Deadline: 01-Sep-20
Innovation Norway has announced a second call for project proposals for the Social Dialogue – Decent Work Programme in Cyprus.
The objective of the Programme is strengthened tripartite cooperation between employer organisations, trade unions and public authorities and the promotion of decent work. It will support social dialogue, contribute to ensure that Beneficiary States are better equipped to deal with the challenges following high unemployment and to establish decent work practices, and improve the enforcement of legislation and policies on decent work and social dialogue.
Expected Outcomes
The Programme in Cyprus is expected to reach the following two outcomes:
- Improved social dialogue and cooperation
- Enhanced implementation of the decent work agenda (fair and decent working conditions).
Funding Information
- The total amount available for financing of projects from this call is EUR 49,470.
- The minimum amount of grant assistance applied for shall be EUR 5,000.
- The maximum amount of grant assistance applied for shall be EUR 24,735.
Areas of Support
This call can provide support for projects that will implement activities within one or more of the following areas:
- Improved social dialogue and cooperation:
- support to strengthening the tripartite dialogue and consultations at national, regional or local level;
- support to strengthening the bipartite dialogue and consultations at national, regional or local level;
- development of structures and practices for social dialogue on decent work topics (e.g. working conditions, occupational health and safety, work-related crime and access to employment);
- training of social partners to increase capacity to take part in the social dialogue.
- Enhanced implementation of the decent work agenda (fair and decent working conditions):
- support to awareness-raising campaigns on decent work topics (e.g work-life balance, gender equality and non-discrimination);
- support to projects on improving the enforcement of national legislation related to decent work;
- support to training on decent work issues.
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities, constituted as legal entities in Cyprus or in Norway, are considered eligible project applicants and partners:
- social partners (employers’ organisations and trade unions);
- public authorities and institutions that have statutory roles related to decent work or tripartite cooperation, and;
- organisations of public authorities that have within their mandate the promotion of decent work and/or tripartite dialogue.
- Norwegian entities are only eligible as applicants in partnership with at least one legal entity established in Cyprus. The role of any Norwegian applicant, project promotor and project partner is to contribute to ensuring social dialogue and decent work in Cyprus. The applicant responsible for submitting the application on behalf of the project is called the project promoter and will be the main contact person for the fund operator.
For more information, visit https://www.innovasjonnorge.no/en/start-page/eea-norway-grants/Programmes/social-dialogue—decent-work/2014-2021/