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Wsparcie dialogu społecznego na rzecz zdrowego i aktywnego starzenia się pracowników i pracowniczek w środowisku pracy oraz w zakresie transformacji cyfrowej i Zielonego Ładu

FERS · National call

FERS.04.03-IP.06-002/26

Summary

Not an R&D call a Polish company can use, by Scindu's rule.

Funds representative trade unions and employer organisations supporting social dialogue on active ageing, digital transformation or the Green Deal.

Who can apply
Companies cannot apply: other.
Amount
€558.1K per projectCatalogue budget PLN 48,000,000
Deadline
26 Oct 2026in 2 days
Status
Openopened 3 Sept 2026
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Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.

Description

The description is on the provider's page.

Who can apply, in detail
Applicant types
Other
Purpose
Training and people
R&D relevance
0 of 3
Poland eligible
Yes
Country limit
—
Region
Any
Consortium
Unclear
Readiness level (TRL)
—
Per project
€558.1K
Topics
  • Social dialogue
  • Active ageing at work
  • Digital transformation
  • Green transition

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Conditions7

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Applicant type
Applicant must be a representative trade-union organization or representative employer organization under the cited Social Dialogue Council Act, or a regional/sector organization affiliated within the structure of one of those representative organizations.
Eligible project scope
Target groups are social partners; their representatives; and enterprises/other employers and their workers.
Eligible project scope
Project must address exactly one of three types: (1) social partners’ actions on healthy/active ageing at work; (2) strengthen employer/worker representation in social dialogue about digitalisation and automation in economy, education and labour market; or (3) strengthen that representation on the European Green Deal. The call aims to produce and disseminate recommendation packages or proposed system solutions.
Other condition
Open call uses two KOP submission windows: 3–25 September 2026 for the first sitting, and 26 September–26 October 2026 for the second. The official page states overall call dates 3 September–26 October 2026.
Other condition
For project personnel costs, the applicant must state engagement form and estimated workload (FTE/hours), and justify the proposed salary using customary beneficiary pay for analogous positions/qualifications, labour-law rules, or public statistics. General personnel-pay eligibility rules remain in the national eligibility guidelines and FERS financing rules.
Project duration, maximum
24

Maximum planned implementation period. Regulation allows exceptional extension with Intermediary Institution approval by no more than 12 months for unforeseeable circumstances or a project-scope change; do not treat 24 months as an absolute final ceiling after approved extension.

Staff restriction
In partnership projects, partners may not mutually commission one another to perform project-personnel tasks.
Amounts and costs13
Catalogue budget
PLN 48,000,000

Figure as listed by the provider. Whether it is the total allocation or a per-project cap is unverified unless a reviewed condition says so.

Call allocation
PLN 48,000,000

Total allocation for projects selected in this competition. Separate estimated EU contribution is PLN 39,609,600; the central portal has a conflicting number written out in words, so the regulation’s numeric amount and spelled-out words agree and control.

Eligible cost
The call distinguishes direct substantive project personnel from managerial/administrative personnel: direct personnel costs cover substantive tasks only; project coordination, management, accounting/settlement, monitoring and administration belong to indirect costs. Indirect costs are paid as a flat rate against direct costs and cover the closed indirect-cost catalogue.
Eligible cost
Indirect pool includes project coordinator/manager, management and organizational support (not substantive personnel), project accounting/settlement, monitoring, administration, support staff and accounting services; the catalogue is closed. The list includes administration and function examples, not a fixed project staffing roster.
Eligible cost limit
15

Flat-rate indirect-cost pool is 15% of direct costs where direct-cost value exceeds PLN 1,740,000 and is up to PLN 4,550,000. This is not a payroll rate. The project cap is PLN 2.4m total so the threshold range above the cap cannot be reached, but source tier retained exactly.

Eligible cost limit
20

Flat-rate indirect-cost pool is 20% of direct costs where direct-cost value exceeds PLN 830,000 and is up to PLN 1,740,000. This is not a payroll rate.

Eligible cost limit
25

Flat-rate indirect-cost pool is 25% of direct costs where direct-cost value is up to PLN 830,000. This is not a payroll rate.

Eligible unit cost, maximum
PLN 319

Annex 3 item 4, trainer remuneration: maximum market unit cost PLN 319 per clock hour of trainer work. Entry is eligible only if justified by project specifics, trainer has higher/vocational education or certificates/documents enabling the support, and at least 2 years of relevant professional experience. This is a service-cost ceiling, not an automatic salary entitlement; training specifically linked to implementation of recommendations/system solutions remains employer-borne when planned. Regulation says applicants may not show unit prices above Annex 3 ceilings.

Funding intensity
82.52

Maximum EU contribution in the project; distinct from the 97% maximum total public co-financing rate.

Funding intensity
97

Maximum total co-financing of eligible project expenditure (EU funds plus national public co-financing awarded by the competent institution).

Ineligible cost
The call states that no project cross-financing expenditure is planned/allowed in this call.
Ineligible cost
Training costs delivered in connection with implementing recommendations or system solutions remain on employers’ side, if such activities are planned in the project.
Own contribution, minimum
3

Minimum applicant own contribution as a share of the total project value.

Project funding, maximum
PLN 2,400,000

Maximum value of one application/project is PLN 2,400,000; a given applicant may submit at most one application for each project type, and each application may address only one type (types 1, 2, or 3). This is a per-project/application cap, not a cumulative applicant cap across the three project types.

Personnel and services3
  • Project management

    Staff cost the grant can fund

    Pool is a percentage of direct costs: 25% up to PLN830k, 20% above PLN830k through PLN1.74m, 15% above PLN1.74m through PLN4.55m. This is an indirect budget ceiling, never a salary rate. No minimum or named person is specified.

  • Other role

    Staff cost the grant can fund

    Application must state engagement form and estimated FTE/hours and justify the proposed salary by customary analogous-role pay, labour-law rules or public statistics. Detailed pay eligibility follows external national guidelines and FERS financing rules not independently reviewed. No role-specific credential, headcount, FTE minimum, project staffing roster, duration or salary amount is inferred.

  • Other role

    Example only

    If otherwise eligible and project-specific, the trainer service ceiling is PLN319 per clock hour; higher/vocational education or enabling certificates and at least 2 years of relevant experience are named conditions. It is a unit cost ceiling for trainer work, not a salary rate, hiring entitlement, or required employment contract.

Source documents5
Call facts
Opens
3 Sept 2026
Provider
FERS
Checked
23 Oct 2026
Review status
Partial review
Reviewed
23 Oct 2026

This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.