Up to €50,000 CoPower GBV Prevention Grant

Connecting Power (CoPower) is an EU-funded project led by Oxfam Italia with ActionAid Hellas, Asociación Bienestar y Desarrollo (ABD) and WeWorld. It runs three national calls, in Italy, Spain and Greece, that give fixed grants of EUR 5,000 to EUR 50,000 to small and medium civil society organisations working to prevent and respond to gender-based violence against women, girls and children. Each country has EUR 300,000, split into a first round closing 23 November 2026 and a second round closing 1 March 2027.

What you get:

• A fixed grant of EUR 5,000, 20,000, 25,000, 30,000 or 50,000, set by round, line and the applicant's income
• First round in each country: EUR 50,000, 50,000 and 20,000 for protection services; EUR 50,000, 25,000 and 5,000 for reducing harmful practices
• Second round in each country: EUR 30,000 and 30,000 for protection services; EUR 20,000 and 20,000 for harmful practices
• Projects of 6 to 20 months (first round) or 6 to 16 months (second round)
• Capacity sharing programme: training, mentoring, peer learning and networking
• Detailed feedback and the right to reapply in round two if not selected

What you'll do:

• Apply in your own country's national call, alone or as lead with up to two co-applicants

• A non-profit civil society organisation with its registered office in Italy, Spain or Greece, applying in that country's call
• Legally established for at least 2 years
• Lead applicant: at least 2 years of experience in GBV prevention and response, women's rights or human rights (co-applicants: at least 1 year)
• Small or medium: average income of EUR 1,500,000 or less over the last 2 years
• The grant cannot exceed 40 percent of average income over the last two approved financial statements (for EUR 50,000 you need average income of at least EUR 125,000; for EUR 5,000, at least EUR 12,500)
• Not already funded under CERV-2025-DAPHNE Priority 1 or for the same activities by another EU grant; no links to political parties
• One proposal per round, in one line only; informal groups that are not legally registered cannot apply
• Proposals in English or the national language; Spain asks for 7 files of at most 2 MB each