CERV – Call for proposals to national data protection authorities on reaching out to stakeholders in data protection legislation – 2026

Objectives

• To facilitate compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation

Priorities

• Priority 1: support activities carried out by national data protection authorities in Member States to facilitate the implementation of GDPR obligations

Among financed actions

• Supporting activities carried out by national data protection authorities to facilitate the implementation of GDPR obligations
• Supporting activities carried out by national data protection authorities to raise awareness

Eligibility

• Lead applicants (coordinators) must be national Data Protection Authorities within the meaning of Article 51 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, with only oneapplication per Member State being  accepted
  Co-applicants (if any) must be
•  legal entities (public or private bodies)
•  established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • 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)

Other eligibility conditions:

• the project can be either national or transnational
• Applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries)

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 24 months
• 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: 2.3 million euros
• Amount of the grant: beween 75 000 and 250 000 euros
• Funding rate: up to 90% of the total eligible costs