The Deputación da Coruña opens 600,000 euros in grants for …

The Provincial Council of A Coruña has approved the regulatory bases for the FOIO0A/2027 grant program for non-profit entities for the maintenance of gender policy programs during the coming year, with an amount of 600,000 euros. The call is published in the Official Provincial Gazette (BOP) number 216, of November 11, 2026, in the Local Administration section, with the announcement reference 2026/7303. The grants are awarded on a competitive basis and are aimed at the associative fabric of the province working on equality, prevention of sexist violence, and sexual diversity.

The agreement is materialized through Presidency Resolution number 2026/47334, of October 30, 2026, subsequently modified by Presidency Resolution number 2026/48582, of November 6, 2026. The managing unit is the Culture, Equality, and Civil Rights Service, through the Equality and Civil Rights Section, and the expenditure is charged to the budgetary application 0612/23122/481, with an amount that may be subject to budgetary modification.

The call is part of the provincial strategic grant plan 2025-2027, approved by the Plenary of the Corporation in the ordinary session of September 27, 2024, and responds to the objective of guaranteeing the comprehensive provision of social services and promoting equal opportunities and gender mainstreaming within the provincial scope.

Projects from 2,000 to 100,000 euros and up to 40,000 per entity

The economic conditions of the aid line are as follows:

Expenditure budget per project: minimum 2,000 euros and maximum 100,000 euros.
Maximum amount of the grant to be awarded: 40,000 euros.
If the entity simultaneously requests maintenance (FOIO0A) and investment (FOIO0B), the maximum joint amount is 60,000 euros.
Requested amount: between 20% and 80% of the eligible budget, with a financing coefficient of 0.20 to 0.80.
Each entity may submit a single application, under a single call code.
General expenses cannot exceed 15% of the admitted specific expenses, and monetary aid from account 650 is limited to 30% of direct expenses.

Equality, employment, reconciliation, and sexist violence

The program is structured into five action codes:

EI-1: promotion of equality, empowerment, and social participation, with campaigns, guides, studies, and proposals for the empowerment of rural women.
EI-2: promotion of employment with equal opportunities, with professional training capacity of a minimum of 30 hours.
EI-3: reconciliation and shared responsibilities, with services for girls and boys up to 12 years old and egalitarian masculinity programs.
EV-1: prevention, awareness, and comprehensive care against sexist violence, including intervention with victims of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
ED-1: awareness, promotion of rights, and comprehensive care for LGBTIQ+ people.

Projects under code EV-1 that include intervention or comprehensive treatment must have a specialized professional team and certify formal coordination with Municipal Social Services, the Women’s Information Center (CIM), or the public reference services of the territory.

100-point scale and technical commission

The evaluation of applications reaches a maximum of 100 points, distributed as follows:

Technical project: up to 70 points, with methodology and planning (20), diagnosis (10), evaluation and impact (10), coordination and networking (10), resources (10), gender perspective and intersectionality (5), and innovation (5).
Financing coefficient: up to 10 points, which are granted in full when the entity commits between 20% and 29.99% of the cost.
Territorial impact: up to 10 points, with a maximum for projects in more than ten municipalities.
Entity trajectory: up to 10 points, for equality technical personnel (3), public awards in the last ten years (3), and program continuity (0.5 per year up to 4).
Reduction of 10 points for entities that have a premises provided by the Provincial Council.

The review corresponds to a technical commission of three expert persons with no relationship to the applicants, with a secretariat of civil service personnel with a voice but no vote, whose composition will be published in the BOP.

Execution in 2027 and justification until March 2028

Activities must be carried out between January 1 and December 31, 2027, although expense justifications issued before January 16, 2028, will be accepted. No extension may be requested for either execution or justification.

The deadline for submitting applications will be set in the call, which will be published in the BOP through the National Grants Database, and the justification will end on March 31, 2028, at 2:00 PM. The reformulation of applications and changes in expense concepts will be processed within a period of 10 business days from the notification of provisional granting.

A stable line for the associative fabric

The call consolidates provincial support for entities that maintain equality programs in the territory, with an amount that allows for projects of up to 100,000 euros and prioritizes implementation in more municipalities and the continuity of services. For associations that assist women victims of sexist violence, this is one of the main sources of funding to maintain specialized personnel and comprehensive care programs throughout the fiscal year.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña (BOP), no. 216, of November 11, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-13 (official reference: announcement 2026/7303).