Posting of workers: enhancing administrative cooperation and access to information

Topic description

Expected Outcome: This call for proposals supports implementation of the following key principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights: (3) equal opportunities; (5) secure and adaptable employment; (6) wages; (7)information about employment conditions and protection in case of dismissals; (8) social dialogue and involvement of workers; (10) healthy, safe and well –adapted work environment and data protection. The general objective of this call for proposals is therefore contributing to the implementation of the key principles of the pillar in the area of posting of workers. The specific objectives are the following: a) To promote transnational cooperation among public authorities and stakeholders, including the promotion of the use of IMI and sharing experiences and best practices in this respect; b) To increase the accessibility, transparency and quality of the information concerning the terms and conditions of employment to be respected and the existing practices in the Member States to monitor and enforce the provisions of the Posting of Workers Directive; c) To promote the evidence basis through the collection and evaluation of original data, and the analysis specific to the posting process and posted workers' working conditions, including through the collaboration between universities across various disciplines, research centres and institutes and stakeholders, in particular social partners. Scope: Expected results will include the development of new or the improvement of existing exchanges, peer reviews and/or training programmes between officials of competent public authorities and/or between relevant social partners and stakeholders in the contexts of monitoring the compliance with and enforcement of the applicable rules in relation to posted workers, and/or of administrative cooperation and mutual assistance. Furthermore, the results will include the development/improvement of online platforms for the collection and dissemination of quality, user-friendly, and specific information targeted at posted workers.

Conditions and documents

Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout 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 beneficiary and affiliated entity will have to confirm this again by signing a declaration of honour (DoH). Applications must be readable, accessible and printable, not exceeding [70] pages. 2. Eligible countries As described in the call document . 3. Other eligibility conditions As described in the call document . 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion As described in the call document . 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes As described in the call document . 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds The award criteria for this call are described in the call document . (full details in section 9. of the call, pages 16-17) Award criteria / Minimum pass score / Maximum score Relevance / 28 / 40 Quality - Project design and implementation / 14 / 20 Quality - Project team and cooperation arrangements / 14 / 20 Impact / 14 / 20 Overall (pass) scores / 70 / 100 Maximum points: 100 points. Individual thresholds per criterion: 28/40, 14/20, 14/20 and 14/20 points. Overall threshold: 70/100 points. Proposals that pass the individual thresholds AND the overall threshold will be considered for funding - within the limits of the available budget (i.e. up to the budget ceiling). Other proposals will be rejected. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement As described in the call document . Call opening: 30/04/2026 Deadline for submission: 06/10/2026 – 17:00:00 CET (Brussels) Evaluation: October – December 2026 Information on evaluation results: January – February 2027 GA signature: March – May 2027 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Call document and annexes: Call document : https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/esf/wp-call/2026/call-fiche_esf-2026-pow_en.pdf Application form templates Standard application form (ESF and SOCPL) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Model Grant Agreements (MGA) ESF and SOCPL MGA Additional documents: ESF+ Annual Work Programme ESF+ Regulation 2021/1057 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Budget overview

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