esf social innovation in the netherlands
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• David Lindenaar
• Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Agency SZW (management authority ESF)
• Specialist on the subject of ESF 2007-2013• Sub specialisation Social Innovation
Objective of this presentation
1. Stimulation of Social Innovation 2. Background 3. Particularities and different themes4. Applications and afterwards
Stimulation of Social Innovation•Introduction workshop on 2nd of September: 300 participants
•Contacts with NCSI
•Press releases
•Direct contact with the management authority by email and telephone
•Low minimum subsidy (possibilities for SME)
•Factsheets, presentations and FAQ placed on the website of the management authority
The European Social Fund in the Netherlands
• 5 different Operations:
•Total amount of funds in 7 years: € 736.439.750
•Operation E:
•Applicant: Employers
•Goal: social innovation: improvement of labour productivity
•Total amount of funds in 7 years: €41.500.137
Background of Social Innovation•EU regulations
•Operational Program for the Netherlands
•Based on talks with social partners
•Based on experience of EQUAL
•Social Innovative Intiative
•3 Priorities
•3th priority: enlargement of the adaptability and investing in human capital
Background of the Social Innovative Initiative
•€ 41.500.137
•Co financing by applicant or project partner
•Applicant: legal body / entity who is defined as a employer
•Focus group: management and employees of organizations
•5% of the annual ESF budget is available for Social Innovative Initiative.
•Reason for low percentage:
•Insecurities of absorption capacity and possibilities of performance
•Multiplier-effect: small projects with big effects
Financing the Social Innovative Initiative
•ESF financing between € 67.000 and € 160.000
•75% of the total project costs are ESF financed (25% co financing)
•Big difference with the other ESF initiatives in the Netherlands
•Operations A-D: 40% eligible
•Operations A-D: 20% overhead costs are eligible; Operation E: no overhead costs
•Operation A-D: low educated individuals. Operation E: labour productivity
•Operations A-D: activity bases. Operation E: writing a plan and the testing of this plan
Note: all the percentages are the maximum percentage!
Different themes in the Social Innovative Initiative
•Basic assumption: government has a facilitating role
•Three themes
•Smart working
Examples: flexible breaks, better work places, new means of working
•Flexible labour organizations
Examples: flexible work and private life balance, flexible working times
•New relations in labour organizations
Examples: task circulation, corporate culture
Application•Digital application by an E-form. This form could only be send to the Ministry when the following documents are attached to the form:
•General documents:
•Budget
•Administrative Documentation and Internal Control (AO/IC)
•External performer
•Co-financing declaration
Specific Social Innovative Initiative documents
•An explanation to which theme the project can be linked
•Analysis of the Social Innovation Potential
•Document with support of the employees
•Document that explains how implementation plan and the testing phase take shape
•How the imbedding in- and exporting outside the organization of the testing results take shape
Eligible Costs
•Costs for the creation of the Social Innovation Plan
•Costs for the testing of the Social Innovation Plan
•Eligible costs: direct costs for the project leader and employees who are involved in the project and costs for external experts
•The Social Implementation Plan contains the following compartments:
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Activities of the Social Innovation Plan
Project name 0
Name Applier 0
External
costs Internal
costs
Number Activity hours rate subtotalhou
r rate subtotal total
1 Analysis of problems labour productivity € 0 € 0 € 0
2 Analysis of social innovation potation € 0 € 0 € 0
3 Measurable objectives € 0 € 0 € 0
4 Testing of the implementation plan € 0 € 0 € 0
5Creation of a report of the
implementation test € 0 € 0 € 0
6 Costs/benefit analysis of a further action € 0 € 0 € 0
7Activity- and time schedule of follow-up
actions € 0 € 0 € 0
€ 0 € 0 € 0
Additional explanation
After the application•Lottery
•Completeness test: possible Question Letter
•From the date that the application is ‘complete’ eligible costs can be claimed
•Content test: possible Question Letter
•Official Decision
•Start of project
•Half-way Visit: Report
•Is the project well on the way, compliance with legislation, advise
•End op project
•Final Audit: Official Report/Official Decision
A Lottery
•Is the handing out of EU funds based on change a good thing?
•Reasons for this decision:
•Practical: new Initiative: insecurities about how many applicants
•Technical: based on advise NCSI: it is not possible to rank projects based on objective criteria
•Problem: No good qualitative checks for new projects
•Solution: ???
