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Call key data

EURES Cross-border partnerships and support to EURES cooperation on intra-EU mobility for EEA countries and social partners

Funding Program

European Social Fund+

Call number

ESF-2023-EURES-CBP-ECP

deadlines

Opening
21.02.2023

Deadline
03.05.2023 17:00

Funding rate

95%

Call budget

€ 12,000,000.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

between € 300,000.00 und € 1,500,000.00

Link to the call

ec.europa.eu

Link to the submission

ec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

The overall objectives of the call topic are to facilitate workers' intra-EU labour mobility, to boost employment opportunities as well as to support the implementation of the EURES Regulation. The ultimate goal of the call is to facilitate the job matching, placement and recruitment process on a fair basis.

Call objectives

Measures supported under this call topic need to be concrete, action-oriented and with clear added value.

Applicants must commit to fulfilling the requirements set forth in Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the EP and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union and of Regulation (EU) No 2016/589 of the European Parliament and the Council on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013.

Applicants must comply with the rules, standards and procedures established in these documents, such as the principle to provide free services to job seekers, to provide job vacancies and CV's in accordance with the uniform system for the EURES Portal and to provide information to the National Coordination Office for the programming and reporting cycle and to report on their activities through the Performance Measurement System for cross-border partnerships.

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Expected effects and impacts

This topic shall support cross-border partnerships in implementing the objectives of the EURES Regulation, improving the functioning, cohesion and integration of the cross-border labour markets and promoting voluntary and fair geographical and occupational mobility in such regions.

Expected results

The cross-border partnership must be established based on actual needs in terms of mobility flows and economic activity. In particular, it should address skills mismatches in the border region.

While cross-border partnerships are free under the EURES Regulation to define a number of specific tasks [as indicated in Article 27(2)], cross border partnerships co-financed by this call have to provide a minimum number of services.

Cross-border partnerships under this topic must support all these activities:

  • To provide recruitment assistance through the staff of the organisations participating in the partnership to frontier jobseekers and employers, such as:
    • Recruiting workers and attracting employers, for instance organizing recruitment events
    • Identifying suitable job vacancies or CVs.
    • Helping to draft CV's, job applications, and job vacancies.
    • Matching CVs and vacancies.
  • To provide guidance and information, relevant for the area covered by the partnership, on:
    • living and working conditions, including general information on social security, taxation, labour law and administrative procedures regarding employment.
    • apprenticeships, traineeships and access to vocational education and training.
  • To advertise the information and services provided in line with the EURES communications strategy.
  • To monitor placement outcomes and customer satisfaction.
  • To contribute to the pool of job vacancies and CVs in the EURES portal, in cooperation with the NCO.

In addition, cross-border partnerships under this topic must support at least one of the following activities:

  • To provide post-recruitment information and assistance.
  • To gather and analyse evidence on cross-border mobility covering the current state of play and potential future developments.
  • To develop and implement a catalogue of specific actions for raising the offer of cross-border apprenticeships and traineeships in the participating regions and to provide information, guidance and assistance to candidates interested in applying for such offers across the border.
  • To contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights with specific actions addressing at least one of the principles under the chapter “fair working conditions”.
  • On a voluntary basis and as stand-alone activity or as cross-cutting issue, cross-border partnerships can develop activities and measures supporting the process of the green and digital transitions and the transformation of European industrial ecosystems, in particular job conversion and modification as well as job creation and skills development in their regions within the framework of the transition to a decarbonised/green economy as detailed in the “European Green Deal” and the EU’s Digital Strategy.

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

Iceland (Ísland), Liechtenstein, Norway (Norge)

eligible entities

EU Body, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)

Mandatory partnership

Yes

Project Partnership

Only consortia are eligible. Proposals must be submitted by a consortium which includes employment services on regional, local and, where appropriate, national level; social partner organisations; and, where relevant, other stakeholders of at least two neighbouring Member States.

Any consortium member must be actively involved in the implementation of the action and financially engaged, (by incurring costs). The way they are financially engaged must be detailed in the budget of the proposal.

In order to be eligible, applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States
    • non-EU countries:
      • EEA countries in accordance with Article 29 of the ESF+ Regulation

Social partner organisations without legal personality under the applicable national law of above-mentioned countries are also eligible, provided that the conditions of the Financial Regulation related thereto are met (Article 197(2)(c) of the Financial Regulation).

The lead applicant of the consortium must be:

  • the relevant National EURES Coordination Office(s) as designated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/589 or
  • the EURES member(s) or partner(s) of the regions involved with the endorsement of its National Coordination Office

To be eligible, other applicants must fall into one of the categories listed below:

  • EURES members or partners
  • Social partner organisations at European, national or regional level
  • Public or private employment services
  • Third sector organisations
  • Other relevant actors active on the EU/EEA labour market, including European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation

When necessary for the achievement of the action’s objectives, legal entities established in a third country which is not associated to the Easi strand pursuant to article 29 of ESF+ regulation may exceptionally participate, as associated partner without being financed by the Union.

Affiliated entities can take part in the consortium, but must satisfy the eligibility criteria as all applicants.

Additional information

Topics

Competitiveness of Enterprises, Employment/Labour Market, SME & entrepreneurship, 
Demographic Change, European Citizenship, Migration, 
Education & Training, Children & Youth, Media

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

24 months

Additional Information

Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:

  • Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
  • Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded)

Mandatory annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded):

  • detailed budget table/calculator: not applicable
  • CVs of the core project team: not applicable ( when submitting your application the system will ask for CVs to be uploaded under section 11,b). As long as the section 2.3 of the Application form, Part B “Project teams, staff and experts” is duly completed, it is not necessary to upload CVs. A blank page can be uploaded, replacing CVs.)
  • activity reports of last year: not applicable
  • list of previous projects (key projects relating to free movement of workers and/or EURES in the last 3 years) (template available in Part B)

Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B). Evaluators will not consider any additional pages.

Call documents

ESF+ EaSI strand - EURES- call document 2023ESF+ EaSI strand - EURES- call document 2023(481kB)

Contact

ESF+ Programm Österreich
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