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ESF+ – Action grants to support EU networks active in the areas of social economy, social entreprise finance and microfinance – 2025

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

2025-06-19
13.300.000 euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE
Programme The European Social Fund +
Institution European Commission
Sectors Cooperation & Development Education & Training Employment Finance Research & Innovation Services to organisations Social Economy Territorial Development
Beneficiaries Association & NGO Financial Institution Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Professional organisation & network Research centre & university State administration & affiliated entities

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Call reference

ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives :

  • To support the development of social economy and social finance in Europe
  • To contribute to building up the institutional capacity of stakeholders delivering support to social economy entities, as well as those supporting the development of social finance

Among financed actions

  • Analytical activities
  • Activities aiming at the strengthening of EU-level networks
  • Activities aiming at the creation or strengthening of social economy representative networks and/or social finance networks in EU Member States
  • Activities to foster mutual learning, cooperation, and capacity building
  • Activities to foster awareness-raising, outreach, communication and dissemination of information about social economy and/or social finance
  • Activities aiming at bringing together researchers in the field of social economy and/or social finance with social economy practitioners and/or policymakers at various levels of governance
  • Small scale grants

Eligibility

  • Be a public or private entity
  • Be a non-profit making entity
  • Be: an EU-level network whose mission falls under the objectives of this call for proposals, or a research centre, network or entity affiliated with a university active at EU level in the fields of social economy
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
    • Non-EU states: : listed EEA countries and countries associated to the
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  • In case of a single beneficiary, the applicant must be:
    • An EU Network having national member-organisations in at least 14 Member States of the European Union and EaSI strand associated countries
  • In the case of a consortium, the coordinator must be:
    • A consortium composed of at least 2 entities, established in at least 7 different EU Member States or associated countries to the programme must be constituted

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action:  between 30 and 36 months
  • Contact: : EMPL-SOCIAL-ENTERPRISE@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 13.300 million euro
  • Amount of the grant: between 500.000 and 1.500.000 euro
  • Funding rate: up to 85% of the total eligible costs