CERV – Call for proposals to National Roma Contact Points for Roma equality, inclusion and participation – 2026

Objectives

• To promote equality and prevent and combat inequalities and discrimination on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation
• To promote and facilitate dialogue, mutual learning, cooperation, and policy review among all national stakeholders through the national Roma platforms

Priorities

• Priority 1 : strengthening the national Roma consultation processes in Member States

Among financed actions

• Meetings, working groups, seminars, events at national, regional or local levels

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e,:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Non-EU countries :
  • countries associated to the CERV Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
• A consortium composed of only one applicant is allowed.

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 24 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

• Contact: EC-CERV-CALLS@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 1.5 million euros
• Amount of the grant: up to 200.000 euros

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

The grant will be a lump sum grant.

• Funding rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs