The European Commission launched a new call for proposals European Social Fund + (ESF) programme titled “EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme (ESF-2022-EURES-TMS)”. EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme (TMS), constitutes a European labour market activation measure, combining tailor-made recruitment, matching, training and placement services with financial incentives. The support measures may vary according to labour market needs but must at least include provisions for interviews in another Member State/EU country, relocation, linguistic training as well as work and country integration support. The end beneficiaries will be jobseekers and job changers, trainees and apprentices as well recruiting enterprises, including SMEs. Both individuals and enterprises may receive direct financial support in the form of targeted allowances. Placements may, inter alia, take place in the context of transnational initiatives, regional cross-border initiatives and/or projects dedicated to particular sector(s). Applicant organisations are free to choose the activities, methods and tools etc. to implement their action, on condition that they indicate separate targets for measures offered for the young (aged from 18 to 35) and for 35+ job seekers as well as comply with the mandatory framework for the provision of assistance and financial support. Both age groups (group from 18 to 35 years and group 35+ years) have to be covered in proposals submitted under this call; placement targets need to be indicated.
The overall objective of this call for proposals is to ensure around 4 000 placements over the duration of the action in economic sectors with hard-to-fill vacancies. EURES TMS is designed to support the development of actions for the work placement of EU/EEA (Norway and Iceland) jobseekers over 18 years, including the most vulnerable (e.g. unemployed and long-term unemployed, low-skilled people and in general those loosely attached to the labour market), helping them to find a job opportunity in another EU/EEA country (Norway, Iceland) in particular in economic sectors with hard-to-fill vacancies. The granted projects shall provide customised employment services, facilitating jobskeers to address mobility obstacles.
The action being strongly result-oriented, it should contribute to:
- address labour market needs;
- 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, labour and skills shortages.
- enhance the service catalogue of the EURES organisations;
- foster public-private partnerships within EURES
Activities under this call should also contribute to the 2023 European Year of Skills and to the 30th anniversary of EURES in 2024.
The deadline for applications is the 15th of February 2023.
For more information, please visit the Commission’s website.
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