including through information campaigns, support groups, counselling and other means, and improved knowledge and awareness of the challenges they face.
• Priority 6 - Support to public authorities to combat racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia and all other forms of intolerance, including intersectional discrimination: 
  • Improved skills of public authorities to effectively investigate, prosecute and adequately sentence incidents of discrimination;
  • Stronger cooperation between public authorities and civil society organisations that collect data on incidents of discrimination;
  • Improved support to victims, better public awareness of rights and increased number of reported incidents;
  • Improved cooperation and exchange of information among public authorities (in particular municipal and regional administrations), as well as between public authorities and other actors such as civil society organisations and community representatives, to improve responses to discrimination, racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance.

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
  • be legal entities (public or private bodies).
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
    • non-EU countries:
      • countries associated to the CERV Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.

For more information, visit EC.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/CERV-2025-EQUAL-RACI-DISC?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&order=DESC&pageNumber=2&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate