DG JUSTICE Newsletter on funding opportunities & funded projects

Are you a local or regional authority representative? Do you work for an association of municipalities and/or regions? Are you a CSO working with the local government? The call Network of Towns is for you!

Lump sums, gender mainstreaming, EU values, children's rights mainstreaming: these horizontal topics are relevant for all our calls. We collected some material to support the preparation of your project proposals.

The reply is yes! Do not forget that you can add in your Consortium also entities/organisations from non-EU Countries which are associated to the two programmes or which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement like Ukraine for instance. What matters is that these agreements need to enter into force before the grant signature and we are doing our best to make this happen.

Do not forget that, on the F&T Portal, FAQ are always updated with the answers to the most frequent questions that have been submitted to the CERV and JUST functional mailboxes during the proposals submission stage (such as on the new lump sums system). You can do a search by programme, funding period, topic and use keywords. Check the FAQ as you might find easily the answer to your questions!

Then check the website on the performance framework! It presents an overview of the performance of all EU programmes for the period 2021-2027 and not only. Soon the data will be available for 2022. You will find the Justice and CERV programmes under the Heading 2 "Cohesion and Values".

We warmly invite you to attend the information session about the Call for proposals to foster citizens’ engagement and participation on 20 April 2023 organised by EACEA. The session will provide details about CIV23 funding opportunities, including call’s objectives, eligibility criteria, and application process. To register, click on the registration link below.

The info session of the call CERV-2023-CHAR-LITI took place on 16 February with 270 participants. This high attendance demonstrates the interest as well as the increasing popularity of the call.

The EU civil society landscape in the area of protection and promotion of EU rights and values is rich and diverse, reflecting a diversity of national traditions. This report brings together the results of an analysis conducted in the Member States by providing interesting examples of how civil society systems are structured and financed.

On 8th March 2023, as part of the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, the European Commission launched an awareness-raising campaign to challenge gender stereotypes which can limit our freedom and choices in all aspects of life. Visit the campaign's website to discover also some key projects financed under the REC and CERV programmes and share the campaign materials on social media with the hashtag #EndGenderStereotypes.

The EU Children’s Participation Platform is one of the key elements of including children in democratic and political life of the EU and a key deliverable of the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child. Read the information sheet and complete the survey to express your interest in becoming a member of the Platform. The application is open to any organisation that works directly with children in respect of EU values.

The Commission intends to put forward a ‘Defence of democracy’ package to strengthen the resilience of the EU democratic space against covert foreign interference and is now calling on all Europeans to take part in a public consultation to share their views on the envisaged measures. You have time until 13 April 2023.

The European Citizen's Prize is awarded annually by the European Parliament to recognise projects led by citizens and organisations in the EU that demonstrate European cooperation, mutual understanding, and the promotion of European values and fundamental rights. Lifetime achievements or the day-to-day work of organisations are not eligible. One application per person, group, organization, or MEP can be submitted through the registration portal until 31 March. To apply or nominate a project, use the registration form below and good luck!

This year the eleventh edition of the European Remembrance Symposium and the sixth edition of Taking Stock of European Memory Policies will take place as one event in Barcelona on 9-11 May. The meeting will bring together hundreds of representatives of institutions and organisations active in the field of 20th-century history and memory.

In this edition, we would like to present you the work conducted by the European project UrbanSpaces (a Network of Towns project running from 2020-2023) and its innovative results.