Center for the Study of Democracy

Center for the Study of Democracy is a research organisation in Sofia, Bulgaria that has taken part in 90 EU-funded projects since 2008, receiving €11.4M in EU funding and leading 22 as coordinator.

EU funding received€11.4M
EU projects90
As coordinator22
Running now27
First EU project2008
Latest project2026
CountryBulgaria
EU registration (PIC)999548529
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Where the EU money came from

Funding by EU programme. Amounts are Center for the Study of Democracy's own share of each project, not the project's full budget.

  • Horizon Europe€2.6M · 11 projects
  • Horizon 2020€2.1M · 12 projects
  • Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV)€1.4M · 17 projects
  • Internal Security Fund (ISF)€1.4M · 6 projects
  • Internal Security Fund Police€1.2M · 10 projects
  • Justice Programme (JUST)€1.0M · 11 projects
  • Justice Programme€675k · 11 projects
  • FP7 (2007 to 2013)€596k · 6 projects

Projects

90 EU-funded projects, newest first. Center for the Study of Democracy led 22 of them as coordinator. Each links to the official record.

  • JUSTGREENPartner

    Justice through Strategic Litigation for Green Rights and Environmental Equity Network

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2026–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €71ktheir share
  • GUARDCoordinator

    Guaranteeing Upholding of Accountability, Rights, and Disclosure

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2026–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €173ktheir share
  • SAFE-NETPartner

    SAFE-NET: Safeguarding Access to Justice for Women and Girls Victims of Cyber Sexual Violence

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2026–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €83ktheir share
  • ROMA.IncPartner

    Promoting and improving the inclusion of vulnerable Roma individuals

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2026–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €73ktheir share
  • PRISAPartner

    Strengthening procedural rights for vulnerable individuals that are suspects and accused in criminal proceedings

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2026–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €88ktheir share
  • SoBigData IPPartner

    SoBigData Implementation Phase

    Horizon Europe · 2026–2029 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €10ktheir share
  • poWerPartner

    Partnering for Whistleblower Ecosystem Reinforcement

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2026–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €65ktheir share
  • PERISCOPEPartner

    Partnerships for Enhanced InfoRmation Resilience and Security, Citizen Democratic Participation, Awareness, and Engagement

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2026–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €40ktheir share
  • MINDBLOOMPartner

    Mental Health, Inclusion, and Democratic Participation: Building a Learning and Outreach-Oriented Model for All Children

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2026–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €102ktheir share
  • DEEPPartner

    Unveiling deep stories and boosting emotional intelligence to empower citizens against disinformation

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2026–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €42ktheir share
  • EU-MATTERPartner

    European Understanding - Mobilising Awareness through Training, Trust, Engagement, and Representation

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2026–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €59ktheir share
  • JUST-SHAREPartner

    JUdicial Synergies for Transnational Seizure, Harmonised Asset Recovery and Enforcement

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2026–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €94ktheir share
  • RAMPCoordinator

    Reinventing Anti-corruption and Monitoring for Policymaking

    Internal Security Fund (ISF) · 2025–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €374ktheir share
  • STAIRSCoordinator

    Safeguard the Truth - AI Solution for Whistleblower Reporting Support

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2025–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €73ktheir share
  • AEQUITASCoordinator

    Preparation of the CSOs and public healthcare sector to address gender and racial biases that might arise from the wide usage of AI in order to protect and promote fundamental rights

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2025–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €145ktheir share
  • EMPOWERPartner

    Enhancing Mentorship and Professional Opportunities for Women through Education and Role-modeling in ICT

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2025–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €90ktheir share
  • VISTACoordinator

    Violence with firearms: Incidents, Seizures and Trafficking of Arms

    Internal Security Fund (ISF) · 2025–2028 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €236ktheir share
  • IDEALPartner

    Inclusive Democratic Engagement and Language Technologies in Europe

    Horizon Europe · 2025–2028 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €194ktheir share
  • EUROProspectsCoordinator

    Ensuring Probationers’ Rehabilitation Prospects via targeted enhancement of the implementation of FD 2008/947

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2025–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €98ktheir share
  • EuropeanCity2Partner

    European City Squared: Computational Social Science Simulation for Democracy

    Horizon Europe · 2025–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €92ktheir share
  • PREVENTCoordinator

    Building capacity against high-risk criminal networks in the EU: from improved intelligence picture towards an integrated prevention approach - PREVENT

    Internal Security Fund (ISF) · 2025–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €380ktheir share
  • SafeBordersPartner

    Strengthening Judicial expertise and Frontline support to combat Child Trafficking

    Internal Security Fund (ISF) · 2025–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €158ktheir share
  • REACHPartner

    Reinventing Engagement through Affirmative Citizen Consultations

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2024–2025 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €32ktheir share
  • ENCODEPartner

    ENCODE - Unveiling emotional dimensions of politics to foster European democracy

    Horizon Europe · 2024–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €294ktheir share
  • FAIR-PReSONSPartner

