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The 10 Main EU Funding Programmes for Projects in the Social Sector Explained

Your compact guide on how they work and how your organisation can apply for funding

10 EU Programmes Social Domain Projects

Are you working on a project that aims to make a social or community impact? And are you looking for solutions how to get your new project funded? This guidance booklet is for you if you would like to know more about EU project funding for organisations which are active in the social domain or in citizen participation, for example NGOs, citizens’ organisations, associations, public authorities, training or social services providers.

This 48-page guidebook features the following EU Programmes:

  • EU Programme for Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values projects (CERV)
  • European Social Fund plus (ESF+)
  • European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
  • LEADER initiative – supporting rural development through community-led local projects
  • Erasmus+ EU Programme in Support of Education, Training, Youth and Sport
  • European Solidarity Corps (ESC)
  • Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)
  • Horizon Europe
  • COSME (under the Single Market Programme)
  • EU4Health Programme


Discover the specificities of the 10 EU programmes, what can be funded in the social domain and how these programmes work. The guidance booklet concludes with some tips what to look out for when applying for EU funding. Subscribe below to get a comprehensive overview of these 10 EU programmes with accessible grants for social inclusion, rights and participation projects as well as the underlying conditions for the grants and how you can apply for funding.

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