Open Calls
Find below the latest open calls for funding which may be of interest for your organisation
Objectives: 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.
Scope: 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.
The call covers the following priorities:
Priority 1. Capacity building and awareness raising on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (indicative budget = EUR 3 600 000);
Priority 2. Promoting rights and values by empowering the civic space (indicative budget = EUR 3 500 000);
Priority 3. Strategic litigation (indicative budget = EUR 2 400 000);
Priority 4. Protecting EU values and rights by combating hate crime and hate speech (indicative budget = EUR 6 000 000);
Priority 5. Supporting an enabling environment for the protection of whistleblowers (indicative budget = EUR 2 500 000).
Each project application under the call must address only ONE of the above priorities.
The eligibility criteria can be found in the call.
The deadline for submission is 18 September 2025 17:00 (Brussels time).
For more information, check the call here.
This JUST call covers the following topics representing two call priorities:
- Priority 1: E-justice
- Priority 2: Victim’s rights and procedural rights
Objectives: Facilitate effective and non-discriminatory access to justice for all, and effective redress, including by electronic means (e-Justice), by promoting efficient civil, and criminal procedures, and by promoting and supporting the rights of all victims of crime as well as the procedural rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings.
Priority 1: E-justice
The key objective under the e-Justice priority is to support the implementation of Regulation 2023/2844.
Under this section, primary priority will be given to projects facilitating electronic cross-border interaction and communication between judicial authorities, as well as with citizens, businesses and practitioners in judicial proceedings.
Secondary priority will be given to projects aiming at joining or enhancing existing or ongoing e-Justice projects.
As tertiary priority other e-Justice projects related to the development of relevant EU policies that are in advanced stage of development or already live on the e-Justice Portal at the moment when the call is published could also be financed.
National projects will be funded insofar as they offer a clearly demonstrated EU added value.
Indicative budget for priority 1: EUR 2 400 000
Priority 2: Victim’s rights and procedural rights
Projects to be funded under this priority should:
- contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU law in the area of the rights of victims of crime, notably in line with the priorities set up by the EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020-2025);
- contribute to the effective and coherent application of EU criminal law in the area of the rights of persons suspected or accused of crime.
Indicative budget for priority 2: EUR 3 000 000
The eligibility criteria can be found in the call.
The deadline for submission is 2 October 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)
For more information, check the call here
This CERV call covers the following topics representing three call priorities:
- Priority 1: Promoting exchanges on future Union policy priorities and challenges
- Priority 2: Countering disinformation, information manipulation and interference in the democratic debate
- Priority 3: Promoting citizens’ active engagement and democratic participation
Objectives – The objective of the call is promoting citizens’ and representative associations’ participation in and contribution to the democratic and civic life of the Union by making known and publicly exchanging their views in all areas of Union action.
Scope – This call aims to support projects promoted by transnational partnerships and networks directly involving citizens. These projects will gather a diverse range of people from different backgrounds and genders in activities directly linked to EU policies, giving them an opportunity to actively participate in the EU policymaking process and thus contribute to the democratic and civic life of the Union. The projects will encourage citizens’, including young persons, understanding of the policymaking process, showing in practice how to engage in the democratic life of the EU and enabling them to make known and publicly exchange their views in all areas of Union action.
While maintaining a bottom-up approach, there will be a focus on the priorities outlined below. Each project application under the call must address only one of these priorities:
Priority 1. Promoting exchanges on future Union policy priorities and challenges
This priority encourages discussions and exchanges among citizens and other stakeholders on the future of the European Union and its policies to support democratic institutions and processes. Citizens will be given an opportunity to express what kind of Europe they want and to outline their long term vision for the future of European integration.
The goal is to foster a deeper understanding of the EU’s priorities and democratic challenges, and to gather input and ideas from citizens on how to address them while boosting citizen engagement in the democratic life of the Union and on topics that matter to them. The ultimate aim of projects is to promote a greater sense of belonging to the European Union and of EU values.
Estimated budget for Priority 1: EUR 12 500 000
Priority 2. Countering disinformation, information manipulation and interference in the democratic debate
Citizens should be able to access a variety of verifiable information in order to be able to participate in an informed way in public debates and express their will through free and fair democratic processes. The spread of online disinformation and misinformation can have a range of consequences, such as threatening our democracies, polarising debates, and putting the health, security and environment of EU citizens at risk. The EU is tackling the spread of online disinformation and misinformation to ensure the protection of European values and democratic systems.
The aim of this priority is to fund projects tackling disinformation and other forms of interference in the democratic debate, empowering citizens to make informed decisions by helping them to identify disinformation and promoting media literacy, raising awareness and informing on how to safeguard the free formation of opinion and fundamental freedoms, and contributing to identify, prevent and mitigate risks of interference on sovereignty, values and interests of Member States and the EU. These will also help fight against fake news, hate speech, including gender-based hate such as misogyny, and populist discourse in media, including social media.
