# Support EU networks active in the areas of social economy and social finance  (3-year action grants)
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**topic id:** ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE
**call id:** ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE
**title:** Support EU networks active in the areas of social economy and social finance  (3-year action grants)
**programme:** European Social Fund+
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2025-06-19T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2025-03-06T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE
**description:** Expected Outcome:The expected results are:
(a) Increased dissemination of EU policies and initiatives in the area of the call and improved EU outreach activities at national and local level;
(b) Improved capacity and awareness about EU policies and funding opportunities among the members of the networks and their beneficiaries;
(c) Increased awareness about the potential of social economy, social enterprises and microenterprises, their needs and challenges at EU, national and local levels;
(d) improved availability of research and data about the fields in which the beneficiaries operate.
Scope:This call aims to support the development of social economy and social finance in Europe.
The action grants will contribute to building up the institutional capacity of stakeholders, delivering support to social economy actors (e.g. cooperatives, social enterprises), as well as those supporting the development of social finance (i.e. microfinance, social enterprise finance and social impact investing) in Europe. The beneficiaries under this call are expected to:
(a) support the Commission in its outreach activities at national and local levels, with the aim of ensuring awareness, contribution to and implementation of EU level policies and initiatives in the areas of the call,
(b) increase the beneficiaries and their members’ capacity to contribute to policy design at EU, national and local levels, and
(c) provide expertise and data as regards the potential, needs, barriers and opportunities faced by organisations active in the areas of the call.
Social economy entities, social enterprises and microenterprises are instrumental in the implementation of many of the European Pillar of Social Rights principles. In particular they play a key role in delivering the following principles:
01. Education, training and life-long learning,
02. Gender equality, 03. Equal opportunities,
04. Active support to employment, 05. Secure and adaptable employment,
09. Work-life balance,
11. Childcare and support to children,
17. Inclusion of people with disabilities,
18. Long-term care and 20. Access to essential services.
To support the developments in this field, the Commission cooperates with EU level networks in its analytical and outreach activities at EU, national and local level.
**conditions:** Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
Further details 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 40 pages.
 

2. Eligible Countries
Described in the Call document.
• EU Member States (and their overseas countries and territories); 
• EEA countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement; 
• EU acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidate countries, in line with the agreements concluded with them. 
• Third countries having signed an agreement to participate in the strand or a third country listed in the EaSI work programme if necessary for the achievement of the objectives of an action. 

3. Other Eligible Conditions
Described in the Call document.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
Described in the Call document.

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
Described in the Call document.

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Described in the Call document.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
Described in the Call document.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Described in the Call document.

Call document and annexes:
 Call document:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/esf/wp-call/2025/call-fiche_esf-2025-ag-netw-mf-se_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
**action type:** ESF Project Grants
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2025
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
    **109907:** 
      -         **action:** ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE - ESF-PJG ESF Project Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2025:** 13618193
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2025-06-19
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-03-06
**keywords:** ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE, ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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