Deadline: 5 September 2018

European Commission is seeking proposals for its ‘Reactivate – Intra-EU job mobility scheme for unemployed over 35s’ with an aim to test an intra-EU labour market activation measure to support the inclusion of EU unemployed citizens aged 35+ in the labour market.

The objective of the action is to test the feasibility of an intra-EU job mobility scheme for the age group above 35 years, with a particular focus on unemployed citizens, including long-term unemployed. Similar to the targeted mobility scheme “Your first EURES job”(YFEJ) helping young jobseekers under 35s, “Reactivate” intends to help adults to find employment or traineeship opportunities in other EU countries and foster their full integration into the labour market.

Being strongly result-oriented, the action aims to improve the conditions for jobseekers and workers to exercise their right of freedom of movement across the EU and to address labour markets’ imbalances and skills shortages. Building on the YFEJ features and objectives (help young jobseekers under 35), “Reactivate” also aims to be an innovative extension of that scheme.

Funding Information

• The total budget earmarked for the EU co-financing of projects under this call is estimated at EUR 5,000,000.
• The Commission expects to fund 2 to 6 projects.

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
• Type of entities
  • To be eligible, lead applicants must be a:
    • public or private employment service or an organisation specialised in work-based placements whose core activity is the provision of information, recruitment, matching, placement and pre- and post placement support to jobseekers, job changers , trainees and employers.
  • To be eligible, co-applicants must:
    • public or private organisation, including social partners, providing the same services as lead applicants and/or complementary customer￾oriented services in other support fields such as information, training, education, career guidance, mentoring, legal advice, integration support or other equivalent.
• Applicants and co-applicants may be profit or non-profit making entities
• Consortia
  • To be eligible, applications must be submitted by a consortium composed of a minimum of two organisations (i.e. lead applicant and at least 1 co-applicant) established in at least two different Member States.
  • If the lead applicant is not considered to be eligible, the application will be rejected.
  • If a co-applicant is considered not to be eligible, this organisation will be removed from the consortium and the eligibility of the modified consortium will be re-evaluated.
  • In addition, the costs that are allocated to a non-eligible co-applicant will be removed from the budget.
  • If the modified consortium is still eligible, the application will be evaluated on that basis. If the application is accepted for funding, the work plan will have to be adapted as appropriate.
• 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

Once the application form is filled in, applicants must submit it both electronically and in hard copy, before the deadline.

Eligible Countries: 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.