Fostering remembrance of the legacy of colonialism, slavery, and migration, and their impact on contemporary multicultural European societies.
European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)
Posted 21 Oct 2026 · About 5 months left
Summary
Objective:
4. CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-HISTMIGRATION - Fostering remembrance of the legacy of colonialism, slavery, and migration, and their impact on contemporary multicultural European societies.
Migration, de-colonisation, enslavement, and imperialism have left a mark on global history and are embedded in the European history, with profound consequences for society today. Their remembrance plays a key role in combating structural racism, empowering people impacted by racism, and raising awareness of exclusion and stereotypes.
While for many it is considered a chapter in history, de-colonisation, the dismantlement of colonial empires particularly in the 20th century and the emerging post-colonial European societies continue to have harsh consequences in the lives of people facing racism and racial discrimination. Following the decolonisation process in international relations in the early 20th century, the UN World Conference on Combating Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Xenophobia established that today’s structural inequalities are caused by the consequences of colonialism and slavery.
Stemming from this observation, in its EU Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020-2025 and EU…
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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
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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
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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
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Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates
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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
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Themes
- Authoritarian regimes
- Civil society
- Colonialism
- De-colonisation
- Democracy
- Equality
- Europe in a changing world
- Extremism
- Fake-news
- Gender
- Genocide
- Healing of society
- Human rights
- Inter-cultural dialogue
- LGBTQ+
- Migration
- Minorities
- Multicultural European societies
- Persecution
- Political systems and institutions, governance