    Fair predictions of gender-sensitive recidivism

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2024–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €136ktheir share
  • FOSTERPartner

    Fostering Child-Friendly Legal Environments through collaborative networks

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2024–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €106ktheir share
  • CivicChampionsCoordinator

    Empowering civil society organisations and activists championing human rights and democratic values in the EU

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2024–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €133ktheir share
  • PREFIGUREPartner

    Prototypes for addressing the housing-energy-nexus

    Horizon Europe · 2024–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €296ktheir share
  • OPWHIPartner

    Open the whistle: Protecting whistleblowers through transparency, cooperation and open government strategies

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2024–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €119ktheir share
  • FAIRPartner

    EU Charter of Fundamental rights: Awareness raising and Instruments to promote a culture of Rights

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2024–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €68ktheir share
  • EPHESUSPartner

    Promoting fundamental rights in (post) pandemic times in cross border proceedings

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2024–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €56ktheir share
  • BRIDGEGAPCoordinator

    Bridging the Gaps in Evidence, Regulation and Impact of Anticorruption Policies

    Horizon Europe · 2024–2027 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €649ktheir share
  • DE-CONSPIRATORPartner

    Detecting and Countering Information Suppression from A Transnational Perspective

    Horizon Europe · 2024–2026 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €235ktheir share
  • ERADICATING IIPartner

    Enhancing pRevention AnD multI-agenCy cooperAtion against labour TraffickING

    Internal Security Fund (ISF) · 2023–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €119ktheir share
  • qAIDPartner

    Towards contemporary knowledge and innovative tools for assessing and enhancing effectiveness of Asset and Interest Disclosure (AID) systems in EU Member States and Candidate States

    Internal Security Fund (ISF) · 2023–2026 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €139ktheir share
  • ERUA2Associated partner

    European Reform University Alliance 2

    Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+) · 2023–2027 · Project on the EU portal ↗

  • DUSTPartner

    Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions

    Horizon Europe · 2023–2026 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €235ktheir share
  • LighTPartner

    Litigating change: training lawyers on the EU rule of law acquis

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2023–2025 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €119ktheir share
  • NICEPartner

    Neutral and Inclusive Communication in Corporate Environments

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2023–2024 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €17ktheir share
  • ARISA ChildCoordinator

    Assessing the Risk of Isolation of Sentenced and Accused: Enhancing the Capacity of Correctional Services to Work with Convicted Children

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2022–2025 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €116ktheir share
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  • SoBigData RI PPPPartner

    SoBigData RI Preparatory Phase Project

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €120ktheir share
  • FHRPartner

    Whos and hows: countering disinformation that pushes citizens away from the European project

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2022–2024 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €58ktheir share
  • TITANPartner

    AI for Citizen Intelligent Coaching against Disinformation

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €292ktheir share
  • ETIP-B2022-2025Partner

    EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION PLATFORM BIOENERGY - SUPPORT OF RENEWABLE FUELS AND ADVANCED BIOENERGY STAKEHOLDERS 2022-2025

    Horizon Europe · 2022–2025 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €212ktheir share
  • FORCEPartner

    Freezing ORders and Confiscation orders: Effort for common standards

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2022–2024 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €87ktheir share
  • SHECoordinator

    Supporting victims of domestic violence via a programme for capacity-building and awareness-raising among Human resourcEs specialists

    Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) · 2022–2024 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €164ktheir share
  • MIRADPartner

    Multi-Ideological Radicalisation Assessment towards Disengagement

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2022–2023 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €83ktheir share
  • V-BARPartner

    Combating organised vehicle crime by developing barriers to prevent the facilitation of online distribution of stolen vehicles and vehicle parts

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2022–2023 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €130ktheir share
  • CHILD frontPartner

    Child friendly justice in the Greek and Cypriot courts

    Justice Programme (JUST) · 2022–2024 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €62ktheir share
  • ERADICATINGPartner

    Enhancing pRevention AnD multI-agenCy cooperAtion against TraffickING

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2021–2023 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €72ktheir share
  • CYBBARCoordinator

    Cybercrime Victimization Barometer - Piloting a model for a comparative business survey on cybercrime victimization in the EU and conceptualizing a digital reporting tool

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2021–2023 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €187ktheir share
  • REGISYNCCoordinator

    Developing common minimum standards for legal arms registers and improving information exchange among EU member states, Southeast Europe, Ukraine and Moldova

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2021–2023 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €179ktheir share
  • DIALOGUESPartner

    Inclusive DIALOGUES towards an operational concept of energy citizenship to support the Energy Union

    Horizon 2020 · 2021–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €218ktheir share
  • REFEREEPartner

    Real ValuE oF EneRgy EfficiEncy

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €191ktheir share
  • ENTRANCEPartner

    EfficieNT Risk-bAsed iNspection of freight Crossing bordErs without disrupting business

