Strengthening the remembrance of Roma victims
European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)
Posted 21 Oct 2026 · About 5 months left
Summary
Objective:
3. Strengthening the remembrance of the Holocaust, acts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity to strengthen democracy in the EU.
Projects under this topic should focus on the non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust as well as other genocides, war crimes and crimes against humanity of the 20th century’s Europe.
Projects under this topic should NOT address the Holocaust against Jewish people which are covered by Topic 2.
CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-GENCRIME-1 - Priority 1: Strengthening the remembrance of Roma victims
The genocide of Roma and Sinti under Nazi rule, known as Porajmos or Samudaripen, is a defining yet insufficiently recognized legacy for the European Union. An estimated 500,000 Roma, including Sinti and Travellers, were murdered, and countless others were persecuted, deported, forcibly sterilized, and subjected to inhuman treatment. The Nazi regime implemented racial policies aimed at the systematic destruction of Roma communities across Europe, culminating in mass killings such as the liquidation of the Roma camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau on 2 August 1944, now commemorated as European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day.
The Roma Holocaust must be understood…
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Eligibility and conditions
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1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
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Proposal page limits and layout:
70 pages as decribed in the section "5. Admissibility and documents" of the Call document
Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
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3. Other eligibility conditions
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4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
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5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
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5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
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5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
Described in the section "4. Timetable and deadlines" of the Call document.
Publication of the call: 1 October 2026.
Opening for submission: 21 October 2026.
Deadline for submitting applications: 24 February 2027, 17:00 CET (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: February 2027 – August 2027.
Information to applicants: August 2027.
Signature of grant agreement: August 2027 - November 2027.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Described in the section “10. Legal and financial set-up of the Grant Agreements” of the Call document.
Call document and annexes:
Call document
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Additional documents:
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CERV Regulation 2021/692
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
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Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
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DECISION authorising the use of lump sums for actions under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (2021-2027)