The European Commission, in particular the DG EMPL, launched new calls for proposals under the Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines (SOCPL) work programme 2021.
The Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines (SOCPL) finances measures enabling the social partners and the social actors at company level to familiarize themselves with EU law and policies in the area of employee involvement, to exercise their rights and their duties to this regard and to work together towards the definition and implementation of concrete responses to the challenges posed to workers’ involvement.
There are two calls for proposals:
The call for proposal for Information, consultation & participation of representatives of undertakings
the main purpose of this Call is to fund operations aimed at developing employee involvement in undertakings – meaning any mechanism, including information, consultation and participation, through which employees’ representatives may exercise an influence on decisions to be taken within the company – in particular by raising awareness and contributing to the application of EU law and policies in this area and the take-up and development of European Works Councils. This call also aims at supporting projects which seek to identify and address challenges in workers’ involvement resulting from changes in the world of work – e.g. restructuring, outsourcing /subcontracting, digitalisation / automation / artificial intelligence, and new forms of work. Transnational actions involving representatives from several Member States as well as the joint participation of employers and workers shall be promoted.
The deadline for applications is the 27th of May 2021. The total budget is estimated at 6 300 000 EUR. The co-financing rate fixed from the EU grant may not exceed 90 % of the total costs.
For more information, please visit the Commission’s website.
The call for proposal for Information and training measures for workers’ organisations
this call aims at strengthening the capacity of workers’ organisations to address, at EU/transnational level, challenges related to changes in employment and work and social dialogue.
Actions that address the following themes will be particularly welcome: -modernisation of the labour market, job creation and job matching, employment in SMEs; -new forms of work; – quality of work, anticipation, preparation and management of change and restructuring; -digitalisation of the economy and society, including artificial intelligence; -the greening of the economy, sustainability, transition to a climate-neutral 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; -tackling the employment, social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, and the particular role of workers’ organisations / social partners, in this respect.
The deadline for applications is the 9th of June 2021. The total budget is estimated at 5 930 000 EUR. The co-financing rate fixed from the EU grant may not exceed 90 % of the total costs.
For more information, please visit the Commission’s website.
To learn more about current calls for proposals or Eurodiaconia’s funding events, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our Policy, Projects & Research Officer Vera Nygard at vera.nygard@eurodiaconia.org and our Projects Assistant Giorgia Signoretto at giorgia.signoretto@eurodiaconia.org.