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €198ktheir share
  • ITFLOWSPartner

    IT tools and methods for managing migration FLOWS

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €153ktheir share
  • PRE-TRIADPartner

    Alternative PRE-TRIAl Detention measures: Judicial awareness and cooperation towards the realisation of common standards

    Justice Programme · 2020–2022 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €88ktheir share
  • MASC-CBRNCoordinator

    Methodology for Assessing States’ Capacity for Countering the Hostile Misuse of CBRN Knowledge and Materials

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2020–2022 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €138ktheir share
  • CONNEKTPartner

    CONtexts of extremism iN mEna and balKan socieTies

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €268ktheir share
  • ARISA 2Coordinator

    Assessing the Risk of Social Isolation of Suspects and Accused: The Impact of the Media

    Justice Programme · 2020–2022 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €91ktheir share
  • SoBigData-PlusPlusPartner

    SoBigData++: European Integrated Infrastructure for Social Mining and Big Data Analytics

    Horizon 2020 · 2020–2024 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €107ktheir share
  • PRE-RIGHTSPartner

    PRE-RIGHTS: Assessing impact and performance of preventive measures on EU Directives and Framework Decisions

    Justice Programme · 2019–2022 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €49ktheir share
  • PERCEPTIONSPartner

    Understanding the Impact of Narratives and Perceptions of Europe on Migration and Providing Practices, Tools and Guides for Practitioners

    Horizon 2020 · 2019–2023 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €89ktheir share
  • Latcho DromPartner

    Fighting Against Anti-Gypsysm Through Training Of Professionals And Empowerment Of Roma Communities

    Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme · 2019–2022 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €24ktheir share
  • TRAIN-PRO-RIGHTSPartner

    Training lawyers, prosecutors, judges to ensure better rights protection for migrants and refugees victims of human trafficking (TRAIN-PRO-RIGHTS)

    Justice Programme · 2019–2021 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €39ktheir share
  • FAIRNESSPartner

    FAIRNESS: Implementation of the Stockholm’s Roadmap in cases of Terrorism and Radicalisation

    Justice Programme · 2019–2022 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €83ktheir share
  • JP-COOPSPartner

    JUDICAL AND POLICE COOPERATION PREVENTING RADICALISATION TOWARDS TERRORISM

    Justice Programme · 2019–2022 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €38ktheir share
  • YouthRightOnCoordinator

    Resilient Youth against Far-Right Extremist Messaging Online

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2019–2021 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €139ktheir share
  • SceMapsCoordinator

    State Capture Estimation and Monitoring of Anti-Corruption Policies at the Sectoral level

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2019–2021 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €168ktheir share
  • MIICTPartner

    ICT Enabled Public Services for Migration

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2022 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €119ktheir share
  • OPSIDIANETCoordinator

    Offenders with Psycho-Social and Intellectual Disabilities: Identification, Assessment of Needs and Equal Treatment

    Justice Programme · 2018–2020 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €92ktheir share
  • DIVERSE.BGCoordinator

    Launch and implementation of Diversity Charter in Bulgaria

    Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme · 2018–2020 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €72ktheir share
  • FLOWPartner

    Flows of illicit funds and victims of labour trafficking; unrevealing the complexities

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2018–2020 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €74ktheir share
  • GREASEPartner

    Radicalisation, Secularism and the Governance of Religion: Bringing together European and Asian Perspectives

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2022 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €194ktheir share
  • JUSTICE FOR WOMENPartner

    JUSTICE FOR WOMEN - Towards a more effective rights protection and access to judicial procedures for victims of crimes

    Justice Programme · 2018–2020 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €30ktheir share
  • NET-COMBAT-THB CHAINPartner

    Anti-trafficking stakeholders and economic sectors networking, cooperation to combat the business of human trafficking chain

    Internal Security Fund Police · 2018–2020 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €45ktheir share
  • SAT-LAWPartner

    Strategic AssessmenT for LAW and Police Coocperation

    Justice Programme · 2018–2021 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €51ktheir share
  • SCOREPartner

    Supporting Consumer Co-Ownership in Renewable Energies

    Horizon 2020 · 2018–2021 · Project on CORDIS ↗

    €138ktheir share
  • HERCAGROCoordinator

    Innovative Methods to Investigate Fraud and Corruption in EU funding for agriculture

    Hercule III · 2018–2019 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €53ktheir share
  • LoveMovesCoordinator

    Love Moves: The rights of recognized same-sex partners moving across the EU

    Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme · 2017–2019 · Project on the EU portal ↗

    €49ktheir share

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Works most with

Organisations that shared the most EU projects with this one. A good starting list for consortium partners.

Fields it works in

Research fields recorded on its Horizon projects.

  • artificial intelligence
  • big data
  • biofuels
  • cartography
  • civil society
  • climatic change mitigation
  • corruption
  • databases
  • democracy
  • demography
  • e-commerce
  • econometrics
  • ecosystems
  • employment

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