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Call key data

Activities to tackle undeclared work (Topic 2)

Funding Program

European Social Fund+

Call number

ESF-2023-POW-UDW-02

deadlines

Opening
21.02.2023

Deadline
03.05.2023 17:00

Funding rate

80%

Call budget

€ 5,000,000.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

above € 350,000.00

Link to the call

ec.europa.eu

Link to the submission

ec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

The main objective of the Topic 2 of this call for proposals is to complement and add value to the work of the European Platform tackling undeclared work.

Call objectives

This call is to co-finance actions fostering joint activities and cross-border projects of enforcement authorities and other relevant players improving their technical capacity in the field of preventing and deterrence of undeclared work in line with the Platform’s vision of transforming undeclared into declared work by using a holistic approach, where national governments join up strategy and operations and cooperate with social partners and other stakeholders to employ the full range of direct and indirect policy measures. This will further enhance on-going cooperation between Member States enforcement authorities.

Therefore, the call for proposals aims to support relevant actors in the field of tackling undeclared work such as ministries, enforcement authorities, social partners, etc. to develop innovative initiatives which shall contribute to enhancing the implementation, application, knowledge and better enforcement of EU and national law in the area of undeclared work, including through cross-border cooperation, thus supporting the transformation of undeclared work into declared work. The knowledge gained from these projects should also help building up evidence-based knowledge for better policy design.

The European Pillar of Social Rights has set out key principles and rights for a renewed process of upward convergence towards i.e. fair working conditions in particular in the areas of secure and adaptable employment, wages, information about employment conditions and protection in case of dismissals, social dialogue and involvement of workers, etc. The Topic 2 of this call for proposals intends therefore to contribute to the implementation of the key principles of the pillar in the area of tackling undeclared work.

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Expected effects and impacts

  • enhanced implementation, application and better enforcement of EU and national law in the area of undeclared work;
  • improved technical capacity of enforcement authorities in the field of preventing and deterrence of undeclared work;
  • improved transnational cooperation on a wide range of critical issues, as well as coordination between Member States' different authorities to prevent and deter undeclared work, particularly in relation to strategic reform and cross-border inspections;
  • increased knowledge on tackling undeclared work that would encourage informed policy-making and structural reform (exchange of information, mutual leraning, development of IT-based systems for exchange of information);
  • increased mutual trust among the different stakeholders tackling undeclared work at national and European level;
  • increased public awareness of issues related to undeclared work, including its gender dimension, as well as rights and obligations of workers and employers;
  • promote better working conditions (e.g. the enforcement of labour rights, social security coverage, the application of health and safety guidelines in the workplace) and the transition from undeclared work to declared work;
  • promote the implementation of a holistic approach to tackle undeclared work, where national governments join up strategy and operations and cooperate with social partners and other stakeholders to employ the full range of direct and indirect policy measures.

Preventing declared work from shifting into the undeclared economy, especially in light of the new challenges in tackling undeclared work brought to light by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian aggression in the Ukraine.

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Expected results

The types of activities which can be funded under this call for proposals must address at least one of the areas of action identified below:

  • Common training courses for staff involved in enforcement activities: developing new or improving existing training programmes between officials of competent public authorities and/or between relevant social partners and stakeholders in the context of contributing to enhancing the implementation, application, knowledge and better enforcement of EU and national law in the area of undeclared work. Activities can include trainings focusing on common themes and challenges (e.g. how to address bogus self-employment) and how they are tackled by different national authorities, exchanges in the field (e.g. agriculture and construction sectors) or trainings focusing on how to foster cooperation/improve working relations between different national and other EU/EEA enforcement agencies. Activities supported should produce an output; a potential output of this type of activities could be a handbook of best enforcement practices used my member states to tackle undeclared work.
  • Joint inspections and exchange of staff of enforcement authorities: developing new or improving existing exchanges and peer learning between officials of competent public authorities in order to better cooperate across borders, and to develop tools that facilitate the work and to support capacity building. Activities can include: study visits to the authorities of the Member States, including a presentation of their coordinating work between agencies in addressing undeclared work at national level, field exchanges – exchange of staff for a limited period of time to enable exchange of information/best practices etc.
  • Provision of technical assistance and/or support to implementation of measures/practice as identified by the European Platform tackling UDW to other EU/EEA enforcement bodies to contribute to capacity building, implementation of good practices, etc.
  • Information exchange systems: developing cross-border information exchange systems with the aim to facilitate administrative cooperation between enforcement bodies. Cross-border information exchange systems supported under this priority must add value to existing practices such as EESSI, IMI module on posting of workers, etc.).
  • Collaborative work in form of sharing of information and mutual learning between enforcement authorities: developing or upgrading online platforms for the collection and dissemination of quality, user-friendly, and specific information targeted at tackling undeclared work, preveneting bogus self-employment and facilitating the transition from undeclared work to formal work.
  • Joint awareness raising campaigns/sector specific campaigns/regional cross-border campaigns: awareness raising campaigns targeted at workers and/or employers should aim at changing norms, values and beliefs regarding the acceptability of participating in undeclared work or bogus self-employment, so that these are in conformity with laws and regulations, at informing on risks and costs of undeclared work, capturing the gender specific aspects of undeclared work, at promoting the benefits of formalising work, at encouraging a culture of commitment to declaration, informing about the prevention services available to employers/workers, etc. Messages can be conveyed through many different channels, such as mass media (television, radio), social media (using new media channels to spread messages – for e.g. social networks, videos, blogs, twitter, vlogs etc.), public relations, events, talks, demonstrations, tours, posters and leaflets.

