A Call on Cross-border partnerships and support to cooperation on intra-EU mobility for EEA countries and social partners has just been published by the European Commission.

1. Title of the call for proposals together with VP reference number: VP/2018/007 - Cross-border partnerships and support to cooperation on intra-EU mobility for EEA countries and social partners.

2. Link to the Internet page where documents of the call can be consulted:
   http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=629&langId=en&callId=534&furtherCalls=yes

3. Priorities of the call for proposals:

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

   The call consists of four strands in line with the 2018 annual work programme for grants and procurement for EaSI:

   i. The first strand will seek to support fair mobility for frontier workers in cross-border regions;

   ii. The second strand will support the development of new cross-border partnerships and any activities leading in this direction

   iii. The third strand will seek to support intra-EU labour mobility in the EEA countries;

   iv. The fourth strand will seek to support coordination of the social partners activities in the EURES network by the European level Social Partners.

   Measures to be financed under this call have to be action oriented anf carry a clear added value in terms of making a difference where rolled out.

Moreover, whenever appropriate, applicants must commit to fulfilling the requirements set forth in Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the EP and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union and of Regulation (EU) No 2016/589 of the European Parliament and the Council on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013.7

This means that the applicants must comply with the rules, standards and procedures established in these documents, such as the principle to provide free services to job seekers, to provide job vacancies and CV’s in accordance with the uniform system for the EURES portal and to provide information to the National Coordination Office for the programming and reporting cycle.

4. Deadline for submitting applications: 25/06/2018

5. Functional mailbox where additional information can be requested: EMPL-VP-2018-007@ec.europa.eu