EURES - European Employment Services
Open call for proposals for the establishment of a three-year partnership with EURES members and partners
Period covered: 01.06.2010-31.05.2013
The purpose of this call for proposals is to select organisations to work with the Commission and receive support through specific grant agreements for the period 2010-2013. The selection will be made on the basis of three-year activity plans.
Guideline 1 - Improving access to EURES
Guideline 2 - Ensuring services to employers
Guideline 3 - Providing services to jobseekers, job changers and the unemployed
Guideline 4 - Networking with other stakeholders
Guideline 5 - Functioning of the network
Guideline 6 - Implementing cross-border activities
Public employment services
The eligible applicants are the Public Employment Services (PES) from the EU Member States and the other EFTA/EEA participating countries. The PES of the EU/EEA countries are listed in the table below:
Belgium:
-Le FOREM - Office Communautaire et régional de la formation
professionnelle et de l'emploi
- VDAB - Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en
Beroepsopleiding
- ACTIRIS - Brussels Employment Office (ORBEM)
The following social partners organisations at European level: for the trade unions:
- ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation
- EUROCADRES
for the employers' organisations:
- BUSINESSEUROPE - (UNICE - Union of industrial and employers' co-operations of Europe)
- UEAPME - European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP).
Cross-border organisations which fulfil the following requirements
- Comprise the Public Employment Services of all the regions involved, together with tradeunions and employer organisations, as proposed by the EURES members. Other organisations can as well be partners, in particular regional and local authorities or associations of these; organisations dealing with vocational training, universities and institutes of higher education and other relevant actors active on the cross-border labour market. All partners must be committed to the objectives of the partnership and contribute
to the financing of its activities;
- Fulfil the requirements set forth in the following documents:
- Council of Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of 15 October 1968, notably Article 17, on freedom of movement for workers within the Community (OJEC No L257 of 19 October 1968, page 2), as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No
2434/92 of 27 July 1992 and in particular Article 44 thereof;
- Commission Decision 2003/8/EC of 23 December 2002 on the implementing of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 as regards the clearance of vacancies and the applications for employment.
- The EURES Guidelines for 2010-2013.
- Applicants must be legal persons properly constituted and registered in one of the EU Member States or other EFTA/EEA participating countries;
- In application of Article 114 of the Financial Regulation, social partner organisations without legal personality are also eligible provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf and assume financial liability.
Indicative amount
A total amount of EUR 14 000 000 of the total eligible costs of the actions are envisaged for the specific grant agreements in 2010. The total budget for the three years period 2010-2013 should be around EUR 42 000 000.
Co-financing rate
The maximum co-financing rate is 95% of the total eligible cost. Applicants can choose a lower co-financing rate (90%, 85%, 80% etc.) to take into account their specificities.
The information related to the call for proposals is provided on the following website:
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=629&langId=en
Questions on this call for proposals can also be sent by e-mail to: empl-d3-EURES-call@ec.europa.eu
