EAPN - European Anti-Poverty Network

The European Commission regularly issues calls for proposals in various policy areas which allow civil society to apply for EU funding for specific projects. Below are open EU calls for proposals relevant to anti poverty and anti social exclusion work:

• Find here all calls concerning the 7th Framework Programme (FP7).
• Study on the social impact on emigration and rural-urban migration in Central and Eastern Europe – Deadline: 12 May 2010.
• Modernised coordination of social security schemes: Transnational actions for cooperation and information – Deadline: 17 May 2010
• Improvement of gender mainstreaming in national policies and programmes – Deadline: 17 May 2010
• Support to national activities aiming at the identification of good practices in combating discrimination and promoting equality – Deadline: 19 May 2010
• Framework contract for services in support of communication activity on the European Social Fund (ESF) and related policies– Deadline: 20 May 2010
• Establishment of 3-year framework partnership agreements with EU-level NGO networks in the areas of social inclusion, non-discrimination, gender equality, the integration of persons with disabilities and the representation of the Roma - Deadline: 28 May 2010
• Improvement of gender mainstreaming in national policies and programmes – Deadline: 31 May 2010
  
• Europe for Citizens Programme - Measure 2.1: Citizens' projects - Deadline: 1 June 2010
• Framework contract on services related to Information, Publications and Communication activities for EURES - Deadline: 03 June 2010.
  
• Analysis of costs and benefits of active compared to passive labour market policy measures - Deadline: 09 June 2010
• Information, Consultation and Participation of representatives of undertakings - Deadline: 09 June 2010.
  
• Development/maintenance of the Labour Market Model- Deadline: 10 June 2010
• Awareness-raising seminars in the areas of non-discrimination and equality targeted at civil society organizations - Deadline: 30 June 2010.
  
• IPA 2009 - Civil society facility - Regional programmes: Support to partnership actions to minorities/vulnerable groups organisations - Deadline: 01 July 2010.
  
• Support to PROGRESS participating countries' strategies on health inequalities – Deadline: 2 July 2010
• Contract to elaborate a 'Report on the current situation in relation to occupational diseases systems in EU Member States and EFTA/EEA countries, in particular relative to Commission Recommendation 2003/670/EC concerning the European Schedule of Occupational Diseases and gathering of data on relevant related aspects'- Deadline: 08 July 2010.
• Study service contract to analyse and evaluate the health, social, economic and environmental impact of a possible amendment of certain EC directives on health and safety at work as a result of the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures. Deadline: 08 July 2010.
• Restructuring, well-being at work and financial participation – Deadline: 30 July 2010.
• Pilot Project on Preventing Elder Abuse – Deadline: 11 August 2010.
• Pilot Project – Working and Living Conditions of Posted Workers – Deadline: 18 August 2010.
  
• Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue – Deadline: 31 August 2010 for actions commencing no earlier than 31 October 2010 and no later than 22 December 2010
• Call for proposals for social experimentation – Deadline: 31 August 2010.
• Call for proposals: Europe for Citizens Programme for 2009: Active Citizens for Europe, Active civil society in Europe and Active European Remembrance - various deadlines
• Call for proposals: Open Society Institute's ongoing Roma Decade Matching Fund
• Call for Proposals: Youth in Action - Programme (2007 - 2013) - Deadline: from February 2007 up to the end of 2013. Deadlines vary according to Action. Please contact the European or your National Agency
• Youth in Action 2010 Priorities – various deadlines
  • Action 1 Measure 1.1 Town twinning citizens' meetings: 1 February, 1 April, 1 June, 1 September 2010
  • Action 1 Measure 1.2 The thematic networking of twinned towns: 1 February, 1 September 2010
    
• Information, Consultation and Participation of representatives of undertakings – Deadline: 03 September 2010
• NEW! Labour Mobility / Public employment services - Benchmarking. Deadline: 03 September 2010.
• Lifelong Learning Programme 2010 calll – Transversal Programme: Key activity 1 - Study visits: first deadline: 31 March 2010 - second deadline: 15 October 2010.
• Study on national legislation on combating racism and xenophobia – Deadline: none specified.
• Pilot projects on employment of persons with autism spectrum disoreds – Deadline: none specified.

• Please note that the European Commission Communication DG awards this year grants for national and regional European initiatives by civil society organisations that provide information on the EU to European citizens, focusing on young people and women as the main target groups organisations in EU countries. For detailed information please click here.