Posting of workers: enhancing administrative cooperation and access to information

Type of action: ESF Project Grants ">Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout 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. 2. Eligible countries As described in the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions As described in the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion As described in the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes As described in the call document. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds The award criteria for this call are described in the call document. (full details in section 9. of the call, pages 16-17) Award criteria / Minimum pass score / Maximum score Relevance / 28 / 40 Quality - Project design and implementation / 14 / 20 Quality - Project team and cooperation arrangements / 14 / 20 Impact / 14 / 20 Overall (pass) scores / 70 / 100 Maximum points: 100 points. Individual thresholds per criterion: 28/40, 14/20, 14/20 and 14/20 points. Overall threshold: 70/100 points. Proposals that pass the individual thresholds AND the overall threshold will be considered for funding - within the limits of the available budget (i.e. up to the budget ceiling). Other proposals will be rejected. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement As described in the call document. Call opening: 30/04/2026 Deadline for submission: 06/10/2026 – 17:00:00 CET (Brussels) Evaluation: October – December 2026 Information on evaluation results: January – February 2027 GA signature: March – May 2027 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Call document and annexes: Call document : https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/esf/wp-call/2026/call-fiche_esf-2026-pow_en.pdf Application form templates Standard application form (ESF and SOCPL) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Model Grant Agreements (MGA) ESF and SOCPL MGA Additional documents: ESF+ Annual Work Programme ESF+ Regulation 2021/1057 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement  Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual  Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions  Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement