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EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND+ (ESF+) – EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme – 2026

ESF+ - The European Social Fund aims at investing in human resources and implementing the European pillar of social rights.

2026-05-26
17 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference ESF-2026-EURES-TMS
Programme EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND
Institution European Commission
Sectors Education & Training Employment Territorial Development
Beneficiaries Association & NGO Consular Chamber & Agency Large company (> 250 employees) Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Professional organisation & network Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities Training organisation & school

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Call reference

ESF-2026-EURES-TMS



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To ensure around 4 000 placements for mobile jobseekers of all age groups with special focus on young people
  • To fill hard-to-fill vacancies and labour shortages as identified in national/EU labour market studies or other data sources
  • To address labour market needs, in particular tackling labour markets’ imbalances, as well as labour and skills shortage
  • To improve the conditions for jobseekers and workers to exercise their right of freedom of movement across the EU
  • To enhance the service catalogue of the EURES organisations
  • To foster public-private partnerships within EURES

Among financed actions

  • Information, matching, recruitment and placement
  • Direct financial support to jobseekers
  • Direct financial support to SMEs for training programmes

Eligibility

  • Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries:
    • EU Member States
    • Non-EU countries: EEA countries (Norway and Iceland) in accordance with Article 29 of the ESF+ Regulation
  • Coordinators (lead applicants) must be non-profit entities, listed in the following categories:
    • EURES National Coordination Offices
    • EURES members or EURES partners which are placed in organisations whose main mission is to ensure the provision of employment and placement services to jobseekers, job changers, trainee/apprentice jobseekers and employers covering jobs and/or work-based trainings. Those services must include information, recruitment, matching and pre- and post-placement support.
  • Co-applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities listed in the following categories:
    • EURES member organisations (i.e. National Coordination Offices, EURES Members and Partners)
    • Public or private labour market actors (including the third sector) providing services from the range of services provided by lead applicants and/or complementary customer-oriented services in other expertise fields such as information, training, education, career guidance, mentoring, legal advice, integration support or another equivalent
  • Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal
  • A consortium composed of at least two applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities) must be constituted. Those two beneficiaries must be EURES Member/Partner organisations established in different EU/EEA Countries.

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: 24 months

Extensions are possible, if duly justified and through an amendment.

  • Contact: EMPL-ESF-2026-EURES-TMS@ec.europa.eu

Useful

Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 17 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 2.000.000 and 6.000.000 euros per project

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

  • Funding rate: 95% of the total eligible costs