Call for proposals to promote civil society organisations’ awareness of, capacity building and implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

This is a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of Union Values under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV).

The objective of the call is to protect, promote and raise awareness of fundamental rights by providing financial support to civil society organisations active at local, regional, national and transnational level in promoting and cultivating those rights, thereby also strengthening the protection and promotion of Union values and respect for the rule of law, and contributing to the construction of a more democratic Union, democratic dialogue, transparency and good governance.

This call for proposals aims to promote the founding rights and values of the Union by building primarily civil society organisations’ awareness on and capacity to apply the Charter and to carry out activities to ensure that the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter are upheld. Projects can be national or transnational.

Each project application under the call must address only ONE of the following priorities:

Priority 1. Capacity building and awareness raising on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights;

Priority 2. Promoting rights and values by empowering the civic space;

Priority 3. Strategic litigation;

Priority 4. Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate crime and hate speech;

Priority 5. Supporting an enabling environment for the protection of whistleblowers.

Please consult the Call document for more information.