Civic Innovation Fund: Call for Projects 2025-2026
Do you have a project idea in civic education that lacks funding? Are you a member of a young NGO in civic education searching for financial support? The Civic Innovation Fund is now accepting applications for its 2025-2026 funding cycle.
What’s Available
- Funding Amount: €10,000 per selected project
- Duration: 12 months
- Purpose: Piloting, incubation, and scaling up civic education projects
Geographic Eligibility
- European-based organizations: The main implementing organization must be based in a European country
- Transnational partnerships required: Projects must include at least one partner from Europe (including wider Europe)
- Cross-sector partnerships welcome: Partnerships can span different sectors
Project Requirements
Target Focus Areas: Projects should be startups in civic education that strengthen democratic competencies promoting participation, cohesion, and resilience. Eligible Project Types Include:- Workshops
- Cultural interventions
- Eyewitness talks
- Exhibitions
- Scientific studies
- Scenario methods
- Apps
- Augmented reality storyboards
Required Themes
Projects must align with one of these topics:- Trust in civic education (connected to NECE Festival 2026: TRUST)
- Democratic resilience
- Loneliness and radicalization of young people
- Polarization or peacebuilding with polarized groups
Additional Requirements
- At least one partner organization must come from formal or non-formal/informal civic education sector
- Projects must incorporate principles of diversity, interdisciplinarity, and inclusiveness
- Transnational partnership with European partners is mandatory