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A new funding\u00a0call<\/a>, targeting trade unions and employer organisations, has just been launched by the\u00a0European\u00a0Commission under the\u00a0Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion<\/a>\u00a0(EaSi) programme aimed at supporting social dialogue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n EaSi\u00a0helps the European Union and its Member States to improve policies on three thematic areas: employment, social protection, social inclusion, the reduction and the prevention of poverty, and working conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The EU grant requested should indicatively be between \u20ac150,000 and \u20ac650,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Under this call for proposals, the EU grant may not exceed 90% of the total eligible costs of the action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To be eligible, a project must include a lead applicant and at least one co-applicant. The lead applicant must be a social partner organisation at European, national or regional level. Co-applicants may be social partners, non-profit making organisations, universities and research institutes, public authorities or international organisations. If a social partner organisation representing workers is the lead applicant, the mandatory co-applicant must be a social partner organisation representing employers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n