Employment and Social Innovation - Call for proposals Promotion of domestic worker cooperatives and service voucher schemes

The European Commission has published a new call for proposals under the programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). For the call Promotion of domestic worker cooperatives and service voucher schemes (VP/2018/013) a budget of € 700,000 available. The Commission expects to fund only one proposal. The grant may not exceed 85% of the total eligible costs of the action. Deadline for submitting applications is June 30, 2018. The duration should indicatively be between 12 and 18 months.

The objectives of this Pilot Project are: 

• The pilot project will provide advice, technical assistance and a range of tailored guidance activities and recommendations to Member States interested in developing the PHS sector, and will support the exchange of good practices among key stakeholders, national public administrations (municipalities/local administrations in the case of a trial introduction) and organisations of domestic workers, carers and employers;
• Regarding the social dialogue and decent working conditions, the project will facilitate the professionalisation of these jobs, the dissemination of information on the rights and obligations of workers and employers and the creation and development of an effective social dialogue. This pilot project will need to be supported by the principal European stakeholders in the PHS sector. In the context of social dialogue and working conditions, the "principal European stakeholders in the PHS sector" are the main European federations of workers representatives and employers’ representatives active in the field of PHS.

The 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. EaSI integrates and extends the coverage of three existing programmes: Progress (Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity), EURES (European Employment Services) and the European Progress Microfinance Facility.