Background Total budget available: EUR 1.500.000.
PROGRESS is the EU employment and social solidarity programme, set up to provide financial support for the attainment of the European Union’s objectives in employment, social affairs and equal opportunities as set out in the Social Agenda as well as to the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. This new strategy, which has a strong social dimension, aims at turning the EU into a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy delivering high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion. The European Union needs coherent and complementary contributions from different policy strands, methods and instruments, including the PROGRESS programme, to support the Member States in delivering on the Europe 2020’s goals.
Objective
The main objective of this call for proposals is to encourage new forms of collaboration between employment services at national and EU level for the delivery of complementary services with a high standard of quality and efficiency. The call shall also help to promote a culture of partnership working by breaking traditional barriers and pre-conceptions regarding the different roles of employment services.
Eligibility of applicants
- Applicants must be legal persons properly constituted and registered in one of the EU Member States or other PROGRESS participating
countries
- Eligible applicants must be public, private or third sector organisations whose main mission is the provision of employment services to
jobseekers or job changers
- The action should encourage public, private and third sector employment services, education and training providers, NGOs, welfare
institutions, etc. to work together
- To be eligible the action must include active partners from PROGRESS participating countries and from at least two different types:
public, private or third sector. Applicant and partners can be from the same country
Budget
The total available budget for this call is EUR 1.500.000.
Deadline: 01 March 2013
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