Preventing gender-based violence
EU grant to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children under CERV programme.
This call funds projects aimed at preventing and combating gender-based violence and violence against children. It is part of the EU Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV). Applications open in July 2026 and close in November 2026.
Likely relevant for
- NGOs working on gender-based violence prevention
- Public bodies addressing violence against women and children
- Social service providers
- Advocacy groups for victims' protection
- Researchers in gender-based violence prevention
Project signals
What it funds
- Prevention and combating of gender-based violence
- Prevention and combating of violence against children
- Support and protection for victims of such violence
Expected outcomes
- Reduced incidence of gender-based violence and violence against children
- Improved protection and support for victims
- Increased awareness and prevention capacity
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
- Refer to call document for detailed eligibility conditions
- Exact eligible applicant types and consortium requirements must be verified in call document
Must check before shortlisting
- Eligibility of applicant types and countries per call document
- Specific award criteria and scoring details
- Budget and lump sum grant conditions
Money
Total budget allocated for this topic is approximately EUR 21 million for 2026 under lump sum grants.
- Total budget for 2026 — 21000000EURAllocated for CERV-2026-DAPHNE-PREVENTION lump sum grants
Application notes
- Single-stage submission model. Detailed application form and budget templates available in submission system.
- 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 in call document
- Follow page limits and layout instructions
- Evaluation criteria and scoring detailed in call document
- Submission deadline is 5 November 2026, 17:00 CET
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
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Raw budget overview
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