Overview

Time is running out! If your town, city or region has been working to create a more inclusive and diverse community, now is the moment to share your story with Europe. The European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award 2026 is open for applications until 30 January 2026 at 12:00 CET. We are looking for local authorities that are leading the way in building communities where everyone belongs.

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On 16 October 2025, EU institutions and stakeholders reaffirmed their collective commitment to advancing gender equality by endorsing the European Commission’s Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society.

Online info session on the 2026 Call for Proposals to support potential applicants

Online info session on the 2025 Call for Proposals to support potential applicants

Online info session on the 2025 Call for Proposals to support potential applicants

The European Commission published a Roadmap for the Evaluation of the Victims’ Rights Directive Directive (Directive 2012/29/EU). It is open for feedback until 30 December 2020. As part of the EU strategy on victims’ rights, this initiative will evaluate the Directive to assess to what extent it has achieved its objectives in terms of its implementation and practical application in EU countries. The new strategy aims to empower victims of crime and to work together for victims' rights. It also promotes an integrated and targeted EU approach to support victims with special needs, such as child victims.

Countering illegal hate speech online

Information session JTRA and JCOO 2026 calls for proposals

JUST-2025-JCOO and JUST-2025-JTRA

Online Info-Session JUST-2023-JACC-EJUSTICE

26 February 2026: The European Commission and the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation published a 'Handbook on Online Antisemitism'. The handbook introduces contemporary expressions of antisemitic hate online and unfolds the dynamics of digital communication that accelerates it. Recurring trends, materials, and practices in expressing online antisemitism are presented, as well as approaches applied to condone it. With a focus on materials and practices connected to online cultures, the handbook turns to popular formats of online hate on the intersection of extremism and antisemitism.

26 January 2026

14 January 2026