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Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - CERV |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | CERV-2025-CITIZENS-TOWN-NT |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 27.03.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Medium - up to $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | - |
| Total available budget: | 10.000.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | - |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Governance & Democracy
- Human Rights
- Media & Journalism
- Peace & Conflict Resolution
- Social Inclusion
Project Locations
Europe
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Description
1) Objective
The scope of the call is promoting exchanges between citizens of different countries, in particular through networks of towns, to give them practical experience of the wealth and diversity of the common heritage of the Union and to make them aware that these constitute the foundation for a common future. In addition, developing sustainable networks of towns, deepening and intensifying their cooperation, while outlining their long-term vision for the future of European integration is another objective.
In view of the overall objective stipulated above, the call may address the following topics (the list is not exhaustive):
- Bringing citizens together to discuss and share best practices, and thus helping to increase citizens’ engagement in society and ultimately to their active involvement in the democratic life of the Union;
- Promoting awareness and building knowledge of EU citizenship rights, free movement of people and associated European common values and common democratic standards, making them more tangible for EU citizens;
- Identifying ways to further strengthen the European dimension and democratic legitimacy of the EU decision-making process and fostering free, open and healthy democratic governance in an era of low turnout in elections, populism, disinformation and challenges facing civil society, including by supporting the active participation of citizens, including children, and civil society organisations in policy-making at local, national as well as European levels;
- Promoting awareness, building knowledge and sharing best practice on the benefits of diversity as well as effective measures on how to tackle discrimination and racism at local level;
- Promoting awareness and building knowledge of the role of minorities, such as people with a minority racial or ethnic background (for instance Roma and migrants), in European society and their contribution to Europe’s cultural development;
- Promoting prevention measures and awareness raising efforts, sharing best practices policies aiming to curb violence against women, domestic violence and violence against children at the local level, as well as bullying.
2) Eligibility
Applicants must be legal entities (public or private bodies). Applicants must be established in the eligible countries.
3) Location
Actions must take place in the Member States of the European Union plus associated countries.
4) Budget
The estimated available call budget is €10,000,000.
5) Application
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. The deadline is 27 March 2025.