Deadline: 6 September 2018

EaSI–EURES is seeking proposals for its Targeted mobility scheme “Your first EURES job” to support the development of actions for the work placement of young EU citizens aged 18-35 in an EU, Iceland and Norway territory country other than their country of residence and to help address mobility obstacles.

Jobseekers and employers (SMEs in particular) are the main target groups. Priority will be given to vulnerable sub-groups, notably unemployed young people, including longterm unemployed. Projects can cover all economic sectors and types of occupations, though specific sectors may be given priority in accordance with the demand side or the supply side needs in the countries covered by the action. Support can be provided not only to candidates who wish to find work in a new country but also to those who may wish to return to their country of origin or former country of residence.

The call is financed under the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” 2014-2020 is a European-level financing instrument managed directly by the European Commission to contribute to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy.

Funding Information

• The total budget earmarked for the EU co-financing of projects under this call is estimated at EUR 11,200,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Place of establishment
  • Legal entities properly established and registered in the following countries are eligible as lead applicants and co-applicants:
    • EU Member States
    • Iceland and Norway in accordance with the EEA Agreement
• Type of entities
  • To be eligible, lead applicants must be:
    • EURES National Coordination Offices which are placed in organisations whose main mission is to ensure the provision of employment and placement services to jobseekers, job changers, trainee/apprentice candidates and employers covering jobs and/or work-based trainings.
    • Those services must include information, recruitment, matching and pre- and post-placement support;
  • To be eligible, co-applicants must be:
    • EURES member organisations (i.e. National Coordination Offices, EURES Members and EURES Partners), or other public or private labour market actors (including the third sector);
    • Providers of the same services as lead applicants and/or complementary customer-oriented services in other expertise fields such as information, training, education, career guidance, mentoring, legal advice, integration support or other equivalent.
• Consortia
  • To be eligible, actions must have the involvement of a minimum of five organisations established in at least five different EaSI-EURES participating countries.
  • At least three of these organisations must be EURES member organisations.
  • Besides the lead applicant, members of the consortia can be co-applicants (at least four from four different EaSI-EURES participating countries, different from the home country of the lead applicant).
• Affiliated entities
  • Legal entities having a legal or capital link with applicants, which is neither limited to the action nor established for the sole purpose of its implementation and which satisfy the eligibility criteria, may take part in the action as affiliated entities, and may declare eligible costs.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply via given website.

Eligible Countries: Iceland, Norway, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

For further information, please visit European Commission.