SOCPL-2026-INFO-REPR

SOCPL-2026-INFO-REPR

Status
open for submission
Programme
Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines (SOCPL)
Action type
SOCPL Project Grants
Opens
2 Sep 2026
Deadline
12 Nov 2026
Fetched
5 Sep 2026, 00:32 UTC
Plain-language summary

Support projects enhancing employee involvement and European Works Councils amid industry transitions and digital transformation.

This call funds projects that promote employee involvement in companies through social dialogue. It focuses on supporting European Works Councils and managing changes due to climate goals and digital transformation. Projects should address specific challenges to maximize impact.

Likely relevant for

  • Trade unions
  • Employer organisations
  • Social partners
  • Employee representatives
  • Labour law researchers
  • Organisations involved in European Works Councils

Project signals

Focus on employee involvement and social dialogueAddressing restructuring and change managementPromoting gender-balanced European Works CouncilsSupporting just transition and climate objectivesManaging AI and digital transformation effects on work organisation

What it funds

  • Projects promoting employee involvement in undertakings
  • Actions supporting European Works Councils and their effective functioning
  • Promotion of gender-balanced European Works Councils
  • Support for workers’ involvement in anticipation and management of change
  • Prevention and resolution of disputes during restructuring
  • Addressing challenges from EU climate objectives and digital transformation

Expected outcomes

  • Increased employee involvement through social dialogue
  • Improved functioning of European Works Councils
  • Better management of industrial transitions and restructuring
  • Support for just transition towards climate neutrality
  • Addressing impacts of AI and digital transformation on work conditions

Who can apply / participate

  • Social partners at European level
  • Trade unions
  • Employer organisations
  • Other relevant organisations as per call document
  • Check call document for consortium requirements
  • Eligible countries include EU Member States and some EEA countries as per call document
  • Applicants must comply with EU funding eligibility, financial and operational capacity, and exclusion criteria
  • Exact list of eligible countries and applicant types to verify in call document

Must check before shortlisting

  • Eligibility of applicant types and countries
  • Specific budget and funding conditions
  • Consortium requirements if any

Money

Total budget of approximately EUR 2.5 million for 2026 under SOCPL Project Grants.

  • Total budget — 2500000EUR
    Allocated for SOCPL-2026-INFO-REPR in 2026

Application notes

  • Single-stage submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal.
  • Application Form Part A and B
  • Annexes and supporting documents as PDFs
  • Proposal page limit of 70 pages
  • Electronic submission only
  • Register and submit proposal via Funding & Tenders Portal
  • Confirm mandate to act for all applicants
  • Ensure completeness and compliance with eligibility and capacity requirements
  • Sign declaration of honour before grant signature
  • Check detailed eligibility and evaluation criteria in call document
  • Adhere to submission deadlines and format requirements
  • Evaluation includes relevance, quality, impact with minimum pass score of 60/100

Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 3 Sep 2026, 09:40 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.

Official source text

Fine print from the EU source record. Expand when you need the original wording.

Topic description

Expected Outcome: The main objective of this call is to develop employees’ involvement in undertakings by raising awareness and contributing to the application of European Union law and policies in this area. The call aims at supporting projects which seek to help accompany through social dialogue at company level the significant changes driven by industry transitions and, in particular, the take-up and effective functioning of European Works Councils. The call shall focus on one or a limited number of topical challenges with a view to maximise both the individual and aggregated impact of the selected projects. Scope: Actions to promote European level and strengthened transnational cooperation between social partners that address the following themes would be expected: - to promote exchange and wider dissemination of knowledge and good practices and to launch actions aimed at supporting the setting up and good functioning of European Works Councils, including the promotion of gender balanced European Works Councils; - to support workers’ involvement in the anticipation and management of change and the prevention and resolution of disputes in the event of various forms of restructuring in EU level undertakings and groups of undertakings, as required to achieve a just transition, i.e. address challenges brought by the pursuit of EU’s climate objectives (e.g. Council recommendation of 16 June 20225 on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality), and by the digital transformation of economies (e.g. impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on work organisation or working conditions).

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.

EU Member States and in some cases from the European Economic Area (EEA) countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement.

3. Other Eligible 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

As described in the call document. (Page 17)

Award criteria

Minimum pass score

Maximum score

Relevance

20

30

Quality — Project design and implementation

15

25

Quality — Project team and cooperation arrangements

15

25

Impact

10

20

Overall (pass) scores

60

100



5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

As described in the call document.

Call opening:

2 September 2026

Deadline for submission:

12 November 2026 – 17:00:00 CET (Brussels)

Evaluation:

November 2026 – February 2027

Information on evaluation results:

February 2027

GA signature:

March – April 2027



6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

As described in the call document.

Support information

Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes. IT How to - Funding Tenders Opportunities (europa.eu) : Detailed instructions on how to apply for EU funding, from how to register your organisation, how to manage the roles and access rights to your organisations, proposals and to how to submit your proposal. It gives also detailed instructions on and on how to manage your grant if you are selected. For help related to this call , if you did not find an answer in the various support means , please contact: EMPL-SOCPL-2024-INFO-REPR@ec.europa.eu

Raw budget overview
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