SOCPL-2026-INFO-WK

Information and training measures for workers' organisations

Status
open for submission
Programme
Social Prerogative and Specific Competencies Lines (SOCPL)
Action type
SOCPL Project Grants
Opens
15 Apr 2026
Deadline
24 Jun 2026
Fetched
24 Jun 2026, 11:03 UTC
Plain-language summary

EU funding to strengthen workers' organisations' capacity for social dialogue and employment challenges at EU level.

This call supports workers' organisations to improve their ability to engage in social dialogue and address employment challenges. It focuses on themes like job quality, labour market changes, digitalisation, and social protection. Actions should prepare or support social partner agreements and implement European Social Dialogue programmes.

Likely relevant for

  • Workers' organisations
  • Trade unions
  • Social partner organisations
  • Labour market researchers
  • Employment policy NGOs

Project signals

Social dialogue agreement preparationEmployment and labour market challengesTraining and capacity building for workersImplementation of social partner programmes

What it funds

  • Capacity building for workers' organisations at EU and transnational level
  • Preparation and support for autonomous social partner agreements at EU level
  • Implementation of European Social Dialogue Committees' work programmes
  • Actions addressing employment, social and economic challenges per EU policy documents
  • Themes including labour market modernisation, job creation, new forms of work, collective bargaining, digitalisation, just transition, skills development, social protection, gender equality, and crisis response

Expected outcomes

  • Strengthened capacity of workers' organisations to participate effectively in social dialogue
  • Improved negotiation and implementation of social partner agreements
  • Enhanced involvement of social partners in EU policy design and implementation
  • Better addressing of employment and working condition challenges at EU level

Who can apply / participate

  • Workers' organisations
  • Trade unions
  • European-level social partner organisations
  • Check call document for consortium requirements
  • Eligible applicants from EU Member States and some EEA countries as per call document
  • Applicants must be social partner organisations representing workers or employers engaged in social dialogue
  • Must demonstrate mandate to engage in social dialogue at European level if not listed in official European-level social partners
  • Exact eligibility criteria details to be confirmed in call document

Must check before shortlisting

  • Eligibility of organisation as social partner
  • Specific country eligibility (EU Member States and some EEA)
  • Consortium requirements if any

Money

Total budget of approximately EUR 6.67 million for 2026 under SOCPL Project Grants.

  • Total budget for 2026 — 6670000EUR
    Allocated for SOCPL-2026-INFO-WK project grants

Application notes

  • Single-stage submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal only. No paper submissions allowed.
  • Complete application with Part A and Part B forms
  • Annexes and supporting documents in PDF format
  • Lead applicant must confirm mandate and compliance with funding conditions
  • Proposal must not exceed 70 pages
  • Applications must be submitted before the deadline
  • Prepare application using provided forms in the Submission System
  • Submit electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal
  • Confirm mandate and eligibility declarations at submission and before grant signature
  • Check call document for detailed eligibility and admissibility conditions
  • Ensure compliance with financial and operational capacity requirements
  • Review award criteria and evaluation process in call document

Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 22 Jun 2026, 17:21 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: This call aims at strengthening the capacity of workers' organisations (both in Member States and candidate countries) to address, at EU/transnational level, challenges related to changes in employment and working conditions as well as challenges related to their effective participation in social dialogue . Definitions used in the context of this call: a) “Social partner organisation” is either an organisation representing workers – often also referred to as "trade union" – or an organisation representing employers. They engage in some form of "social dialogue", discussing and often negotiating such issues as wages, working conditions, training, etc. b) European-level social partner organisations (or “European-level social partners”): either organisations that are consulted in accordance with Article 154 TFEU (an up-to-date list can be found here) or other European social partner organisations fulfilling the definition of social partner organisations representing workers (also referred to as trade union) or employers at regional, national or European level that are engaged in "social dialogue" i.e. the discussion and negotiation of wages, working conditions, training, etc. that are not included in this list, but which: (1) demonstrate that they represent several national social partners (fulfilling as well the definition above); (2) have a mandate of these organisations to engage in social dialogue at European level on their behalf; and (3) are involved in the preparation and/or functioning of European social dialogue. Scope: Actions that address the following themes will be particularly welcome: - actions aimed at preparing negotiations of autonomous social partner agreements to be concluded at EU level and at supporting their implementation at national level; - actions related to the implementation of the work programmes of the existing European Social Dialogue Committees. Relevant themes for this call are: - employment, social and economic challenges as identified in the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, the Quality Jobs Roadmap and other key Commission documents; - involvement of social partners in the European Semester and their contribution to EU policy design and implementation; - modernisation of the labour market, job creation and job matching, youth employment; job transitions; employment in SMEs; - new forms of work, including telework and platform work; - strengthening collective bargaining, including on adequate minimum wages; - quality jobs, including fair working conditions and health and safety at work, anticipation, preparation and management of change and restructuring; - digitalisation of the economy and society (including artificial intelligence and algorithmic management); - just transition to a climate-neutral economy; - labour shortages and skills development including re- and upskilling; skills intelligence and skills recognition across the EU - intra-EU labour mobility and the portability of social security rights, attracting talent in line with the needs of our economies and labour market; - modernisation of social protection systems, including access to social protection for those in non-standard forms of employment; - reconciliation of work and family life, gender equality, action in the field of antidiscrimination, healthier and longer working lives, active inclusion and decent work; - tackling the employment, social and economic consequences of crisis situation.

Conditions and documents

Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

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

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 eligibility conditions

Described in the call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

Described in the call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

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.

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

Described in the call document.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

Described in the call document

Support information

Online Manual : This step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and submission to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes. (roles & access rights, proposal submission and evaluation, grant management, amendments, etc.). Each explanation leads to the corresponding “IT How to” page (see here after). IT How to - 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. Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ : FAQ on 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. For help related to this call, please contact please add a contact e-mail or url

Raw budget overview
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