Fostering remembrance of the legacy of colonialism, slavery, and migration, and their impact on contemporary multicultural European societies.
Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values · Grant topic
Summary
Not an R&D call a Polish company can use, by Scindu's rule.
Funds participatory remembrance of colonialism, slavery and migration through nonprofit-led consortia; companies may participate only as partners.
- Who can apply
- Companies as partners only: SME, large company, startup, NGO, public body, other.
- Amount
- €50K – €500K per projectTotal budget €28,000,000
- Deadline
- 24 Feb 2027 01:00 CETin 123 days
- Status
- Openopened 21 Oct 2026
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.
Description
Objective:
4. CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-HISTMIGRATION - Fostering remembrance of the legacy of colonialism, slavery, and migration, and their impact on contemporary multicultural European societies.
Migration, de-colonisation, enslavement, and imperialism have left a mark on global history and are embedded in the European history, with profound consequences for society today. Their remembrance plays a key role in combating structural racism, empowering people impacted by racism, and raising awareness of exclusion and stereotypes.
While for many it is considered a chapter in history, de-colonisation, the dismantlement of colonial empires particularly in the 20th century and the emerging post-colonial European societies continue to have harsh consequences in the lives of people facing racism and racial discrimination. Following the decolonisation process in international relations in the early 20th century, the UN World Conference on Combating Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Xenophobia established that today’s structural inequalities are caused by the consequences of colonialism and slavery.
Stemming from this observation, in its EU Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020-2025 and EU Anti-Racism Strategy 2026–2030, the Commission made efforts to communicate on addressing the historical roots of racism and established a key priority to combat structural racism. This entails an examination of the past, present and future of the cultural fabric of Europe. Prejudices and stereotypes can be addressed by acknowledging the historical roots of racism, including from an intersectional perspective.
Migration has also a long and varied history in Europe. Population movements in Europe, from economic, political migration to expulsion and deportation after the Second World War, from fleeing violence and persecution to migration after the creation of the EU, have marked 20th century European history. Forced migration, internal displacement and expulsion is an experience shared by many Europeans during the period of war. This includes the forced displacement and persecution of Roma populations during and after the Second World War, and its long-term consequences. The specific history of female migration can also be considered.
Projects in this priority should contribute to a better understanding of how these historical legacies - rooted in colonialism, enslavement an imperialism - shape contemporary inequalities, discrimination, exclusion and barriers to equal opportunities in European societies. Projects are encouraged to examine the links between these historical legacies and contemporary manifestations of structural racism, including anti-Black racism, antigypsyism, antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and anti-Asian racism.
Projects under this topic could focus on:
• Acknowledging the legacy of colonialism and its ongoing impact on contemporary multicultural European societies, with a view to contributing to the objectives of the EU Anti-Racism Strategy 2026–2030, including addressing topics such as structural discrimination and racism.
• Promoting anti-racism education, historical literacy and awareness-raising initiatives aimed at young people, educators and wider society, including through innovative and participatory approaches that foster mutual respect, inclusion and democratic values.
• Supporting the collection, preservation and dissemination of testimonies, archives and community-based knowledge that contribute to a stronger evidence base on the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of racism and discrimination in Europe.
• Raising awareness of Roma history and culture to contribute to strengthening multicultural European societies, in line with the EU Roma Strategic Framework for equality, inclusion and participation.
• Examining common European experiences of migration linked to historical events such as wars, transition moments, colonisation and de-colonisation, economic impacts, or persecution.
Adopting an intersectional approach to cover several minority groups, including People of African descent, Jews, Roma, overseas citizens, and other minority groups with a long history of migration, to promote a more nuanced understanding of multicultural European societies.
For further information about the call and its conditions, please see the Call document.
Who can apply, in detail
- Applicant types
- SME, Large company, Startup, NGO, Public body, Other
- Purpose
- Culture and media
- R&D relevance
- 0 of 3
- Poland eligible
- Yes
- Country limit
- EU Member States, OCTs and eligible CERV associated countries; pending agreements must enter into force before grant signature.
- Region
- Any
- Consortium
- Required
- Readiness level (TRL)
- —
- Per project
- €50K – €500K
- Topics
- Colonial history
- Slavery remembrance
- Migration history
- Anti-racism education
Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026
Conditions
Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.
- Applicant restriction
- Lead applicant must be a non-profit legal entity (public or private) or international organisation; co-applicants may include for-profit legal entities only together with an eligible public entity, non-profit or international organisation. Natural persons are ineligible except sole traders.
- Application restriction
- Call timetable: opened 21 October 2026 and closes 24 February 2027 at 17:00 CET (Brussels); SEDIA captured record agrees on dates and open status.
- Applications closed
- No
- Consortium required
- Yes
- Eligible geography
- Applicant establishment and activity-country eligibility follow the call rules for EU Member States, OCTs and CERV associated/negotiating countries where the applicable agreement enters into force before grant signature; international organisations are treated under separate rules.
- Eligible project scope
- Activities must involve direct participation of the target groups to be eligible; listed activities include training, exhibitions, public debates, non-formal education, awareness raising, research, collection and digitisation of testimonies, publications and online tools.
- Eligible project scope
- Migration has also a long and varied history in Europe. Population movements in Europe, from economic, political migration to expulsion and deportation after the Second World War, from fleeing violence and persecution to migration after the creation of the EU, have mark
- Other condition
- The reviewed call fiche sets a project lump-sum grant range and activity/event calculation parameters; it does not publish salary, stipend, named staffing role or per-person compensation rates.
- Other condition
- Financial support to third parties is not allowed under this call.
- Partner requirement
- Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least two applicants (coordinator plus at least one co-applicant); topic-specific role and country conditions still apply.
- Expected project duration, maximum
- 24 months
The call says projects normally last 12–24 months; extensions require justification and amendment. This is the upper end of an indicative range, not a hard maximum.
- Expected project duration, minimum
- 12 months
The call says projects normally last 12–24 months; extensions require justification and amendment. This is the lower end of an indicative range, not a mandatory minimum.
Amounts and costs
- Indicative budget
- €28,000,000
Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.
- Call allocation
- €28,000,000
Estimated total call budget; availability depends on adoption of the 2027 EU budget, and the call reserves the right not to award all funds or to redistribute them among priorities.
- Eligible cost
- Grant uses lump-sum financing, with the amount and funding parameters set in the grant agreement; it is not an actual-cost salary reimbursement schedule.
- Project funding, maximum
- €500,000
Maximum grant awarded; separate from the topic-level allocation pool.
- Project funding, minimum
- €50,000
Minimum grant requested; the call states the grant awarded may be lower than the requested amount.
- Topic allocation
- €5,000,000
Budget allocated to this topic/priority, not per-project. Call fiche says the estimated total budget depends on adoption of the 2027 EU budget; not all funds need be awarded and redistribution between priorities is reserved.
Source documents
Call facts
- Opens
- 21 Oct 2026
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Programme
- Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values · 2021 - 2027
- Call
- CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM · European Remembrance - 2026
- Types of action
- CERV Lump Sum Grants
- Keywords
- Authoritarian regimes
- Civil society
- Colonialism
- De-colonisation
- Democracy
- Equality
- Europe in a changing world
- Extremism
- Fake-news
- Gender
- Genocide
- Healing of society
- Human rights
- Inter-cultural dialogue
- LGBTQ+
- Migration
- Minorities
- Multicultural European societies
- Persecution
- Political systems and institutions, governance
- Source
- ec.europa.eu
- Checked
- 24 Oct 2026
- Portal updated
- 21 Oct 2026
- Review status
- Partial review
- Reviewed
- 23 Oct 2026
This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.