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Support EU networks active in the areas of social economy and social finance (3-year action grants)
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE?order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate&isExactMatch=true
Overview
| Donor: | European Commission (EC) - ESF+ |
| Application procedure: | Online Application |
| Donor base: | Belgium |
| Reference number: | ESF-2025-AG-NETW-MF-SE |
| Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation, Social Business |
| Deadline: | 19.06.2025 |
Financial details
| Grant size: | Large - more than $1,000,000 |
| Minimum grant size: | 500.000€ |
| Total available budget: | 13.300.000€ |
| Funding type: | Grants |
| Maximum grant size: | 1.500.000€ |
| Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Capacity Building
- Children & Youth
- Disability
- Economic Development
- Research, Technology & Innovation
- Social Inclusion
- Women & Gender
Project Locations
Europe
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia
Description
1) Objective
This call aims to support the development of social economy and social finance in Europe. The action grants will contribute to building up the institutional capacity of stakeholders, delivering support to social economy actors (e.g. cooperatives, social enterprises), as well as those supporting the development of social finance (i.e. microfinance, social enterprise finance and social impact investing) in Europe. The beneficiaries under this call are expected to:
- (a) support the Commission in its outreach activities at national and local levels, with the aim of ensuring awareness, contribution to and implementation of EU level policies and initiatives in the areas of the call,
- (b) increase the beneficiaries and their members’ capacity to contribute to policy design at EU, national and local levels, and
- (c) provide expertise and data as regards the potential, needs, barriers and opportunities faced by organisations active in the areas of the call.
Social economy entities, social enterprises and microenterprises are instrumental in the implementation of many of the European Pillar of Social Rights principles. In particular they play a key role in delivering the following principles:
- 01. Education, training and life-long learning,
- 02. Gender equality,
- 03. Equal opportunities,
- 04. Active support to employment,
- 05. Secure and adaptable employment,
- 09. Work-life balance,
- 11. Childcare and support to children,
- 17. Inclusion of people with disabilities,
- 18. Long-term care and
- 20. Access to essential services.
2) Eligibility
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must: be legal entities (public or private bodies) and be established in one of the eligible countries.
3) Location
Actions must take place in EU member states + associated countries.
4) Budget
Total budget is €13,300,000. They expect to fund between 8 and 10 proposals ranging between €500,000 and €1,500,000 each.
5) Application
The deadline for applications submission is 19 June 2025. Proposals must be submitted before the call deadline. Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section). Paper submissions are NOT possible.