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🇪🇺 CERV 2025–2026 · OPEN PROJECT CONCEPTS

CERV Coordinators Needed

We are developing 12 transnational CERV projects across 4 gender equality priority areas, each with a budget of €500,000. We are looking for experienced coordinating organisations to lead these projects.

Each project concept is developed to full application readiness with defined objectives, indicators, outputs, outcomes and budget logic.

12
Project Concepts
4
Priority Areas
€500K
Per Project
€6M
Total Portfolio
📋 12 Projects · 4 Clusters · €6M Portfolio
CERV 2024 Project Portfolio Overview — 12 Innovative Initiatives
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PRJ1-NEW-10P1: Work–Life Balance & Care

CARESHIFT EUROPE (CSE)

Family-Friendly Employer Transformation

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To strengthen the capacity of public and private sector employers to introduce and sustain family-friendly, gender-equal workplace policies that reduce career penalties linked to pregnancy, family leave, flexible working, and care responsibilities.

CARESHIFT EUROPE
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PRJ1-NEW-11P1: Work–Life Balance & Care

FATHERS FOR FAIR CARE (FFC)

Male Participation in Childcare & Dependent Care

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To increase men's active participation in childcare and dependent care through community-based support, practical learning, and local awareness measures that promote the equal sharing of informal care.

FATHERS FOR FAIR CARE
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PRJ1-NEW-12P1: Work–Life Balance & Care

MENCARE PATHWAYS (MCP)

Attracting Men to Care-Related Careers

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To attract boys and men into care-related education, training and employment, and to improve recognition of the skills and value of formal care work in early childhood and long-term care sectors.

MENCARE PATHWAYS
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PRJ2-NEW-13P2: Pay Transparency & Equal Pay

PAYGAP REPORT LAB (PGRL)

Pay Transparency Directive Implementation

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To strengthen the technical and institutional readiness of employers and competent public bodies to implement pay-gap reporting obligations under the Pay Transparency Directive through practical digital tools and reporting support.

PAYGAP REPORT LAB
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PRJ2-NEW-14P2: Pay Transparency & Equal Pay

SME PAY FAIR (SPF)

Equal Pay Compliance for Small & Medium Enterprises

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To provide SMEs and worker representatives with practical and simplified support to implement equal pay and pay transparency obligations in a feasible, low-burden manner.

SME PAY FAIR
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PRJ2-NEW-15P2: Pay Transparency & Equal Pay

VALUE OF WORK EUROPE (VOWE)

Gender-Neutral Job Evaluation & Classification

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To strengthen the capacity of social partners and equality actors to apply gender-neutral job evaluation and classification systems and to promote equal pay for equal work and work of equal value.

VALUE OF WORK EUROPE
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PRJ3-NEW-16P3: Women in Decision-Making

LOCAL WOMEN, PUBLIC POWER (LWPP)

Women's Political Participation at Local Level

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To strengthen women's participation, leadership capacity and sustained representation in local and regional political decision-making through training, mentoring and institutional support measures.

LOCAL WOMEN, PUBLIC POWER
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PRJ3-NEW-17P3: Women in Decision-Making

BIAS-FREE POLITICS (BFP)

Reducing Gender Bias in Political Institutions

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To reduce unconscious gender bias and improve institutional procedures that affect women's access to and retention in political decision-making spaces at local and regional level.

BIAS-FREE POLITICS
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PRJ3-NEW-18P3: Women in Decision-Making

BOARDREADY WOMEN (BRW)

Gender Balance in Corporate Boards & Leadership

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To support companies and business ecosystems in improving gender balance in company boards and senior leadership through objective, merit-based and transparent selection tools.

BOARDREADY WOMEN
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PRJ4-NEW-19P4: Gender Stereotypes & Media

GENDER LENS MEDIA (GLM)

Counter Stereotypes in Editorial & Digital Media

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To strengthen the capacity of media professionals and institutions to identify and counter gender stereotypes and unconscious bias in editorial and digital media content.

GENDER LENS MEDIA
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PRJ4-NEW-20P4: Gender Stereotypes & Media

ADS WITHOUT STEREOTYPES (AWS)

Stereotype-Sensitive Advertising Design

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To reduce gender stereotypes in advertising by equipping industry actors with screening tools, practical guidance, and incentive mechanisms for stereotype-sensitive creative design.

ADS WITHOUT STEREOTYPES
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PRJ4-NEW-21P4: Gender Stereotypes & Media

YOUTH MEDIA RESET (YMR)

Young Creators for Inclusive Digital Content

€500,000
CERV Budget
Specific Objective

To empower young content creators and youth-facing digital media actors to produce non-stereotypical, inclusive and equality-oriented online content.

YOUTH MEDIA RESET
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