Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Funding through CERV programme aims at protecting rights and values enshrined in the EU treaties in order to sustain open, democratic and inclusive societies.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The objective of the Call is to support, advance and implement comprehensive policies to promote women’s full enjoyment of rights, gender equality, including work-life balance, equal pay between women and men, women’s empowerment and gender mainstreaming.
Detailed Call Description
Member State governments, local and regional authorities and their associations, social partners (workers or business representatives), labour inspectorates, equality bodies, civil society organisations, in particular women’s rights organisations, and other stakeholders, are invited to submit projects within the following two priorities:
1. Tackling the root causes of the gender care gap by promoting a gendertransformative approach and challenging gender stereotypes
The aim of this priority is to support:
- Promotion of family-friendly practices in companies encouraging the take up of the new rights under the Work life Balance Directive by both women and men (including family leaves, new ways of work organisation, telework and hybrid working, flexibility of hours, shorter working week, job sharing …);
- Prevention and protection against any form of unfavourable treatment and discrimination of women during and after pregnancy as well as of women and men who took family leave (maternity/paternity/parental/carer leave) and flexible work arrangements;
- Raising awareness of the value of care work by reflecting on the appreciation of skills needed for care work, including soft skills, the intensity of the work and other aspects of working conditions in care jobs;
- Challenging gender stereotypes that perpetuate the traditional division of labour with the objectives to:
- Encourage equal sharing of informal care work (care of their children, housework and care of dependents) to ensure better reconciliation of private/work life;
- Promote the role of men in care and family responsibilities and encourage men to take parental and paternity leave;
- Promote the value of paid care work;
- Encourage the involvement of men in care work (formal and informal), both in childcare and long-term care.
Indicative budget: €4 million
2. Supporting the implementation of the provisions of the Pay Transparency Directive
The aim of this priority is to support Member States authorities responsible for implementation of the provision of the Pay Transparency Directive (possibly in cooperation with other entities such as other public entities, private organisations or international organisations which can apply as co-applicants) in developing national guidance and/or tools for gender-sensitive job evaluation and classification systems and in raising awareness of this guidance and/or tools among employers and workers representatives in their respective countries.
Indicative budget: €6.1 million
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
90%
Project budget (maximum grant amount) cannot be lower than €100.000 in both priorities. The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.
The grant will be a lump sum grant. This means that it will reimburse a fixed amount, based on a lump sum or financing not linked to costs.
Thematic Categories
- Public Administration
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible under the first priority (Tackling the root causes of the gender care gap through a gender transformative approach and challenging gender stereotypes) grant applications must comply with all the following criteria:
The applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies);
- be international organisation or be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- non-EU countries:
- countries associated to the CERV Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
- Organisations which are profit-oriented may apply only in partnership with public entities or private non-profit organisations;
- Activities must take place in any of the eligible countries;
- The maximum duration of the action is 24 months;
- The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than €100.000;
- The project can be either national or transnational;
- The application must involve at least two applicants (lead applicant and at least one co-applicant not being affiliated entity or associated partner).
To be eligible under the second priority (Supporting the implementation of the provisions of the Pay Transparency Directive), grant applications must comply with all the following criteria:
- Lead applicants must be EU national authorities responsible for implementation of the provisions of the Pay Transparency Directive (e.g. responsible Ministry or national agency); with only one application per Member State being accepted;
- Co-applicants (if any) must be international organisation or public entities or private organisations, formally established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- non-EU countries:
- countries associated to the CERV Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
- Activities must take place in any of the eligible countries;
- The maximum duration of the action is 24 months;
- The EU grant applied for cannot be lower than €100.000;
- The project can be either national or transnational;
- The application may involve one or more organisations (lead applicant and co-applicants).
Consortium composition
Under the first priority (Tackling the root causes of the gender care gap through a gender-transformative approach and challenging gender stereotypes), proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least two applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions: the beneficiaries must be public entities or private organisations, duly established in one of the eligible countries, or an international organisation. Organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non profit organisations.
Under the second priority (Supporting the implementation of the provisions of the Pay Transparency Directive), applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries); affiliated entities and other participants are allowed, if needed. Lead applicants must be EU national authorities responsible for implementation of the provision of the Pay Transparency Directive (e.g. responsible Ministries or national agency); co-applicants (if any) must be international organisation or public entities or private organisations, formally established in one of the eligible countries.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Organization for European Programmes and Cultural Relations
Head of CERV Contact Point
Nenad Bogdanovic
Email: nb@epcr.org.cy
Website: www.epcr.org.cy
EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact EC-CERV-CALLS@ec.europa.eu