Background
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.
Types of actions
An application must only be dedicated to one action presented below.
Green jobs
Projects financed under this strand shall have a sectorial focus and shall propose actions dedicated to one of three targeted sectors as per NACE nomenclature:
- Construction (including building renovation)
- Recycling (included in Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste management and remediation activities)
- Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
ICT and the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs
The overarching priority of this strand of the Call is to contribute to fill bottleneck job vacancies in the ICT and Digital Jobs area by stimulating labour mobility across the 28 Member States.
Personal and household services
The term "personal and household services"(PHS) covers a broad range of activities that contribute to well-being at home of families and individuals: child care (CC), long term care (LTC) for the elderly and for persons with disabilities, cleaning, remedial classes, home repairs, gardening, ICT support, etc.
Budget
The total indicative amount available for this call for proposals is EUR 5.658.000.
Eligibility
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be legal persons properly constituted and registered in one of the EU Member States or other PROGRESS participating countries
- To be eligible applicants must fall within one of the following categories: social partners; public authorities; international organisations;
non-profit making organisations; profit-making organisations; research centres; institutes and universities and civil society organisations.
Deadline: 15 January 2014