Call: Information sharing and outreach activities to young people about Youth Guarantee offers

The Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme is a financing instrument at EU level to promote a high level of quality and sustainable employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty and improving working conditions.

Objectives:

• Strengthen ownership of EU objectives and coordination of action at EU and national level in the areas of employment, social affairs and inclusion
• Support the development of adequate social protection systems and labour market policies
• Modernise EU legislation and ensure its effective application
• Promote geographical mobility and boost employment opportunities by developing an open labour market
• Increase the availability and accessibility of microfinance for vulnerable groups and micro-enterprises, and increase access to finance for social enterprises

In pursuing these objectives, EaSI will:

• pay particular attention to vulnerable groups, such as young people
• promote equality between women and men
• combat discriminations
• promote a high level of quality and sustainable employment
• guarantee adequate and decent social protection
• combat long-term unemployment
• fight against poverty and social exclusion

The PROGRESS axis of EaSI helps the EU and its countries to improve policies in three thematic sections:

• employment, in particular to fight youth unemployment
• social protection, social inclusion and the reduction and prevention of poverty
• working conditions

Objectives:

• Develop and disseminate high-quality comparative analytical knowledge
• Facilitate effective and inclusive information-sharing, mutual learning and dialogue
• Provide financial support to test social and labour market policy innovations
• Provide organisations with financial support to increase their capacity to develop, promote and support the implementation of EU instruments and policies

This call for proposals has the overarching objective of removing obstacles to Youth Guarantee implementation, notably by outreach, information sharing and communication activities leading to both of the following specific objectives:

• To better inform/engage Youth Guarantee Stakeholders in implementing partnerships for Youth Guarantee delivery

• To better inform young people about the Youth Guarantee, engage with and reach out to them, with the aim of bringing them into the Youth Guarantee service 

• the relevant public authority in charge of establishing and managing the national Youth Guarantee scheme, as already identified by the EU Member State pursuant to the Council Recommendation on Establishing a Youth Guarantee, or
• an entity (public or private, profit or not-for-profit) clearly and demonstratively designated by the aforementioned public authority to implement the activities included in the proposal (upon submission of a letter to that effect.

• EU Member States;
• Iceland and Norway in accordance with the EEA Agreement
• Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

The total budget earmarked for the EU co-financing of projects under this call is estimated at 1 650 000 €. 
The Commission expects to fund approximately five proposals, with a maximum of one per EU Member State.
EU grant may not exceed 80 % of the total eligible costs of the action

Link to programme's website here.