EU Call - Industrial relations and social dialogue

The European Commission has published a new call for proposals under the Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion programme. This call 'Industrial relations and social dialogue' has a budget of € 8,865,000 available. The deadline for the submission of applications is 15 June 2015. Measures should help the social partner organisations (representatives of management and labour) to contribute to addressing the overarching EU employment and social policy challenges.

Objectives of this call include measures and initiatives related to the adaptation of social dialogue to changes in employment and work related challenges, such as addressing modernisation of the labour market, quality of work, anticipation, preparation and management of change and restructuring, the greening of the economy, flexicurity, skills, (intra-EU) labour mobility, migration, youth employment, health and safety at work, modernisation of social protection systems, reconciliation of work and family life, gender equality, action in the field of anti-discrimination, active ageing, healthier and longer working lives, active inclusion and decent work.

Actions must commence no later than 31 December 2015. The duration of actions can be up to 24 months. For actions directly related to EU social dialogue outcomes – such as agreements – and covering the full
cycle of implementation and evaluation of such outcomes, a longer duration beyond 24 months) could exceptionally be considered. Under this call for proposals, the European Commission may decide to finance up to 90% of the total eligible cost of the action. The European Commission may decide to finance up to 95% of the total cost in some occasions. The Union funding per project will not be less than € 108,000. The lead applicant must be a social partner organisation at European, national or regional level.