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

EU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)
Iceland (Ísland), Kosovo (Kosova/Kosovë / Косово), Montenegro (Црна Гора), Norway (Norge), Serbia (Srbija/Сpбија)

eligible entities

Education and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University

Mandatory partnership

No

Project Partnership

Proposals may be submitted by single applicants or by a consortium of composed of at least 2 eligible applicants (lead applicant and co-applicants) (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities).

Applicants may participate with affiliated entities (i.e. entities linked to a beneficiary which participate in the action with similar rights and obligations as the beneficiaries, but do not sign the grant and therefore do not become beneficiaries themselves). They will get a part of the grant money and must therefore comply with all the call conditions and be validated (just like beneficiaries); but they do not count towards the minimum eligibility criteria for consortium composition (if any).

Co-applicants can also be established in associated Candidate Countries and Potential Candidates, in accordance with ESF+ Regulation.

Affiliated entities must satisfy the eligibility criteria as all applicants.

In order to be eligible, applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States
    • non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the ESF+ or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
To be eligible, single applicants or lead applicants, co-applicants and affiliated entities must be established in EU Member States and EEA countries, according to ESF+ Regulation. Co-applicants can also be established in associated Candidate Countries and Potential Candidates, in accordance with ESF+ Regulation.

Organisations of social partners without legal personality under the applicable national law are also eligible provided that the conditions of the Financial Regulation related thereto are met (Article 197.2(c) of the Financial Regulation).

Single or lead applicants, co-applicants and affiliated entities must fall into one of the following categories:
  • Public enforcement authorities such as labour inspectorates, social security inspectorates, tax authorities, customs authorities, migration bodies, ministries in charge of tackling undeclared work, the police and the public prosecutor's office, or
  • Social partner organisations. Social partner organisations at EU, national or regional level which are entitled by law or institutional agreement to carry out enforcement tasks can be lead-applicant Other social partner organisations can be co-applicants.
  • Non-profit organisations (private or public).

All beneficiaries signing the grant agreement with the Commission must be actively involved in the implementation of the action and financially engaged (by incurring costs). The way they are financially engaged must be detailed in the project budget of the proposal.

other eligibility criteria

The European Commission Joint Research Centre can be part of the consortium.

Additional information

Topics

Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation, 
Competitiveness of Enterprises, Employment/Labour Market, SME & entrepreneurship, 
Demographic Change, European Citizenship, Migration

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

24 months

Additional Information

Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:

  • Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
  • Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded)

Mandatory annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded):

  • detailed budget table/calculator: not applicable
  • CVs of the core project team: not applicable ( when submitting your application the system will ask for CVs to be uploaded under section 11,b). As long as the section 2.3 of the Application form, Part B “Project teams, staff and experts” is duly completed, it is not necessary to upload CVs. A blank page can be uploaded, replacing CVs.)
  • activity reports of last year: not applicable
  • list of previous projects (key projects relating to free movement of workers and/or EURES in the last 3 years) (template available in Part B)

Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B). Evaluators will not consider any additional pages.

Call documents

ESF+ EaSI strand - Posting of workers- call document 2023ESF+ EaSI strand - Posting of workers- call document 2023(1343kB)

Contact

ESF+ Programm Österreich
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