Employment and Social Innovation - two new calls published

The European Commission has published two new calls under the programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI): EaSI-EURES Targeted mobility scheme "Your first EURES job" (VP/2018/009) with a budget of € 11,200,000, and Support for social dialogue - VP/2018/001 with a total budget available of € 9,815,250. Deadline of submission is respectively September 6, 2018 and September 25, 2018.

The objective of the call Your First EURES Job is to support the development of actions for the work placement of young EU citizens aged 18-35 in an EU, Iceland and Norway territory country other than their country of residence and to help address mobility obstacles. Jobseekers and employers (SMEs in particular) are the main target groups. Priority will be given to vulnerable sub-groups, notably unemployed young people, including longterm unemployed. Grant requested should indicatively be between € 2,500,000 and € 10,000,000.

The call Support for social dialogue will be used to finance consultations, meetings, negotiations and other actions as outlined in the European Commission's Communication on The European social dialogue, a force for innovation and change (COM(2002)341), the Communication on Partnership for change in an enlarged Europe - Enhancing the contribution of European social dialogue (COM(2004)557) and the Commission Staff Working Document on the Functioning and potential of European sectoral social dialogue (SEC(2010)964). Funding should indicatively be between € 150,000 and € 650,000.

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.