Therefore, this priority supports activities that promote democratic resilience by promoting best practices, knowledge exchange, critical thinking, and media literacy, in order to counter disinformation, information manipulation and interference in the democratic debate.
Estimated budget for Priority 2: EUR 8 000 000
Priority 3. Promoting citizens’ active engagement and democratic participation
This priority aims to instil a lasting culture of participative democracy and encourage citizens to take an active role in representative democracy, by supporting turnout in elections of all groups of society or participating in decision-making, engaging in civic activities, and exercising rights and responsibilities as EU citizens.
Estimated budget for Priority 3: EUR 12 500 000
The eligibility criteria can be funded by the programme can be found in the call.
The deadline for submission is April 29, 2025, 17:00 CET (Brussels)
For more information, check the call here
This CERV call covers the following topics representing three call priorities:
- Priority 1: Children’s rights in the digital age
- Priority 2: Children’s engagement and participation
- Priority 3: Embedding a rights of the child perspective in actions at national and local level
Objectives – The objective of the call is supporting, advancing and implementing comprehensive policies to protect and promote the rights of the child, including the right to participate.
Scope – This call focuses on the implementation of the actions and recommendations at EU, national and local levels of the EU Strategy on the rights of the child. It aims at responding to children’s current needs and challenges in the EU. It pays attention to the rights of children with specific needs and vulnerabilities, including those who fled the Russian’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The call stresses the importance of taking into account gender differences and intersectionality in providing support to children.
All proposals must embrace and respect a child rights-based approach and be clearly grounded in the EU Charter of Fundamental rights and the UN Convention on the rights of the child (UNCRC). As per the UNCRC definition, a child is a human being below the age of eighteen years. Projects submitted under this call should limit their focus to this age group.
Applicants should clearly indicate in their proposal which priority they intend to address. Projects must address one of the following priorities:
Priority 1. Children’s rights in the digital age
This priority addresses multiple dimensions of empowering children online, preventing and protecting children’s rights as well as their mental health and well-being in the digital world notably in relation to cyberbullying, including:
- Promoting children’s digital literacy
- Raising awareness of children’s rights online among child users, their communities, children’s rights civil society organisations, ICT professionals and digital service providers
- Reducing the negative impact of digital use on children’s well-being
Estimated budget for Priority 1: EUR 9 000 000.
Priority 2. Children’s engagement and participation
With this priority, the Commission aims to promote an inclusive and systemic participation of children in the democratic life at the local, national and EU levels to ensure that children’s voices are heard and listened to, especially in matters that affect them. This is in line with the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child – notably the establishment of the EU Children Participation Platform17 (the Platform). Projects submitted under this priority will aim at establishing or strengthening inclusive and systemic mechanisms for child participation at local and national levels. A ‘mechanism’ is understood as an initiative that enables children to express their views, and for these views to be taken into account in decision-making processes at local, national and EU levels.
Estimated budget for Priority 2: EUR 5 000 000.
Priority 3. Embedding a rights of the child perspective in actions at national and local level
Integrating children’s rights in all relevant areas of policy and practice, ensuring their interests are prioritised across sectors and institutions is essential to achieve the overall objectives of the EU Strategy on the rights of the child. This priority focuses on implementing mainstreaming tools for the promotion and protection on the rights of the child at national and local level. Projects should ensure that these tools become fully integrated in policy and practices to ensure a systematic approach.
Estimated budget for Priority 3: EUR 3 000 000.
The eligibility criteria can be funded by the programme can be found in the call.
The deadline for submission is April 29, 2025, 17:00 CET (Brussels)
For more information, check the call here
Erasmus+ Programme
Erasmus+ is the EU program for education, youth and sport, which promotes cross-border mobility for people of all ages, cooperation within the framework of European projects and support for political reforms.
There are currently 22 open calls and you can find more information on the links below.
Short-term projects for mobility of learners and staff in vocational education and training
Mobility of higher education students and staff
Erasmus accreditation for higher education mobility consortia
Accredited projects for mobility of learners and staff in vocational education and training
Short-term projects for mobility of learners and staff in adult education
Accredited projects for mobility of learners and staff in adult education
Short-term projects for mobility of learners and staff in school education
Accredited projects for mobility of learners and staff in school education
Accredited projects for youth mobility
Mobility of young people
Mobility of youth workers
Youth participation activities
Small-scale partnerships in adult education
Small-scale partnerships in school education
Small-scale partnerships in vocational education and training
Small-scale partnerships in youth
Cooperation partnerships in adult education
Cooperation partnerships in higher education
Cooperation partnerships in school education
Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training
Cooperation partnerships in youth
You can find the Programme Guide here.
The budget and duration of the project will vary depending on the call.
The project submission should go through the National Agency of the country of the applicant organisation but you can also find the online application at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/app-forms/af-ui-opportunities/#/erasmus-plus/open-calls/key-action/43353410.
The list of National Agencies can be found here. Countries not in the list of Programme countries may alternately have a National Erasmus+ Office.
