The CERV-2025-DAPHNE call aims to support projects that prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children. It focuses on four key priorities:

1. Large-scale and long-term actions tackling gender-based violence (with regranting):
   • Strengthening Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) through capacity-building, advocacy, and multi-agency collaboration.
   • Implementing transparent mechanisms for financial support (regranting) to third-party grassroots CSOs.
   • Enhancing victim-centred services addressing domestic violence, sexual violence, cyber violence, and harmful practices.
2. Targeted actions for protection and support of victims of gender-based violence:
   • Establishing specialist support centres such as "one-stop shops," Barnahus, or Family Justice Centres.
   • Improving identification, reporting, and rapid response mechanisms to protect victims from severe forms of violence, including femicide.
   • Enhancing cross-border cooperation in cases involving European Protection Orders.
3. Prevention-focused actions against gender-based violence, including cyber violence:
   • Promoting awareness on consent and prevention of sexual violence.
   • Increasing digital literacy to prevent cyber violence.
   • Engaging men and boys actively in prevention efforts.
   • Training professionals for early detection and intervention.
4. Integrated child protection systems:
   • Developing integrated multidisciplinary child protection systems centred on children's rights.
   • Strengthening early detection, reporting, referral procedures, and professional capacity-building.
   • Ensuring meaningful child participation throughout project activities.

Funding available: EUR 23 million
Deadline for applications: 7 May 2025

· For Priority 1: Project budgets (requested grant amount) are expected to be higher than EUR 1 000 000, and maximum EUR 3 000 000 per project. 24-36 months.

· For Priorities 2, 3: Project budgets (requested grant amount) are expected to be higher than EUR 100 000 per project. 12-24 months.

· For Priority 4: Project budgets (requested grant amount) are expected to be higher that EUR 100 000, and maximum EUR 1 000 000 per project. 12-24 months.

Projects may be national or transnational; transnational cooperation is particularly encouraged.

10% cofund.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicants must be legal entities (public or private) or international organisations.
• Main applicants must be non-profit; for-profit organisations can participate only as partners.
• Projects require at least two applicants (one main applicant and at least one co-applicant).
• Activities must take place in eligible countries (EU Member States or associated countries).
• Priority 1 projects must implement regranting mechanisms to third-party CSOs.
• Priority 4 projects must involve public authorities as main or co-applicants.

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