The Town Twinning funded by the CERV (Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values) Programme aims at promoting exchanges between citizens of different countries to give them practical experience of the wealth and diversity of the common heritage of the Union.

Eligible applicants must be

− legal entities (public or private bodies)

− established in EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))

− in non-EU countries associated to the CERV Programme (list of participating countries)

− Lead applicant and its associated partner(s) must be a public body or a nonprofit organisation with legal personality formally established in one of the eligible countries. They must be towns/municipalities and/or other levels of local authorities or their twinning committees or other non-profit organisations

Eligible activities

Workshops, seminars, conferences, training activities, expert meetings, webinars, awareness-raising activities, cultural events, festivals, exhibitions, gathering and consultation of (sex-disaggregated) data, development, exchanges and dissemination of good practices among public authorities and civil society organisations, development of communication tools and the use of social media.

– The project must be transnational and must involve municipalities from at least two eligible countries of which at least one is an EU Member State.

– Activities must take place in any of the eligible countries participating in the project.

– Events must involve a minimum of 50 direct participants, of which a minimum of 25 participants are  » invited international participants”. 

– Projects should normally range between 6 and 12 months.

The estimated available call budget is EUR 4 000 000.

Project budget are expected to range between EUR 8.455 and EUR 50.745 per project. 

Deadline: 19 September 2024, 17.00 Brussels Time

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