Call: Targeted mobility scheme - Your first EURES job

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 aim of this axis is to strengthen EURES, a European job mobility network that provides information, guidance and recruitment/placement services to employers, jobseekers and any citizen wishing to take advantage of freedom of movement for workers.

• Ensure that job vacancies and applications and corresponding information and advice, as well as any related information, are made transparent for the potential applicants and the employers.
• Support the provision of EURES services for the recruitment and placing of workers in quality and sustainable employment through the clearance of job vacancies and applications. This support will cover all phases of placement, from pre-recruitment preparation to post-placement assistance.

The Targeted Mobility Scheme "Your first EURES job"  shall provide support measures for young candidates aged 18-35 to find a job, traineeship or apprenticeship in a place other than his/her country of residence, enshrined in a legally binding work relationship with the employer, i.e. there must be a labour contract between the parties. Activities can include:

• creation of partnership
• provision of services
• direct financial support to young jobseekers and SMEs
• post-placement support measures

To be eligible, actions must have the involvement of a minimum of five organisations established in at least five different EaSI-EURES participating countries.

Total budget: 7 million €.
Budget per project: 2.5 million € -3.5 million €
Co-financing rate: max. 95%

The compulsory on-line grant application form and the other requested annexes are electronic forms which must be completed using the Internet Web system 'SWIM' at the following internet address.

Please note that the submission must be done both electronically and on paper. Documents must be sent by post to: 

European Commission Employment,
Call for proposals VP/2018/009 - DG EMPL.D.1
CAD J-27 – 00/120
B-1049 Brussels
BELGIUM

Link to programme's website here.