CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-HOLOCAUSTJEW – Strengthening the remembrance of the Holocaust against Jewish people.

Identifikátor témy: CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-HOLOCAUSTJEW Výzva: CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM – European Remembrance - 2026 Program: Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) Časť programu: European Remembrance Typ akcie: CERV-LS CERV Lump Sum Grants Typ zmluvy (MGA): CERV Lump Sum Grant Stav: Open Otvorenie: 21. 10. 2026 Termín(y) podania: 24. 2. 2027 Rozpočet: 28 000 000 € (spoločný s témami CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-HISTMIGRATION, CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-GENCRIME-1, CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-TRANSITION, CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-GENCRIME-2)

Objective:

2. CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-HOLOCAUSTJEW - Strengthening the remembrance of the Holocaust against Jewish people.

The Shoah is a defining legacy for the EU. Six million Jewish children, women and men were murdered, and all others were persecuted. While other groups were persecuted, the Nazis have set up across Europe and beyond a state policy with the sole aim to kill every single Jews they could find.

First-hand accounts of the Shoah continue to have the most powerful impact on following generations. As there are less and less survivors to share the story of their survival, the importance of memorial sites and education increases, as well as the work done by second and third generations of survivors and associations.

Current events show the instrumentalization of the Holocaust by Kremlin propaganda claiming to denazify Ukraine. In parallel, there is also an increasing politicization of the Holocaust in several EU Member States, and a tendency to minimize the atrocities of the Shoah. In addition, since the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas and the wars that ensued, we have seen a growing conflation of the Shoah with the conflicts in the Middle East. Citizens should be empowered to counter this conflation.

Holocaust distortion fuels antisemitism. In addition, hate speech relating to the condoning, denial or gross trivialisation of the Holocaust is criminalised under the Council Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law4.

Wounds of mass atrocities of the 20th century are still open today, fuelling divergences among Europeans. Free, open and independent research, education and memory on all aspects of the Shoah is essential to increase understanding. This implies exploring Europe’s negative history with the aim to reconcile divergent regional and national narratives related to the Shoah and its immediate aftermath.

European citizens should become ambassadors of this memory. Teachers, policymakers, university students (especially history students) could be among key target audiences and be empowered to develop a common European history, to counter historical falsification, distortion and inversion. Target groups could include local public authorities and policy makers, to raise awareness about their responsibility to safeguard the sites and combat antisemitism. Target groups could include newcomers and migrants that do not have a direct link with the Shoah. Target groups could also include journalists, to raise awareness about Holocaust distortion, Holocaust inversion and Holocaust-related contemporary events (such as for example Neo-Nazi marches).

In line with the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life (2021-2030), as well as with other key policy initiatives, this topic supports projects that can focus on developing networks of Young European Ambassadors to promote Shoah remembrance. This topic will also support projects that contribute to Holocaust sites especially regarding their educational purposes, and encourage cooperation with ESHEM, the network of European Sites of Holocaust Memory. Jewish communities are today small, as a direct consequence from the Holocaust. This results in direct responsibility to support Jewish life and raise awareness about Jewish presence in Europe.

Projects under this topic could focus on:

- Addressing how the Shoah took place, how the crimes were committed, which actors were involved, as well as pre-war and immediate postwar historical developments. - Countering Holocaust denial, distortion, trivialisation and victims’ inversion. This includes countering false comparisons, antisemitic conspiracy theories, and conflation with the Middle East conflict. - Monitoring and countering on the online sphere Holocaust distortion and inversion, as well as Nazi glorification. Addressing divergent and opposite national historical narratives, on regional basis, of the history of the Shoah, including parallelism with other negative common shared historical regional events. - Promoting memory activism related to the Shoah including by supporting grassroot commemorative work. - Digitalising historical material and testimonies of witnesses for education and training purposes. - Shedding light on Jewish life before and after the Shoah. - Raising awareness on Jewish life, history and culture, to contribute to strengthening multicultural European societies. - Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day and national Holocaust remembrance days. - Raise awareness on the Shoah and memorial sites at local level, including through visits of local authorities. Combating glorification of Nazism, countering neo-Nazis manifestations and activities. - Promoting provenance research on looted art to foster awareness raising, mutual learning or training activities.

For further information about the call and its conditions, please see the Call document.

4 Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law, EUR-Lex - 32008F0913 - EN - EUR-Lex

Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

Described in the Call document.

Proposal page limits and layout:

- 70 pages as decribed in the section "5. Admissibility and documents" of the Call document - Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

Described in the section "6. Eligibility" of the Call document.

3. Other eligibility conditions

Described in the section "6. Eligibility" of the Call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

Described in the section “7. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion” of the Call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

Described in the sections “8. Evaluation and award procedure” and “11. How to submit an application” of the Call document.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

Described in the section “9. Award criteria” of the Call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

Described in the section "4. Timetable and deadlines" of the Call document.

Publication of the call: 1 October 2026.

Opening for submission: 21 October 2026.

Deadline for submitting applications: 24 February 2027, 17:00 CET (Brussels time).

Evaluation period: February 2027 – August 2027.

Information to applicants: August 2027.

Signature of grant agreement: August 2027 - November 2027.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

Described in the section “10. Legal and financial set-up of the Grant Agreements” of the Call document.

Call document and annexes:

Call document

Application form templates

Standard application form (CERV) — The application form specific to this call is available in in the Funding: Submission Service by clicking on Start Submission.

The online application form (Part A) contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) the Lump Sum Budget* and the summarised budget for the project.

- Please note that, as of 2026, the Lump Sum Calculator is included in the online application form (Part A).

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

Lump Sum MGA

Additional documents:

CERV Work Programmes

CERV Regulation 2021/692

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

DECISION authorising the use of lump sums for actions under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (2021-2027)

Aktuality k téme: - 2026-10-21: The submission session is now available for CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-TRANSITION, CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-HOLOCAUSTJEW, CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-GENCRIME-1, CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-GENCRIME-2 and CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM-HISTMIGRATION. - 2026-10-15: INFO SESSION - EUROPEAN REMEMBRANCE - 2026 The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is organising an event called Civil Dialogue Group - Online Info Session: Call for proposals European Remembrance - 2026 (CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM) on 5 November 2026, from 9:30 to 17:00, Brussels time. Link to the website of the event, including the link to the registration platform: Online info session: CERV Civil Dialogue Group - 2026 Call for Proposals European Remembrance - European Education and Culture Executive Agency The registration closes on 30 October 2026 at 17:00 Brussels time. - 2026-10-15: INFO SESSION - EUROPEAN REMEMBRANCE – 2026 – SAVE THE DATE The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) will organise a full day event called Civil Dialogue Group - Online Info Session: Call for proposals European Remembrance - 2026 (CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM) on 5 November 2026. Further information on the event and the link to the registration platform will follow. - 2026-10-01: CALL DOCUMENT TRANSLATIONS The French and German translations of the CERV-2026-CITIZENS-REM Call document are available on this webpage