New Non–discrimination call in Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020

The DG Justice of the European Commission has published a new call for proposals in the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme 2014 - 2020. Deadline of submissions of the call 'Projects to support activities on non-discrimination and Roma integration' is July 7, 2015. The indicative available budget under this call with identifier JUST/2014/RDIS/AG/DISC is € 3,450,000. The requested grant cannot be lower than € 75,000.

The call aims to co-fund national or transnational projects on non-discrimination and Roma integration, in line with the specific objective to promote the effective implementation of the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, and to respect the principle of non-discrimination.

The Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (RECP), a funding programme of DG Justice, contributes to the further development of an area where equality and the rights of persons, as enshrined in the Treaty, the Charter and international human rights conventions, are promoted and protected. Its nine specific objectives are to:

Promote non-discrimination;
Combat racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance;
Promote rights of persons with disabilities;
Promote equality between women and men and gender mainstreaming;
Prevent violence against children, young people, women and other groups at risk (Daphne);
Promote the rights of the child;
Ensure the highest level of data protection;
Promote the rights deriving from Union citizenship;
Enforce consumer rights.