The European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) IS the main EU instrument for investing in people. 

On 28 September 2022, the European Commission called on Member States to modernise their minimum income schemes and came up  with a proposal for a  Council Recommendation on how they can modernise their minimum income schemes to make them more effective, lifting people out of poverty, while promoting the labour market integration of those who can work.

During its September plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted an own-initiative opinion on the EU Youth Test. This tool will enable young people to give their views on the decision-making process.  

A call for proposals under the Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is now open!

The call falls on the Specific Objective 2 of the Digital Europe Programme aims to reinforce the EU’s core Artificial Intelligence (AI) capacities as a crucial driver for the digital transformation of the public and private sectors.

More information about this call can be find here!

A panel of expert judges are currently evaluating the applications received for the European Social Services Awards (ESSA). This year ESSA are under the theme of ‘Innovation for Social Change’ and are awarding successful new approaches and the extraordinary ongoing work done by public social services managers, funders, planners, providers, and deliverers of social services.

The Digital Transformation Accelerator (DTA) will support the network of European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH), to accelerate the digital transformation of the European economy.

The DTA contract has been awarded to a consortium to support and coordinate the consolidation and extension of the European DIH network through community building events and activities, training sessions, collection and analysis of impact indicators, and by taking care of the online presence and external communication of the network.

GCU together with the University of the West Scotland is organising the CHANGEMAKERS AND PIONEERS event, to be held at Scotland House, Brussels on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th. The event will be also branded under ASL project.

Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights met students from two schools that are using European Social Fund money to drive innovation in education: the Second Chance School, which has laid the foundations for a national model for alternative education, and Equinox Smart Campus at Science Po Aix in Aix en Provence.

This meeting was held during the 43rd Congress of French health insurance.

Member States can use the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) to invest in long-term care and childcare, and for the implementation of the new European Care Strategy from 7 September 2022. 

The European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) is Europe’s main instrument for investing in people and implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights. The fund has a specific objective of enhancing equal and timely access to quality, sustainable and affordable services and aims to increase the effectiveness and resilience of healthcare systems and long-term care services.

EU Week of Regions and Cities will host the ‘SEEDing the Future’ workshop On Tuesday, October 11, 2022.

The SEED project is one of six projects supported by the European Commission to establish national competence centres for social innovation across the EU. This competence centres that can help their countries to promote social innovation, including with funding from ESF+ and other EU programmes.

Discover the video testimonies filmed by CRIJ international mobility ambassadors Claire and Caterina