CERV – Call for proposals for Networks of Towns – 2024

Objectives

• To promote exchanges between citizens of different countries, to reinforce mutual understanding and tolerance and give them the opportunity to broaden their perspective and develop a sense of European belonging and identity
• To enable towns to engage citizens and communities in discussions and actions on the climate and the environment, including energy-related issues, and on solidarity and migration
• To give citizens the opportunity to discover the cultural diversity of the European Union and to make them aware that European values and cultural heritage constitute the foundation for a common future
• To encourage cooperation between municipalities and the exchange of best practices
• To support good local governance and reinforce the role of local and regional authorities in the European integration process

Priorities

• Priority 1: To promote awareness and building knowledge of the role of minorities, such as people with a minority and racial or ethnic background (for instance Roma and migrants), in European society and their contribution to Europe’s cultural development
• Priority 2: To identify 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, by supporting citizens’ active involvement in European political life and the exercise of their electoral rights
• Priority 3: To bring citizens together to discuss actions on the climate and the environment, including energy-related issues, solidarity and sharing best practices, and thus contributing to increasing citizens’ engagement in society and ultimately their active involvement in the democratic life of the Union

Among financed actions

• Workshops
• Seminars
• Conference
• Training activities
• expert meetings
• Webinars
• awareness-raising activities
• Data gathering and consultation
• Development
• Exchanges and dissemination of good practices among public authorities and civil society organisation
• Development of communication tools and the use of social media

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals.
• Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 24 months

Eligiblity

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be a non-profit legal entity

• Total budget of the call: 6 million euro
• Amount of the grant: no limit. The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.
• Co-financing rate: up to 60% of the total eligible costs

This grant is a lump sum grant.