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Strengthening the remembrance of the Holocaust against Jewish people.

European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)

Posted 21 Oct 2026 · About 5 months left

Summary

Objective:

2. CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-HOLOCAUSTJEW - Strengthening the remembrance of the Holocaust against Jewish people.

The Shoah is a defining legacy for the EU. Six million Jewish children, women and men were murdered, and all others were persecuted. While other groups were persecuted, the Nazis have set up across Europe and beyond a state policy with the sole aim to kill every single Jews they could find.

First-hand accounts of the Shoah continue to have the most powerful impact on following generations. As there are less and less survivors to share the story of their survival, the importance of memorial sites and education increases, as well as the work done by second and third generations of survivors and associations.

Current events show the instrumentalization of the Holocaust by Kremlin propaganda claiming to denazify Ukraine. In parallel, there is also an increasing politicization of the Holocaust in several EU Member States, and a tendency to minimize the atrocities of the Shoah. In addition, since the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas and the wars that ensued, we have seen a growing conflation of the Shoah with the conflicts in the Middle East. Citizens should be…

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Eligibility and conditions

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1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

Described in the Call document.

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

Described in the section "6. Eligibility" of the Call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

Described in the section “7. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion” of the Call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

Described in the sections “8. Evaluation and award procedure” and “11. How to submit an application” of the Call document.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

Described in the section “9. Award criteria” of the Call document.

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

Application form templates

Standard application form (CERV) — The application form specific to this call is available in in the Funding: Submission Service by clicking on Start Submission.

The online application form (Part A) contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) the Lump Sum Budget* and the summarised budget for the project.

* Please note that, as of 2026, the Lump Sum Calculator is included in the online application form (Part A).

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

Lump Sum MGA

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

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

DECISION authorising the use of lump sums for actions under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (2021-2027)

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