Bundesportal | Apply for project funding on the basis of the National Action Plan (NAP) 2.0 on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD)

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Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)

Last update or date of publication

April 22, 2026

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On June 28, 2016, the Federal Cabinet adopted the second National Action Plan (NAP 2.0) on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). It is the further development of the first National Action Plan (NAP 1.0) from 2011. The NAP has been updated and continuously supplemented with measures since 2016. With the NAP, the Federal Government is promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities nationwide through targeted measures. It is intended to help anchor inclusion as a fundamental principle in all areas of life.

The aim of the NAP 2.0 is to promote the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities through legal changes, funding programs, research projects and events and to create a broader awareness for more inclusion and accessibility.

The NAP has 13 fields of action:

Work and employment
education
Rehabilitation and care
Children and family
women
Elderly people
Building and housing
mobility
Culture, sport and leisure
Social participation
personal rights
international cooperation
awareness-raising

The following 7 topics relate to all fields of action:

Gender
Age
Accessibility
Discrimination
Need for assistance
Poverty
Migration

The Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS) supports innovative model projects for the implementation of the UN CRPD on the basis of the NAP 2.0.

Your pilot project can be funded if

it tests new approaches,
has supra-regional significance,
it fits into the overall strategy of the BMAS and
it meets the requirements of the Federal Budget Code.

Only individual projects that are limited in terms of time and content can be funded, as this is project funding.

Permanent funding or funding for the infrastructure or ongoing activities of existing or newly established institutions is not possible.

There is no entitlement to a grant. Actual funding is subject to the proviso that the necessary budget funds are available.

Project application and contained therein
- project outline
- financing plan

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Preconditions

Your organization or institution can apply for project funding on the basis of the National Action Plan (NAP) 2.0 on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) if your pilot project to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD)
- has not yet begun
- is innovative
- has supra-regional significance
- fits into the overall strategy of the BMAS
Funding is provided for
- individual projects that can be defined in terms of time and content
- Projects that meet the requirements of the Federal Budget Code
You are not applying for permanent or institutional funding.

There are no costs.

Basis for legal action

Nationaler Aktionsplan 2.0 der Bundesregierung zur UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention (UN-BRK)

§ 23 Bundeshaushaltsordnung (BHO)

§ 44 Absatz 1 Bundeshaushaltsordnung (BHO) in Verbindung mit Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschriften (VV) Nummer 4 zu § 44 Bundeshaushaltsordnung (BHO)

Legal Remedies

Appeal: Further information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the grant or rejection notice relating to your application for funding
Appeal to the administrative court

Procedure

If you would like to submit an application for project funding based on the National Action Plan (NAP) 2.0 on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) online:

Open the funding portal on the website of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS).
Log in with your user data or register. You will need an electronic proof of identity (eID) for this.
You will be guided through the application process step by step.
Send the application together with all other required documents electronically signed.
You will be informed via the portal within 3 months of receipt of all required documents whether your project will be funded on the basis of the NAP 2.0 on the UN CRPD.

If you wish to submit the application by post or e-mail:

Send an e-mail to the federal funding office and ask for the application form to be sent to you.
Fill out the application form, sign it and send it together with all other necessary documents by post to the Federal Funding Agency.
If you use a qualified electronic signature, you can also sign the application form electronically and send it to the office by e-mail.
All further steps correspond to the online procedure.

Deadlines

Applications can generally be submitted by January 15 and July 15 of each year. If different deadlines apply, they will be published separately.

Processing time

3 months until 6 months
Usually 3 months after receipt of the complete application.