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Introduction
In April 2000 the Commission launched a campaign entitled,
Acting locally for employment™.It was underpinned
by a communication entitled ‚Acting locally for
employment
- a local dimension for the European employment strategy™
( 1 ). The aim was to develop further the local dimension
of the European strategy. Mobilisation of local and
non-local actors was sought by launching a debate on
how local actors could promote employment at local level.
The debate has shown the need to support local actors
further in the process of developing a more strategic
approach to employment.
The campaign was underpinned by a call for proposals
issued in 2000 (VP/2000/005) on preparatory measures
for a local commitment for employment.
This focused on the design of local action plans for
employment (LAPS) and the identificationof good practices
on the issues identified in the communication acting
locally. The employment guidelines 2001 ( 2 ) set out
that Member States will encourage local and regional
authorities to develop strategies for employment in
order to exploit fully the possibilities offered by
job creation at local level and to promote partnerships
to this end with all the actors concerned, including
the representatives of civil society.
2. Objectives of the
call for proposals
The call intends to support measures that can contribute
to the creation of an enabling and supportive quality
environment for acting locally for employment within
the context of the European employment strategy. The
main objective of this call for proposals is to facilitate
the establishment and implementation of local action
plans for employment that can contribute to exploit
fully the potential for job creation at local level.
Three types of actions would be eligible for support:
(a) Strengthening the capacities of local, regional
and national actors to adopt an integrated and a strategic
approach to acting locally for employment.
(b) Development and piloting of monitoring, evaluation
and benchmarking tools in support of local strategies
for employment.
(c) Raising awareness of the European employment strategy
at local level, the dissemination of information on
good practices of projects and programmes at different
levels in support of local action for employment and
the establishment of structured and continuous cooperation
between territories.
Projects will be transnational in scope. Each applicant
will act on behalf of a consortium between organisations
located in at least five Member States.
3. Financial conditions
The budget made available under this call will be a
maximum of EUR 11 million. The Commission will co-finance
actions up to a maximum of 75 % of the total eligible
costs, between a minimum of EUR 250 000 and a maximum
of EUR 2 500 000 over a two-year period.
Applicants will be required to make a financial contribution
to the action of at least 25 % of the total eligible
costs.
A maximum in-kind contribution of 10 % of total eligible
costs could be allowed.
Contracts will be signed no later than 31 December 2001.
4. General information
and submission procedures
Dead lind non communicate.
The application form, together with all the information
concerning the detailed conditions of the call, the
eligibility, selection and award criteria, and the main
principles governing the Community's financial participation
can be consulted on the web pages of DG Employment:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/employment_social/tender_en.htm
The same documents, in an appropriate format for filling
in the forms, can be downloaded from:
http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/empl/vp_2001_015/library
Further information can be obtained by contacting:
Tel. (32-2) 296 14 38
Fax (32-2) 296 97 78
E-mail: emplactlocally@cec.eu.int
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