Employment and Social Innovation - Call Preparatory action: Reactivate - Intra-EU job mobility scheme for unemployed over 35s

The European Commission has published a new call for proposals under the programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). For the call Preparatory action: Reactivate - Intra-EU job mobility scheme for unemployed over 35s (VP/2018/014) a budget of € € 5 million is available. Funding is up to € 500,000. The grant may not exceed 95% of the total eligible costs of the actions. Deadline for submitting applications is September 5, 2018. The duration should indicatively be 24 months.

Aim of the call is to ensure the continuity of the preparatory action for the third year. The objective of the action is to test the feasibility of an intra-EU job mobility scheme for the age group above 35 years, with a particular focus on unemployed citizens, including long-term unemployed. Similar to the targeted mobility scheme "Your first EURES job"(YFEJ) helping young jobseekers under 35s, “Reactivate” intends to help adults to find employment or traineeship opportunities in other EU countries and foster their full integration into the labour market.

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.