Deadline: 18 April 2018
European Union is seeking proposals from eligible entities for a program entitled “Employment and Social Innovation (“EaSI”)”.
The European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” 2014-2020 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.
Social innovation as promoted by the EaSI programme can help address social challenges such as women’s underrepresentation in the labour market by providing better and innovative responses to identified social needs, in order to deliver better social outcomes.
Aims
- 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
- to develop, test and/or implement innovative work-life balance strategies in the workplace, conducive towards higher participation of women in the labour market and a better sharing of care responsibilities between women and men;
- to develop sustainable multi-level partnership models that would facilitate the implementation of innovative work-life balance strategies in the workplace;
- to foster knowledge and experience-sharing between different Member States and/or companies already implementing successful work-life balance strategies, with a strong emphasis on challenges faced by women in the labour market and the need to involve more men in care duties;
- to facilitate access to individualised information about social protection rights and entitlements;
- to facilitate professional and geographical mobility of the economically active population;
- to support the modernisation of social protection systems enabling them to respond to such challenges as digitalisation, the changing world of work, ageing of population and the capacity to withstand economic shocks.
Eligibility Criteria
- Place of establishment
- Type of entities
- Lead applicant must be a public body (such as national, regional and local authorities, employment services).
- Co-applicants must be public bodies, for profit or non-profit-making private entities.
- Consortia
- The action must involve a consortium of at least 3 applicants (1 Lead applicant + 2 coapplicants).
- At least one co-applicant must be a social partner organisation at European, national or local level.
- At least one co-applicant must be properly established and registered in a EaSIPROGRESS participating country other than a EU-Member State.
- Affiliated entities
- Affiliated entities are not eligible under this call.
- Note: Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, British beneficiaries will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of Article II.17.3.1(a)of the grant agreement.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted electronically via given website.
Eligible Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey
For more information, please visit European Union.