Common use of Eligible measures Clause in Contracts

Eligible measures. 1. A financial contribution from the EGF may be made for active labour market measures that form part of a coordinated package of personalised services, designed to facilitate the re- integration of the targeted beneficiaries and, in particular, the most disadvantaged among the displaced workers, into employment or self-employment. Given the importance of skills required in the digital industrial age and in a resource- efficient economy, the dissemination of such skills shall be considered as a horizontal element for the design of packages of personalised measures. The need for and level of training shall be adapted to the qualifications and skills of the respective beneficiary. The coordinated package of personalised services may include in particular: (a) tailor-made training and retraining, including in information and communication technology and other skills required in the digital age, certification of acquired […] knowledge and competences, […] individual job-search assistance services and targeted group activities; occupational guidance, advisory services, mentoring, outplacement assistance, entrepreneurship promotion, aid for self-employment, business creation and employee take-overs, and cooperation activities; (b) special time-limited measures, such as job-search allowances, employers’ recruitment incentives, mobility allowances, childcare allowances, training allowances, […] subsistence allowances, […] and allowances for carers. The costs of the measures referred to in point (b) shall not exceed 35 % of the total costs for the coordinated package of personalised services listed in this paragraph. The investments for self-employment, starting an own business or for employee take-overs shall not exceed EUR 22 000 per […] beneficiary The design of the coordinated package of personalised services shall anticipate future labour market perspectives and required skills. The coordinated package shall be compatible with the shift towards a resource-efficient and sustainable economy, and shall also focus on the dissemination of skills required in the digital industrial age and take into account the demand on the local labour market. 2. The following measures shall not be eligible for a financial contribution from the EGF: (a) special time-limited measures referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1, which are not conditional on the active participation of the targeted beneficiaries in job-search or training activities; (b) measures which are the responsibility of enterprises by virtue of national law or collective agreements. The measures supported by the EGF shall not substitute passive social protection measures. 3. The coordinated package of services shall be drawn up in consultation with the targeted beneficiaries,[…] their representatives or the social partners, as applicable 4. At the initiative of the applicant Member State, a financial contribution from the EGF may be made for the preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities.