Supporting the achievement of the objectives of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence in the Union and the implementation of the Directive on combating VAW and domestic violence
EU grant to support implementation of Council of Europe Convention and Directive on violence against women and domestic violence.
This call funds projects preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence in the EU. It supports implementing the Council of Europe Convention and EU Directive. Applications open July 2026 and close November 2026.
Likely relevant for
- NGOs working on gender-based violence
- Public bodies implementing VAW policies
- Organizations supporting victims of domestic violence
- Advocacy groups for women's rights
Project signals
What it funds
- Projects preventing and combating gender-based violence and violence against children
- Actions supporting implementation of Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence
- Implementation of the EU Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence
Expected outcomes
- Improved prevention of violence against women and domestic violence
- Enhanced protection and support for victims
- Better implementation of relevant EU and Council of Europe legal frameworks
Who can apply / participate
- Non-governmental organizations
- Public bodies
- Other entities as specified in call document
- Single-stage submission model
- Consortium rules as per call document
- Eligible countries as defined in call document
- Admissibility conditions include proposal page limits and layout
- Evaluation criteria and award process detailed in call document
- Exact list of eligible applicant types and countries
- Specific consortium composition rules
Must check before shortlisting
- Specific eligibility of applicant types and countries
- Detailed budget and lump sum conditions
- Evaluation criteria and scoring details
Money
Total budget allocated for this topic is approximately EUR 21 million for 2026.
- Total budget for 2026 — 21000000EURBudget covers lump sum grants under this topic
Application notes
- Single-stage submission model. Proposal page limits and layout specified in call document and application form.
- Call document
- Application form templates
- Standard application form (CERV)
- Detailed budget table (CERV LSII)
- Child Protection Policy Declaration for Public Entities
- Model Grant Agreements (Lump Sum)
- CERV Work Programmes
- CERV Regulation 2021/692
- EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
- Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
- EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
- Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
- Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
- Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
- Prepare proposal according to call document and application form guidelines
- Submit proposal via Funding & Tenders Portal before deadline
- Attend information session if needed
- Use detailed budget table for lump sum grant calculation
- Check eligibility conditions carefully
- Follow proposal page limits and layout strictly
- Evaluation criteria and scoring thresholds apply
- Deadlines are strict and final
Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 1 Sep 2026, 11:19 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.
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Official source text
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Topic description
Scope: This topic is one of the 5 priorities of the call for proposals for EU action grants to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Value Programme (CERV) . For further information about the call and its conditions, please see the call document.
Conditions and documents
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
described in the call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
n/a
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
n/a
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
n/a
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document
5. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in the call document
Publication of the call: July, 8 2026.
Deadline for submitting applications: November, 3 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: November 2026 - May 2027.
Information to applicants: May 2027.
Signature of grant agreement: June - July 2027.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
n/a
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (CERV) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table (CERV LSII)
Child Protection Policy Declaration for Public Entities
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Support information
For help related to this call, please contact please add a contact e-mail or url Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Raw budget overview
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