--- title: "Bulgarian NGO seeks European partners in Europe for CERV 2026 project on EU Charter; 2-3 partners to join consortium." sdDatePublished: "2026-08-31T12:11:00Z" source: "https://een.ec.europa.eu/partnering-opportunities/bulgarian-ngo-seeks-european-partners-cerv-2026-project-eu-charter" topics: - name: "fundamental rights" identifier: "medtop:20000587" - name: "human rights" identifier: "medtop:20000592" - name: "artificial intelligence" identifier: "medtop:20001298" - name: "education" identifier: "medtop:05000000" - name: "international relations" identifier: "medtop:20000638" locations: - "Bulgaria" --- Bulgarian NGO seeks European partners in Europe for CERV 2026 project on EU Charter; 2-3 partners to join consortium. A Bulgarian NGO seeks European partners for a CERV 2026 project on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Term of Validity: 31 August 2026 - 31 August 2027 Deadline for EoI: 11 Sep 2026 Deadline of the call: 15 Sep 2026 Summary - Profile Type - Research & Development Request - POD Reference - RDRBG20260828015 - Term of Validity - 31 August 2026 - 31 August 2027 - Company's Country - Bulgaria - Type of partnership - Research and development cooperation agreement - Targeted Countries - All countries General information - Short Summary - A Bulgarian NGO is preparing a transnational proposal under CERV-2026-CHAR-LITI-CHARTER and seeks experienced European partners. The project concerns the practical application and awareness of fundamental rights in contemporary European society, including selected challenges related to digital transformation. - Full Description - A Bulgarian non-profit NGO is preparing a transnational proposal under CERV-2026-CHAR-LITI-CHARTER. The project will address the practical understanding and application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in contemporary European society. It will focus on capacity building and awareness raising among relevant professionals and civil-society actors and will include a proportionate dimension related to fundamental rights in the context of digital transformation and emerging technologies. The proposal is envisaged as an approximately 18-month European cooperation project with a compact and complementary consortium. The Bulgarian NGO intends to act as coordinator. Detailed information concerning the project concept, methodology, planned activities, outputs, work packages and allocation of responsibilities will be shared directly with selected organisations following an initial expression of interest. - Advantages and Innovations - The proposed cooperation combines fundamental-rights expertise, capacity building and a contemporary European perspective. It is intended to strengthen the practical relevance and accessibility of the EU Charter while taking account of selected challenges linked to digital transformation. The consortium will be deliberately compact and complementary, with meaningful roles for participating organisations. Detailed methodological elements and planned outputs will be discussed only with selected potential partners. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought - The coordinator is seeking experienced European organisations able to make a substantive contribution to proposal development and implementation. Relevant expertise may include: • EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, equality and anti-discrimination; • human-rights or civic education; • digital rights, AI ethics or rights-related aspects of emerging technologies; • research, legal policy analysis, monitoring or evaluation; • training and capacity building; • relevant stakeholder and practitioner networks; • experience in CERV or comparable EU-funded cooperation projects. Potential partners may include civil-society and human-rights organisations, universities, research or specialised centres, training organisations and other eligible non-profit public bodies. - Stage of Development - Under development - Sustainable Development Goals - Goal 4: Quality Education - Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being - IPR status - No IPR applied Partner Sought - Expected Role of a Partner - The Bulgarian NGO is seeking 2-3 complementary partners from CERV-eligible countries. Of particular interest are: • established civil-society or human-rights organisations with relevant fundamental-rights expertise; • universities, research institutes or specialised centres working in relevant legal, social, educational or digital-rights fields; • experienced civic-education, training or capacity-building organisations with relevant professional and stakeholder networks. Selected partners are expected to contribute actively to proposal preparation and, if funded, to project implementation according to their expertise and agreed responsibilities. Previous CERV or comparable EU project experience is highly desirable. Further information on the project concept, proposed roles, activities, work packages and indicative partner allocations will be provided directly to organisations selected for further discussion. - Type and Size of Partner - SME <=10 - University - SME 50 - 249 - Other - Type of partnership - Research and development cooperation agreement Call details - Framework program - Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) - Call title and identifier - CERV-2026-CHAR-LITI-CHARTER – Capacity building and awareness raising on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - Coordinator required - No - Deadline for EoI - Deadline of the call - Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) Dissemination - Technology keywords - 11006 - Citizens participation - 11002 - Education and Training - 11001 - Socio-economic models, economic aspects - Market keywords - 09003007 - Other services (not elsewhere classified) - 09003005 - Consulting services - Targeted countries - All countries