EURES EEA non-EU countries cooperation

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

The overall objectives of the call topic are to facilitate workers' intra-EU labour mobility, to boost employment opportunities as well as to support the implementation of the EURES Regulation.

The ultimate goal of the call is to facilitate the job matching, placement and recruitment process on a fair basis.

Applicants under this specific call topic are informed that the award of grants to applicants from countries which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) is only possible if the EEA countries have complied with Art 29 of the ESF+ Regulation that stipulates that the EaSI strand shall be open to the EEA participation by means of an agreement with the Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

This topic shall support the implementation of Union law on facilitating intra-EU labour mobility and the work of the EURES network in the EEA countries.

Proposals under this topic must support all these activities:

1. To provide recruitment assistance through the EURES advisers and other staff of the EEA employment services to jobseekers and employers, such as:
   • Recruiting workers and attracting employers.
   • Identifying suitable job vacancies or CVs.
   • Helping to draft CV's, job applications, and job vacancies.
   • Matching CVs and vacancies.
2. To provide guidance and information, to potential mobile jobseekers and their employers, on:
   • living and working conditions, including general information on social security, taxation, labour law and administrative procedures regarding employment.
   • apprenticeships, traineeships and access to vocational education and training.
3. To improve the visibility and awareness of EURES in the EEA countries and to advertise the information and services provided, in line with the EURES communications strategy.
4. To monitor placement outcomes and customer satisfaction.
5. To contribute to the pool of job vacancies and CVs in the EURES portal, in cooperation with the NCO.
6. To cooperate with other EURES countries in joint projects such as recruitment events.

In addition, proposals under this topic must support at least one of the following activities:

1. To provide new and specialised services that are not or only partially available so far, thus contributing to filling the possible gaps of services provided in the region (e.g. post-recruitment support, cross-border projects, combination of training and placement, specific services for the placement of long-term unemployed, etc.);
2. To support the implementation of the EURES regulation and, in particular, to contribute to the EURES programming cycle and the exchange of information between Member States; to coordinate EURES activities at national level and participate in the coordination meetings of the EURES network;