VP/2012/003/INFORMATION, CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION OF REPRESENTATIVES OF UNDERTAKINGS

Objectives:                                                                                                 Total budget of the call: € 7.500.000

The purpose of this Call for Proposals 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 and 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.

Type of projects

For the financial year 2012 two categories of projects will be supported under this Call for Proposals:

   - Type I: Transnational cooperation projects;
   - Type II: Information and observation points;

Budget:

The budget authority has fixed the amount allocated to the present Call for Proposals for 2012 at € 7 500 000

For illustrative purposes, the average size of a grant awarded for transnational cooperation projects in 2011 was in the range of EURO 130.000.

Eligible applicants

  a) The applicant must be properly constituted and registered legal entity, having their registered office based in one of the Member States of
      the European Union.
  b) A project applicant cannot be an individual.

Regarding transnational cooperation projects applicants must be representatives of workers or employers of Member States, based in one of the Member States of the European Union.
   – A) for workers: applicants may be works councils or similar bodies ensuring the general representation of workers; regional, national,
          European, sectoral or multi-sectoral trade unions based in one of the Member States of the European Union;
   – B) for employers: applicants may be the management of undertakings, organisations representing employers at regional, national,
          European, sectoral or multi-sectoral level based in one of the Member States of the European Union. In case of commercial
          undertakings, the objective of the project must be non-commercial and the undertaking must not make profit of it.

Eligibility of actions:

To be eligible, actions must:

  • Be fully carried out in the Member States of the European Union or in the Candidate Countries at the deadline for the submission of
     applications;
  • Have active partners from Member States and /or Candidate Countries in the case of proposals which are not submitted by a European
     organisation.

Deadline: 4 September 2012

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