Oproep Progress: Restructuring, well-being at work and financial participation (deadline: 18/5/09)
This call is intended to cover grants to promote the development and dissemination of better expertise and capabilities among the actors concerned in the areas of anticipating, preparing for and providing a socially acceptable response when restructuring occurs, as emphasised in the Commission Communication on Restructuring and Employment - anticipating and accompanying restructuring in order to develop employment: the role of the European Union (COM (2005) 120 final).
The PROGRESS programme related to working conditions is also intended to support the promotion of exchanges of information concerning health and well-being at work during restructuring processes - an area which is also covered by this call.
This call also covers measures to promote employees' financial participation within the meaning of the Commission Communication on a framework for the promotion of employees' financial participation (COM(2005) 364 final).
In view of these objectives, three sub-programmes have been defined:
I Improvement of expertise in restructuring
II Better understanding of health and well-being at work during change
III Promoting the financial participation of workers.
This call for proposals has a budget of € 3 098 000 for 2009.
The deadlines for the submission of applications are as follows: 18 May 2009 for activities commencing no earlier than 20 July 2009 and 1 September 2009 for activities commencing no earlier than 3 November 2009 and no later than 21 December 2009.
