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Information, consultation & participation of representatives of undertakings

SOCPL Project Grants

Basic Information

Identifier
SOCPL-2021-INFO-REPR
Programme
Information, consultation & participation of representatives of undertakings
Programme Period
2021 - 2027
Status
Closed (31094503)
Opening Date
March 30, 2021
Deadline
July 27, 2021
Deadline Model
single-stage
Budget
€6,300,000
Min Grant Amount
Max Grant Amount
Expected Number of Grants
Keywords
SOCPL-2021-INFO-REPRSOCPL-2021-INFO-REPR

Description

Objective:

The appropriations of this Call for Proposals finance measures enabling the social partners and the social actors at company level to familiarize themselves with EU law and policies in the area of employee involvement, to exercise their rights and their duties to this regard and to work together towards the definition and implementation of concrete responses to the challenges posed to workers’ involvement. They cover in particular funding of measures aimed at strengthening transnational co-operation between workers' and employers' representatives in respect of employee involvement. These appropriations may also be used to fund short training actions as well as actions involving representatives of social partners in the candidate countries in the field of employee involvement.Measures and actions should be inclusive for vulnerable employees. In order to achieve inclusion of persons with disabilities accessibility must be ensured, for example of information, meetings, consultations, etc.

The expected results of this call for proposals are improved possibilities for the social partners to exercise their rights and duties as regards employee involvement; strengthened cooperation among social partners and other actors in respect to Union law on employee involvement; a follow up on the findings of the "Fitness check" on EU acts in the area of Information and Consultation of Workers, actions related to EU Directive on European Works Councils, and an increased number of social partners and other actors familiarized with transnational company agreements.

Scope:

The main purpose of this Call 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 and the take-up and development of European Works Councils.

This call also aims at supporting projects which seek to identify and address challenges in workers’ involvement resulting from changes in the world of work – e.g. restructuring, outsourcing /subcontracting, digitalisation / automation / artificial intelligence and new forms of work. Transnational actions involving representatives from several Member States as well as the joint participation of employers and workers shall be promoted

Eligibility & Conditions

Conditions

 

1.   Eligible countries: as described in the Call document.

EU Member States and in some cases from the European Economic Area (EEA) countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement.

 

2.   Eligibility and admissibility conditions: as described in the Call document. 

Applications must be submitted before the call deadline and electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System. Paper submissions are NOT possible.

Applications (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System.

Applications must be complete and contain:

-      Application Form (Part A)

-      Application Form (Part B)

-      Annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded as PDF files).

At proposal submission, the lead applicant will have to confirm that it has the mandate to act for all applicants; that the information in the application is correct and complete and that the participants comply with the conditions for receiving EU funding (especially eligibility, financial and operational capacity, exclusion, etc). Before signing the grant, each beneficiaries and affiliated entities will have to confirm this again by signing a declaration of honour (DoH).

Applications must be readable, accessible and printable, not exceeding [70] pages.

3.   Evaluation

The award criteria for this call are as follows:

 -       Relevance: The extent to which the action meets the priority objectives of this Call for proposals.

 -       Quality:

 Project design and implementation:  
The quality of the design and cost-effectiveness of the action, the clarity, efficiency and feasibility of the work organisation and task allocation.

 Project team and cooperation arrangements:        
The clarity, efficiency and feasibility of the work organisation and task allocation.
The extent to which the project promotes the joint participation of employers and workers on a transnational basis, including the participation of candidate countries.

 -        Impact:
Overall impact of the proposal, impact on envisaged target group(s), sustainability of impact on target group(s) and structures involved

 

Award criteria

Minimum pass score

Maximum score

Relevance

15

30

Quality — Project design and implementation

10

25

Quality — Project team and cooperation arrangements

10

25

Impact

8

20

Overall (pass) scores

60

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum points: 100 points.

Individual thresholds per criterion: 15/30 points for Relevance, 10/25 points for each Criterion on Quality, 8/20 points for Impact.

Overall threshold: 60 points.

Proposals that pass the individual thresholds AND the overall threshold will be considered for funding — within the limits of the available call budget. Other proposals will be rejected.

4.   Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: as described in the Call document.

5.   Proposal templates, guidance and model grant agreements (MGA):

Standard proposal template to come
Call document: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/socpl/wp-call/2021/call-fiche_socpl-2021-info-repr_en.pdf

Update (The deadline for call SOCPL-2021-INFO-REPR has been postponed to 27/07/2021): updatecallfichesocpl2021inforeprenpdf1621948430-en.pdf

 Mono/Multi-beneficiary Model Grant Agreement https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/agr-contr/general-mga_esf-socpl_en.pdf

Support & Resources

For help related to this call, please contact: [email protected]

Funding&Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.

IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.

Online Manual – Please be aware that the Manual is currently drafted for the H2020 Programme and may not entirely fit for other programmes. However, a revision is being completed to make it corporate.

Latest Updates

Last Changed: May 26, 2021
The submission session is now available for: SOCPL-2021-INFO-REPR(SOCPL-PJG)
Last Changed: May 25, 2021

The submission session is now available for: SOCPL-2021-INFO-REPR(SOCPL-PJG)

The deadline for call SOCPL-2021-INFO-REPR has bene postponed to 27/07/2021.

Last Changed: May 25, 2021

The deadline for call SOCPL-2021-INFO-REPR has bene postponed to 27/07/2021.

Last Changed: March 30, 2021
The submission session is now available for: SOCPL-2021-INFO-REPR(SOCPL-PJG)
Last Changed: March 30, 2021
The submission session is now available for: SOCPL-2021-INFO-REPR(SOCPL-PJG)
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