The call "Wish – Women's Employment Programme – Phase III" (UP.02.1.1.16) represents a continuation of funding for the employment of hard-to-reach women in jobs of support and support for the elderly and/or infirm, activities that have proven to be very successful and irreplaceable in local communities through the implementation so far. The call will finance the implementation of projects for up to 8 months, which will employ women for up to 6 months. An allocation of HRK 200 million is foreseen to finance the employment of around 4,000 women who will work in support, support and care jobs for about 24,000 end-users.
It is recognised that this call directly contributes to the multiple objectives of the ESF: employment of women belonging to the target group of unemployed women with lower and medium levels of education, who are continuously facing a number of difficulties in the labour market, and also the social inclusion of end-users – the elderly and infirm. This operation aims to integrate harder-to-employ/vulnerable groups of women into the labour market, which also implies fighting poverty and reducing unemployment, as well as preventing premature institutionalisation and improving the quality of life of the end-users of the operation, the elderly and/or infirm by supporting them in their daily lives, especially those living in hard-to-reach and less populated places.
Exceptional interest in these activities shows that local and regional self-government units and non-profit organizations have recognized the extent to which the use of EU funds can encourage and accelerate the development of individual local environments. Through their work, women contribute to the well-being of local communities, while at the same time providing end-users – the elderly and/or infirm – with an immeasurable sense of care and care.
The call is implemented under Specific Objective 9.i.1 Combating poverty and social exclusion by promoting labour market and social integration of vulnerable groups, and combating all forms of discrimination.
Fund: European Social Fund
Operational programme: Efficient Human Resources 2014 20-2020
Type of competition: Open (permanent) call for proposals (grants)
Status: open of 11.5.2022 until 31.8.2022
Competent authority: Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy
Area: employment, social inclusion
Eligible applicants: local and regional self-government units, non-profit organisations.
Eligible partners: compulsory project partners are the regional office or regional service of the Croatian Employment Service and the Centre for Social Welfare.
Other partners on the project can be a local and regional self-government unit, a non-profit organization, an institution that has a registered activity of providing services to elderly and/or disabled persons.
Total value of the Call for Proposals: 200.000.000,00 HRK
Grant amount per project proposal: minimum amount the requested grant may be 400.000,00 HRK, and maximum amount the requested grant may be 1.500.000,00 HRK.
Project co-financing: the share of funding per project is 100% eligible costs, i.e. applicants/partners are not required to provide co-financing of projects from their own resources.
General objective of the call: Provide access to employment and the labour market for women belonging to vulnerable groups with a focus on less developed areas and areas with higher unemployment.
Specific objective of the Call: Empower and enhance the work potential of harder-to-employ women and women with lower and medium education through community-based employment, which will mitigate the consequences of their unemployment and the risk of poverty, while fostering social inclusion and increasing the quality of life of end-users.
Questions and Answers:
Questions can be sent to an e-mail address esf.pozivi@mrosp.hr no later than 14 calendar days before the deadline for submission of project proposals. Be sure to include the reference number and the name of the Call under the subject line of the e-mail. All questions received, together with the answers, shall be published in the ‘Questions and answers’ section of the ESI Funds’ central website and the ESF page, i.e. under this Call, no later than 7 working days before the deadline for submission of project proposals.
The Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy is not obliged to provide clarifications on questions that have not been submitted in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time limit, as well as on questions of natural persons or legal persons who are not eligible applicants or partners to this Call.
The Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy is not obliged to provide clarifications on questions received at the time of suspension or after the Call has been closed.
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