🏛 EU_PORTAL · 📍 EU
€500,000
21/1/2026
23/7/2026
43252517
Support for social dialogue
Expected Outcome:
Key expected results include:
(a) increased awareness of European social dialogue;
(b) enhanced European social dialogue at the sectoral and cross-industry levels;
(c) improved capacity of social partners, including in candidate countries.
These results should lead to a strengthened EU level social dialogue.
Scope:
This call aims at contributing to the promotion of social dialogue at cross-industry and sectoral level, developing European social dialogue, and building and strengthening the capacity of social partner organisations (both in Member States and candidate countries).
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.
As described in the call document.
- Candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine
As described in the call document.
As described in the call document.
As described in the call document.
The award criteria for this call are described in the call document- page 17.
Call opening: 21 January 2026
Deadline for submission: 23 July 2026 – 17:00:00 CET (Brussels)
Evaluation: July – December 2026
Information on evaluation results: January 2027
GA signature: March 2027
As described in the call document.
Call document: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/socpl/wp-call/2026/call-fiche_socpl-2026-soc-dialog_en.pdf
Annex to the call document: Letter of commitment
Application form templates
Standard application form (ESF and SOCPL) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
For individual questions on the Portal Submission System and / or any uploading queries, please contact the IT Helpdesk.
Non-IT related questions directly related to the text and content of the Call for proposals should be sent to the following email address:
− call-specific questions : EMPL-VP-SOCIAL-DIALOGUE@ec.europa.eu
Details of support sources
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – 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.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
IT How to - IT How To - Funding Tenders Opportunities - 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.