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Transnational projects are expected to reflect all three following key areas:

• cooperation with local employment stakeholders and partnerships between local employers and communities
• improving the mobilisation (mapping and outreach) of long-term unemployed persons (including those facing the most barriers, such as persons with disabilities)
• providing an individualised, accessible, and inclusive approach for long-term unemployed persons

Applicants must propose projects that include at least the following six predefined mandatory categories of activities:

• Strengthening of collaboration and capacity building
• Fostering partnerships with local communities and local employers
• Mapping and reaching out to the target group
• Empowering the long term unemployed and enhancing employability and social inclusion through tailored support and guidance
• Offering various working options and opportunities for long-term unemployed persons
• Participating in mutual learning events

Applicants should demonstrate in their projects a focus on achieving the recommended outcomes, specifically by targeting the following areas (this list is not exhaustive):

• The capacities of participating entities built to provide sustainable solutions to reducing long-term unemployment
• Enhanced stakeholder diversity and collaboration in addressing long-term unemployment
• Reduced long-term unemployment in the area targeted by the project
• Strengthened forms of personalised coaching service provision for long-term unemployed persons

The following elements form the core of a project, i.e., each application shall cover all the elements. However, applicants are free to choose how to integrate or combine all these elements in the project framework:

• Conceptual framework
• Relevance of social innovation
• Transnational partnership
• Diversity of stakeholders
• User-centred approach
• Impact measurement and management
• Dissemination and communication

For those seeking potential transnational partners, the Social Innovation Match (SIM) database offers a platform to identify organisations whose work can inspire and contribute to collaborative efforts across the European Union.  SIM provides a new opportunity for social innovation project promoters to gain visibility and recognition for their entities across the European Union.

Also you can visit the Granting Authority’s (https://www.esf.lt/en/) and the European Commission’s (https://ec.europa. eu/european-social-fund-plus/en/esf-social-innovation) websites regularly, since the Granting Authority will use them to publish Frequently Asked Questions and Call updates, if necessary.