SOCPL – Support for social dialogue – 2026

Objectives

• To contribute to the promotion of social dialogue at cross-industry and sectoral level, developing European social dialogue
• To build and strengthen the capacity of social partner organisations (both in Member States and candidate countries)

Priorities

• Priority 1: actions aimed at preparing negotiations of autonomous social partner agreements to be concluded at EU level and at supporting their implementation at national level
• Priority 2: actions related to the implementation of the work programmes of the existing European Social Dialogue Committees

Among financed actions

• Consultations
• Meetings
• Negotiations

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established and registered in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States
  • non-EU countries (not for coordinator and single applicant):
    • Candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye and Ukraine
• Applications by both single applicants and consortia are allowed
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 36 months

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

• Contact: EMPL-VP-SOCIAL-DIALOGUE@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• DG website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 13.250 million euros
• Amount of the grant: between 150.000 and 700.000 euros
• Funding rate: up to 95% of the total eligible costs

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.