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Fighting discrimination against LGBTIQ people and promoting LGBTIQ equality
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/CERV-2025-EQUAL-LGBTIQ?order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=10&sortBy=startDate&isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&frameworkProgramme=43251589
Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - CERV |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | CERV-2025-EQUAL-LGBTIQ |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 23.10.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 150.000€ |
| Total available budget: | - |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 500.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Governance & Democracy
- Human Rights
- Peace & Conflict Resolution
- Social Inclusion
Project Locations
Europe
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Description
1) Objective
This priority supports key policy objectives set out in the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and 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.
2) Eligibility
Eligibility is limited to legal entities (public or private bodies).
3) Location
Actions must take place in EU member states plus associated countries.
4) Budget
Proposals can range from €150,000-€500,000.
5) Application
The application deadline is 23 October 2025. A full proposal must be submitted. All application templates can be downloaded at the given website. Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section). Paper submissions are NOT possible.