Up to EUR 50,000 CoPower Gender Violence Grant

ABD (Asociación Bienestar y Desarrollo) runs the Spanish national call of Connecting Power, or CoPower, an EU-funded project with Oxfam Italia, ActionAid Hellas and WeWorld. It funds Spanish non-profits that prevent and respond to gender-based violence, with a focus on migrant, refugee, trans and disabled women and girls and those in remote areas. Grants run from €5,000 to €50,000 for projects of 6 to 20 months.

What you get:

• A grant of between €5,000 and €50,000, with €200,000 shared across six grants in the first round
• A place in CoPower's training, mentoring and NGO network activities

What you'll do:

• Line 1: improve protection for women and girls who survive gender-based violence, for example trauma-informed support, accessible shelters, economic autonomy services or training frontline staff
• Line 2: reduce harmful practices such as female genital mutilation, child and forced marriage and honour-based violence, through awareness, education, training and referral systems
• Run the project for 6 to 20 months (first round)

Key dates:

• First round open 24 August to 23 November 2026
• Evaluation December 2026 to February 2027
• Second round open 1 December 2026 to 1 March 2027 (an organisation may apply to only one round)

More information:

• Proposals in Spanish or English, as seven PDF files of at most 2 MB each, submitted through the online form on ABD's call page
• Full rules, FAQ and management guidelines are linked from the call page

What you get:

• A grant of €5,000 to €50,000 per project
• Six grants in round one: Line 1 one of €50,000, one of €50,000 and one of €20,000; Line 2 one of €50,000, one of €25,000 and one of €5,000
• Capacity building, mentoring and network activities through CoPower

What you'll do:

• Deliver a 6 to 20 month project under Line 1 (protection response) or Line 2 (harmful practices)
• Report and justify spending under the CoPower management guidelines

Key dates:

• 2026-08-24: first round opens
• 2026-11-23: first round closes
• December 2026 to February 2027: evaluation of first round
• 2026-12-01 to 2027-03-01: second round

More information:

• Bases (call rules): https://abd.ong/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/0_Bases-Convocatoria-Co-POWER.pdf
• FAQ: https://abd.ong/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/FAQS-CoPOWER.pdf
• Management and justification guidelines: https://abd.ong/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Directrices-de-gestion-y-justificacion.pdf

• Must be a non-profit Third Sector Social Action Entity under Spanish Law 43/2015, or a non-profit social initiative cooperative
• Registered office in Spain and operating capacity in Spain
• Legally constituted for at least two years, with at least two years of experience in gender-based violence, women's rights or human rights (lead applicant)
• Small or medium organisation: average income of EUR 1,500,000 or less over the last two years
• Grant size is capped at 40 percent of average income over the last two years (for example EUR 125,000 average income to request EUR 50,000)
• Up to two co-applicants per proposal; one proposal per organisation per round
• Required: application form, budget, eligibility checklist, declaration, consortium letter if relevant, last two approved financial statements and two staff CVs