Deadline: September 17, 2026
The #BeActive EU Sport Awards -Peace recognise and celebrate the achievements of sport organisations and stakeholders that successfully promote sport and physical activity across Europe.
The focus areas, objectives, priorities, and themes of the Awards include promoting sport and physical activity as a means to support health, inclusion, inter-generational dialogue, volunteering, and peace across Europe, with activities implemented in educational establishments, workplaces, and local communities, and initiatives aimed at overcoming barriers to sport participation for people with fewer opportunities, supporting inter-generational connections through sport and physical activity, addressing social challenges, empowering disadvantaged groups, and fostering community engagement through volunteering in sport.
The Peace category of the #BeActive EU Sport Awards 2026 recognises organisations that have successfully used sport as a tool to promote peace. It highlights initiatives that bring together diverse communities, groups, and individuals while fostering dialogue, tolerance, and collaboration across differences.
This category celebrates initiatives that use sport and physical activity to build relationships based on mutual respect and cooperation toward shared goals. It emphasises the role of sport in contributing to peaceful coexistence at local, national, and global levels.
The funding for the #BeActive EU Sport Awards 2026 is €25,000.00, supporting initiatives that promote peace through sport and physical activity across eligible countries.
The Awards aim to give visibility to actions that use sport as a means of promoting peace while encouraging stronger community connections and understanding across Europe.
Eligibility requires applicants to be legal entities, including private or public bodies and international organisations, established in eligible countries such as EU Member States, overseas countries and territories, and non-EU countries associated with the Erasmus+ Programme or in ongoing association negotiations.
For more information, visit European Commission.
