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.

This call aims at contributing to the promotion of social dialogue at cross-industry and sectoral level, developing European social dialogue, and building and strengthening the capacity of national social partners.

90%

Project budgets are expected to range between €150.000 and €700.000 per project.

The Commission expects to fund between 25 and 40 proposals.

The applicants may apply for a higher project funding rate, 95%, if the project is a “priority action” i.e. concerns:

• social dialogue actions involving negotiations in accordance with Articles 154 and 155 TFEU;
• meetings to prepare for negotiations of agreements in accordance with Articles 154 and 155 TFEU or joint social partner actions relating to the implementation of the agreements resulting from these negotiations; or
• actions to maintain, develop and improve the capacity of national social partners, together with EU cross-industry social partners, specifically following the Covid crisis, as well as measures related to technical assistance provided by EU cross-industry social partners for the coordination and support of these Covid related activities of national social partners.

• Social Affairs & Human Rights

• Businesses
• Educational Institutions
• International Organisations
• Legal Entities
• Local Authorities
• NGOs
• Non Profit Organisations
• Other Beneficiaries
• Private Bodies
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• State-owned Enterprises

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

• be legal entities (public or private bodies);
• be established and registered in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States
  • non-EU countries (not for coordinator and single applicant):
    • Candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine.

Consortium composition:
Applications by both single applicants and consortia are allowed.

Single applicants must be European social partner organisations or an international organisation. However, a national or regional social partner can submit a project as single applicant, provided that the European level is guaranteed by the involvement of a European social partner as affiliated or associated partner.

If a proposal is submitted by a consortium, the coordinator must be a social partner organisation at European, national or regional level or an international organisation. If the coordinator is not a social partner organisation at European level, the consortium must include at least one organisation from a different eligible country to that of the coordinator and a European-level social partner organisation.

Other beneficiaries, affiliated entities and associated partners must fall within one of the following categories:

• social partners
• Business Representative organisations
• non-for-profit organisation
• universities
• research institutes
• public authorities
• international organisations

For help related to this call please contact: EMPL-VP-SOCIAL-DIALOGUE@ec.europa.eu

• Funding&Tenders
• Call document