The Anti-discrimination and Inclusion Department of the Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity of the Council of Europe is establishing a pool of consultants for the provision of international consultancy services in the area of combating discrimination on different grounds, including discrimination by Artificial Intelligence; on addressing racism, hate speech and hate crime; in fostering inclusion, protecting national minorities and regional or minority languages.

The Tender for the pool of consultants will cover 3 years (1 September 2026 - 31 August 2029), with the possibility of extension.

For more information on the tender procedure and for submitting the tender application please visit the following link: EProc - Provision of consultancy services on equality, inclusion and anti-discrimination.

Tenders must be submitted ONLY via the e-procurement platform.

Any tenders received by email or letter will be rejected automatically.

All questions relating to this call for tenders must be submitted via the e-procurement platform, in English or French, one week before the deadline for submission of bids.

Questions sent by e-mail or post will not be processed 

We recommend that you register on the platform as soon as possible and select the "interested" option in the tool. This will enable you to receive email notifications of any changes to the call for tenders.

Please be advised that your account must be created on the platform and validated by the Council of Europe. The validation process may take up to one working day. If you are submitting an offer for the first time, please start the registration process as soon as possible. 

For more information on the use of the EProc Platform, you can consult the following link: Calls for tenders - Organisation

Should you experience technical probles with the e-procurement platform and would like assistance, please contact the Technical Support here.

Tenders should be submitted by the deadline of 31 May 2026 17:00 CET