21.11.2019

INVITATION TO PROJECT PROPOSALS UNDER PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION OF YOUTH FROM RESIDENTIAL SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY

The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, through the Directorate-General for European Funds, International Programs and Projects, invites employers and non-governmental organizations to submit project proposals under the selection procedure for grants BG05M9OP001-2.086 "Professional integration of resident and community-based youth".

The operation is aimed at including young people at risk in the labor market, including disabilities residing in residential services and in the community. The aim is to create, through social and professional integration, mentoring and training, prerequisites for the development of young people and their inclusion in society. The grant procedure is implemented with the financial support of the European Social Fund.

The projects will be implemented on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria.

The operation is implemented in two components, the eligible activities being:

Component 1:

1. Activities to activate economically inactive youth for their inclusion in the labor market;
2. Provision of training - motivational training, vocational training and key competences;
3. Providing employment opportunities - hiring people from the target group;
4. Employment mentoring for young people for employment;
5. Providing incentives to employers to hire unemployed young people.

Component 2:

1. Support for the activity of social enterprises in relation to employment and creation of work habits and social skills, type of "protected work environment" for young people from resident services – e.g. cafes, restaurants, ateliers, etc., places where acquire working habits in practice:

    Support for employment up to 12 m.;

    Employment mentoring to introduction of workplace, ongoing support in the work process;

    Study of demand and market opportunities for manufactured goods and services;

    Social marketing and promotion of the social economy and social entrepreneurship.

2. Social and professional integration of young people, providing support through job mentoring;
3. Trainings for persons in employment - vocational training and key competences;
4. Adaptation and equipment of newly opened workplace(s).

The full set of Application Conditions is published on: https://eumis2020.government.bg

Procedure budget - BGN 3,000,000, allocated as follows:

Component 1 - BGN 1,500,000

Component 2 - BGN 1,500,000

Deadline for submission of proposals: 21.02.2020, 5:30 pm

Project proposals under this project selection procedure should only be submitted electronically using Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) using the EU Funds Management and Monitoring Information System in Bulgaria (MIS 2020) - https: // eumis2020. government.bg.