Background
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 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.
Size of grants
The requested European Union funding per project will not be less than EUR 108.000.
Eligibility
- Properly constituted and registered legal persons, having their registered office based in one of the Member States of the European Union.
In derogation from this requirement and pursuant to Article 131 of the Financial Regulation, the organisations of social partners without
legal personality under the applicable national law are also eligible provided that the conditions of the Financial Regulation related thereto
are met.
- Representatives of workers or employers based in one of the Member States of the European Union, such as:
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 in nature.
- As an exception, applicants may also be technical bodies such as non-profit training or research bodies and commercial companies only if
the aim of the project is non-commercial. The above quoted technical bodies and commercial undertakings will be considered eligible only
where they are expressly mandated by one or more eligible organisations representing workers or employers of Member States and when
a mandatory letter of endorsement is included.
- Co-applicants must have their registered office in one of the Member States or Candidate Countries.
Deadline: 22 June 2015
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