Posting of workers: enhancing administrative cooperation and access to information
European Commission · European Social Fund + (ESF)
Posted 30 Apr 2026 · 6 days left
In plain terms
The European Commission funds projects that improve administrative cooperation and information access around the posting of workers across EU member states, supporting implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights. Organisations from EU countries may apply for grants from a 4 million euro budget, with applications due by 6 October 2026 at 17:00 CET.
A generated summary of the donor's text; the original wording is below.
Summary
Expected Outcome:
This call for proposals supports implementation of the following key principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights: (3) equal opportunities; (5) secure and adaptable employment; (6) wages; (7)information about employment conditions and protection in case of dismissals; (8) social dialogue and involvement of workers; (10) healthy, safe and well –adapted work environment and data protection.
The general objective of this call for proposals is therefore contributing to the implementation of the key principles of the pillar in the area of posting of workers. The specific objectives are the following:
a) To promote transnational cooperation among public authorities and stakeholders, including the promotion of the use of IMI and sharing experiences and best practices in this respect;
b) To increase the accessibility, transparency and quality of the information concerning the terms and conditions of employment to be respected and the existing practices in the Member States to monitor and enforce the provisions of the Posting of Workers Directive;
c) To promote the evidence basis through the collection and evaluation of original data, and the analysis specific to…
Excerpt from the donor's page. The full text, annexes and forms are on the original call.
Eligible regions
- eu_only
Who can apply
- government
- ngo_cso
- academia_research
- private_company
Eligibility and conditions
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">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.
3. Other eligibility 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
The award criteria for this call are described in the call document. (full details in section 9. of the call, pages 16-17)
Award criteria / Minimum pass score / Maximum score
Relevance / 28 / 40
Quality - Project design and implementation / 14 / 20
Quality - Project team and cooperation arrangements / 14 / 20
Impact / 14 / 20
Overall (pass) scores / 70 / 100
Maximum points: 100 points.
Individual thresholds per criterion: 28/40, 14/20, 14/20 and 14/20 points.
Overall threshold: 70/100 points.
Proposals that pass the individual thresholds AND the overall threshold will be considered for funding - within the limits of the available budget (i.e. up to the budget ceiling). Other proposals will be rejected.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
As described in the call document.
Call opening: 30/04/2026
Deadline for submission: 06/10/2026 – 17:00:00 CET (Brussels)
Evaluation: October – December 2026
Information on evaluation results: January – February 2027
GA signature: March – May 2027
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Call document and annexes:
Call document : https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/esf/wp-call/2026/call-fiche_esf-2026-pow_en.pdf
Application form templates
Standard application form (ESF and SOCPL) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
ESF and SOCPL MGA
Additional documents:
ESF+ Annual Work Programme
ESF+ Regulation 2021/1057
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement