Structured dialogue with people with lived experience of poverty

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Expected Outcome:
The primary aim of this action is to create the conditions for a sustained dialogue between policymakers and individuals with lived experience of poverty, ensuring that those directly affected by poverty and/or social exclusion have a real and influential voice in the decisions that shape their lives.
A core objective is to empower participants by providing them with the tools, confidence, and platforms needed to engage effectively in discussions on challenges related to combating poverty and social inclusion. This will come together with building trust and breaking down barriers between institutions and marginalised communities. The action will create a more inclusive and respectful exchange, where power imbalances are acknowledged and mitigated giving participants a clearer understanding of how policies are formed.
Finally, the action will champion intersectionality: efforts will be made to amplify the voices of the most marginalised groups, ensuring that policies account for the diverse and overlapping challenges they face. By doing so, the initiative aims to create more equitable and inclusive solutions; ones that reflect the complexities of poverty and social exclusion.
Scope:
This call for proposals aims at selecting and financially supporting a consortium consisting of organisations with proven and relevant competence and experience, including at European and/or international level, in facilitating the engagement of people with lived experience of poverty in policy discussions on challenges related to combating poverty and social inclusion.
The consortium should consist of applicants capable of developing active participatory approach for people who have lived experience of poverty and actively contributing to their involvement in the Commission’s structured dialogue.

Status

Open

Deadline

29 October 2026 (time not stated)

Opens

1 September 2026

Published

18 August 2026

Total budget

€900,000

Country

European Union (EU-wide)

Programme

European Social Fund + (ESF)

Funder

European Commission

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• Write the proposal against the award criteria and thresholds

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• Check the grant's legal and financial set-up standard for this programme

  See point 10 in the Call document . Call document and annexes: Call document Application form templates Standard application form (ESF and SOCPL) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Model Grant Agreements (MGA) ESF and SOCPL MGA Additional documents: ESF+ Annual Work Programme ESF+ Regulation 2021/1057 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU … — conditions §6

• Check the amount you plan to request against the call's range

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• Check every partner is established in an eligible country standard for this programme

  Described in the Call document , point 6: EU Member States (and their overseas countries and territories); EEA countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement; EU acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidate countries, in line with the agreements concluded with them. Third countries having signed an agreement to participate in the strand or a third country listed in the EaSI work programme if necessary for the achievement of the objectives of an action. Do … — conditions §2

• Meet the call's other eligibility conditions standard for this programme

  See in the Call document — conditions §3

• Be able to show financial and operational capacity

  See details in the Call document , point 7 — conditions §4

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• Prepare the declaration of honour standard for this programme

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• Check the submission and evaluation process

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