Posting of workers: enhancing administrative cooperation and access to information

The eligibility requirements on consortium composition should be read considering pages 12 and 13 in connection to page 8 of the call text: participation of both social partners (worker and employers’ organisations) is a minimum requirement for consortia composition under the Cooperation strand; proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (lead applicant and co-applicants; not affiliated entities); applicants may participate with affiliated entities (…) but they do not count towards the minimum eligibility criteria for consortium composition; (…) other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners, subcontractors, third parties giving in-kind contributions.

The minimum requirements in terms of composition of the consortia and representation of different types of organisations for the proposals submitted under the Cooperation strand are listed at page 8 of the call text, reading participation of both social partners (worker and employers’ organisations) (…) shall apply.

Please refer to the consortium composition as stated on page 12 of the call document. Lead applicants and at least 2 co-applicants must be established in 3 different EU Member States and EEA countries, whilst additional co-applicants may also be established in (Potential) Candidate countries. A link to the list of eligible non-EU countries is available on page 11 of the call document.

Please refer to section 10, “Budget categories and cost eligibility rules”, regarding the eligible costs categories and to section 2 regarding the eligible activities. Please consult also EU Grants AGA — Annotated Grant AgreementPDF. All costs must be clearly justified as needed for the project implementation and should cover the duration of the project.

As indicated in the call text (page 10), Part B of the proposal is limited to maximum 50 pages.

There is no specific template and if your organisation does not produce a formal annual activity report, an equivalent internal or published document covering the last year’s activities should in principle be acceptable, provided it is clear and sufficiently informative. The information in that document should list its main activities, achievements, projects and operations during the last year. The annual activity report is requested in order to verify the operational capacity of the applicants, i.e. in order to demonstrate that applicants have the know-how, qualifications and resources to successfully implement the project.

The minimum requirements in terms of composition of the consortia and representation of different types of organisations for the proposals submitted under the Cooperation strand are listed at page 8 of the call text, reading participation of competent public authorities with focus on enforcement authorities shall apply. Thus, the word focus does not exclude other types of competent public authority.

The minimum requirements in terms of composition of the consortia and representation of different types of organisations for the proposals submitted under the Cooperation strand are listed at page 8 of the call text, reading participation of both social partners (worker and employers’ organisations) and competent public authorities with focus on enforcement authorities shall apply.

The supporting documents listed in the call text are generally expected for each applicant participating in the proposal, not only for the coordinator. Therefore, the activity report of the last year should be provided for all applicants/co-applicants.

Yes. Since Section 5 (Admissibility and documents) lists the activity report of the last year among the mandatory supporting documents, it must be submitted as part of the application file. The exemption mentioned in Section 7 (Operational capacity) means that public bodies, Member State organisations and international organisations are not subject to the operational capacity assessment as such, but this does not override the admissibility/document requirements in Section 5.

For the ESF-2026-POW call, the activity report from the previous year is a mandatory supporting document at submission for the participants in the roles of future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities. Submitting only an older report (for example 2023) would normally not meet the requirement, because the call text explicitly mentions last year’s activity reports. Therefore, the option with a 2025 activity report, even if brief, describing the organisation’s activities during that year, is a correct option.