Call for proposals

EaSI-Progress: Posting of workers: enhancing administrative cooperation and access to information - VP/2017/003

 

Objectives and description 

The general aim of this Call for Proposals published under the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation "EaSI" 2014-2020 is to fund initiatives in order to enhance the implementation and correct application of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the transnational provision of services, as well as the implementation of the Enforcement Directive 2014/67/EU.

 

This call intends to support the Commission and the Member States to understand existing and new challenges and develop initiatives in the field of posting of workers and a decent work agenda.

 

The general objectives are to

1) further improve transnational administrative cooperation between national competent bodies and social partners involved in the monitoring and correct application of the Posting of Workers Directive and its Enforcement Directive and

2) increase mutual trust among stakeholders, including promoting common actions between social partners at different levels, exchanges of relevant officials and training, as well as

3) enhancing the evidence basis, both of qualitative and quantitative nature, and evaluation of original information and data concerning various dimensions of posting of workers.

 

In order to achieve the objective, it is intended with this call for proposals to fund transnational cooperation initiatives covering at least 7 eligible countries.

 

The specific objectives of this call for proposals are the following:

a) To promote transnational cooperation among public authorities and stakeholders, including the promotion of the use of IMI and sharing experiences and best practices in this respect.

b) To increase the accessibility, transparency and quality of the information concerning the terms and conditions of employment to be respected and the existing practises in the Member States to monitor and enforce the provisions of the Posting of Workers Directive;

c) To promote the evidence basis through the collection and evaluation of original data, analysis and information specific to the posting process, including through the collaboration between universities across various disciplines, research centres and institutes, and stakeholders.

 

Eligible activities

The following activities may be co-financed:

a)     Cooperation: developing new or improving existing exchanges, peer reviews and/or training programmes (for example joint visits, joint inspections, short training actions) between officials of competent public authorities and/or between relevant social partners and stakeholders in the contexts of monitoring the compliance with and enforcement of the applicable rules in relation to posted workers, including in subcontracting chains, and/or of administrative cooperation and mutual assistance, including the use of the Internal Market Information System (IMI).

b)    Information: developing or upgrading online platforms for the collection and dissemination of quality, user-friendly, and specific information targeted at workers and/or undertakings with respect to the working conditions applicable to posted workers, the procedures and conditions to be respected by undertakings in different Member States, and other relevant information for the posting of workers in the context of the provision of cross-border services.

c)     Knowledge: development of joint research projects on different dimensions of the posting of workers in the context of the transnational provision of services and dissemination of results through targeted publication strategies, both in the scientific domain as well as in the specialised and general press. Applicants must include at least two out of the aforementioned types of activity in their proposal.

 

To be eligible, actions must demonstrate that they will cover at least 7 EaSI participating countries; e.g. coverage through a study, reach-out for communication activities, etc.

 

Eligible participants

Legal entities properly established and registered in the following countries are eligible as lead applicant and co-applicants:

·         EU Member States;

·         Iceland and Norway in accordance with the EEA Agreement;

·         Albania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.

 

To be eligible, lead applicants, co-applicants and affiliated entities must fall in one of the following categories:

·         Public authorities;

·         International organisations;

·         Non-profit organisations (private or public);

·         Research centres/institutes;

·         Higher education establishments;

·         Civil society organisations,

·         social partner organisation at European, national or regional level.

 

To be eligible, actions must have the involvement of lead applicant and co-applicants established in at least four different EU Member States or other eligible EaSI-Progress participating countries, i.e. lead applicant and at least 3 co-applicants.

 

Funding conditions and duration

The total budget earmarked for the EU co-financing of projects under this call is estimated at EUR 2,700,000.00. The present call requires applicants to ensure a broad geographical coverage and the set-up of sizeable consortia as well as to tackle a wide range of activities. Thus, and for illustrative purposes, the Commission expects to award 6-8 grants.

 

Under this call for proposals, the EU grant may not exceed 80 % of the total eligible costs of the action.

 

The project's duration should indicatively be between twelve (12) months and twenty four (24) months. Projects shall start no earlier than 1 January 2018.

 

Deadline of proposals' submission

The submission deadline is on 9 June 2017.

 

Applications (application form including budget and description of the action including work plan) must be submitted using the electronic submission system available at https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/swim, and by sending a signed, printed version of the application form and the other afore-mentioned documents by post or courier service (one original dossier and one copy; see also section 12).

 

Further information

Please, find attached the call documents.

 

All enquiries must be made by e-mail only to: empl-vp-2017-003@ec.europa.eu 

For any technical problems please contact: empl-swim-support@ec.europa.eu

 

More information: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=629&langId=en&callId=508&furtherCalls=yes

 

 

Kind Regards,

Rosemary

 

    

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