Info session of the Call ‘Innovative Approaches Tackling Long-Term Unemployment’

It is our pleasure to inform you that the European Competence Centre for Social Innovation is hosting an online Info session of the Call ‚Innovative Approaches Tackling Long-Term Unemployment’, which will take place on Tuesday, the 28th of May, 2024 from 10:00 to 12:30 (CET).

This new Call under the ESF+ Social Innovation+ Initiative was launched on the 18^th of April. The deadline for application is 5:00 PM CET on the 30th of September, 2024.

This Call aims to transfer or scale up proven and promising social innovations aimed at the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market and fostering their social inclusion.

During the Info session, you will have the opportunity to learn about the need and purpose of this call, project design, eligible beneficiaries, supported activities, work packages, deliverables, budget, lump sums, admissibility and eligibility check, award criteria, assessment, and selection processes.

• Call’s indicative overall grant budget: 23 000 000 EUR
• Form of grant: lump sum
• Expected duration of a typical project: up to 36 months
• Indicative grant amount: between 1 000 000 EUR and 3 000 000 EUR per project, constituting not more than 80% of the project’s total budget.
• Eligible participants: only consortia, which consists of an applicant (Coordinator) and at least one co-applicant from another EU Member State, countries associated to the ESF+ (Iceland, Montenegro, Norway and Serbia), are eligible.  

Find the draft agenda here.

To attend the Info session and receive the relevant information, we kindly ask you to register using the registration link by Friday, the 24th of May COB.

Please note that registration for this event is mandatory. Further information, final agenda and joining link to the meeting will be circulated to registered participants on Monday, the 27th of May, 2024.

You are highly invited to share this information with relevant colleagues.

We are here to support you, so if you have any queries concerning your participation in the Info session, please get in touch with us at events@esf.lt 

For more information, please check the Call website.

Online info session recording