Prerogatives are tasks resulting from specific powers directly conferred by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) to the European Commission.

The prerogatives budget lines managed by the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion deal with social dialogue, labour mobility as well as analysis of the social situation, demographics and the family.

The objective of this call is to promote analysis and research on industrial relations, at EU level as well as in comparative terms (identifying convergences and differences in the industrial relations systems in place in the EU Member States and in Candidate Countries), thereby contributing and promoting exchange of information and experience among the parties actively involved in industrial relations, with the aim of contributing to developing and reinforcing industrial relations structures in Europe.

90%

• Education and training
• Industry
• Research, Technological Development and Innovation

• Educational Institutions
• International Organisations
• Local Authorities
• NGOs
• Non Profit Organisations
• Other Beneficiaries
• Private Bodies
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• Semi-governmental organisations
• State-owned Enterprises
• Training Centres

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries, affiliated entities and associated partners) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member State.
  • non-EU countries (not applicable for coordinator and single applicants): Candidate countries: Albania, Moldova, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine.
• The single applicant must be an international organisation.
• The Coordinator, other beneficiaries, affiliated entities and associated partners must fall within one of the following categories: non-profit-making organisations such as universities and research institutes; social partners; public authorities; international organisations, European-level organisations.
• Affiliated entities and associated partners may be part of a single applicant proposal or consortia.

Consortium composition – Proposals submitted by a consortium must comply with the following conditions:

• To be eligible as consortium, actions must include a coordinator and a least one other beneficiary (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities;)
• The consortium must be composed of at least one non-profit-making university or research institute as coordinator or other beneficiary. This requirement is not applicable if the coordinator is an international organisation;
• If the coordinator is not a European-level or international organisation, it must be in a consortium with at least one organisation (other beneficiary) from a different eligible country to that of the coordinator.

Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion: https://bit.ly/3dByK6U 

For further questions send to the email address below:
EMPL-VP-SOCIAL-DIALOGUE@ec.europa.eu

(Publish Date: 17/11/2022-for internal use only)

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