Deadline: 30 March 2017
European Commission is seeking proposals for the program entitled “Fast track integration into the labour market for third country nationals targeting exclusively asylum seekers, refugees and their family members” with an aim to fund innovative transnational projects to test and implement innovative policy schemes and delivery mechanisms that will ensure and facilitate a swift labour market integration of the specific target groups of third country nationals (asylum seekers and refugees and their family members).
The call for proposals is published under the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” 2014-2020. This is a European level financing instrument managed directly by the European Commission to contribute to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy, by providing financial support for the Union’s objectives in terms of promoting a high level of quality and sustainable employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty and improving working conditions. The EaSI Programme shall, in all its axes and actions, aim to:
- pay particular attention to vulnerable groups such as young people;
- promote equality between women and men,
- combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation;
- promote a high-level of quality and sustainable employment, guarantee adequate and decent social protection, combat long-term unemployment and fight against poverty and social exclusion.
Objectives
The objectives of this Call are:
- to promote the development and testing of innovative and effective mechanisms to ensure fast-track integration into the labour market;
- to develop sustainable multi-level partnerships models conducive towards the integration of the targeted groups into the labour market;
- to foster knowledge- and experience-sharing between different Member States of already functioning swift and successful insertion mechanisms into the labour market of the targeted groups, with a strong emphasis on the challenges faced by women
Funding Information
- The total budget earmarked for the EU co-financing of projects under this call is estimated at EUR 14.200.000.
- The Commission expects to fund approximately 5 to 7 proposals
Eligibility Criteria
- Place of establishment: Legal entities properly established and registered in the following countries are eligible as lead applicant and co-applicants:
- Type of entities
- Lead applicant must be a public body (such as national, regional and local authorities or public employment services);
- Co-applicant organisations must be public bodies, for-profit14 or non-profit-making private entities, or international organisations15.
- Consortium
- To be eligible, proposals must involve an international consortium made of at least 4 organisations (1 lead applicant + 3 co-applicants) with at least one established in an EU Member States and in principle at least one of the organisations in one of the candidate countries.
- Regional offices and headquarter of international organisations are considered as the same entity and will be counted as one organisation in the consortium.
- Affiliated entities
- Affiliated entities are not eligible under this call.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can submit the applications both electronically and in one hard copy.
Eligible Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, Iceland, Norway, Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.
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