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1st December 2025

The EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) announces a new call on workforce skills in a rapidly changing environment

The title of the call is “Piloting a Skills Guarantee for Workers in Transition.” Only networks/partnerships are eligible to apply for funding under this call.

Project management can take three forms:

  1. Projects led by labour market partners (social-partner-led or private-sector-led mechanisms).

  2. Projects led by Public Employment Services or other public authorities (public-employment-service-led or other public-authority-led mechanisms).

  3. Public–private partnership projects.

Icelandic entities cannot lead such projects but may participate as partners within a project network.

A total of €14.5 million is available. Each project network is expected to receive between €2.5–3 million.

The application deadline is 29 January 2026 at 17:00 CET (16:00 GMT).

Further information about the call

Information session:
An open information session on the call will be held on 16 December 2025.

Inquiries should be sent to: SKILLS-GUARANTEE@socialinnovationpl