CERV-2026-CITIZENS-VALUES
European Commission · Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)
Posted 27 Oct 2026 · About 4 months left
Who can apply
- NGO / civil society
- Academic or research institution
- Private company
- Government body
Eligibility and conditions
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Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
as described in the Call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
as described in the Call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
as described in the Call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
as described in the Call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
as described in the Call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the Call document.
5. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
as described in the Call document.
Publication of the call: 27 October 2026.
Deadline for submitting applications: 24 February 2027 17:00:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: March-May 2027.
Information to applicants: August 2027.
Signature of grant agreement: November 2027.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
n/a
Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates
Standard application form (CERV) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
CERV 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
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Themes
- Awareness raising
- Capacity building
- Civil society
- Democracy
- Discrimination
- Equality
- European Values
- Financial support to third parties
- Fundamental rights
- Human rights defender
- Re-granting
- Rule of law
- Activities that contribute to the promotion, protection and awareness raising of Union values and the fundamental rights enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Civil society organisations
- Countering disinformation and other forms of interference in the democratic debate and promoting media literacy
- Democratic engagement and civic participation
- Media freedom
- Valorisation and capacity building
- DigitalAgenda
- AI