Call for proposals for projects promoting the employability of disadvantaged people – 2026 edition

The Call for Proposals, approved by ResolutionNo. 1393 of 11 September 2026, provides funding for projects that help toenhance the employability of disadvantaged individualswho are under the care of social services or certified by qualified ASUIT staff, through training and workshop activities aimed at acquiring practical and manual skills and at developing and enhancing the abilities and behaviours required to undertake tasks and duties in a workplace setting, with a view to integration into sheltered employment or the open labour market.

Interested organisations that meet the requirements set out in the Call forProposalsare invited tosubmit proposals fortrainingprogrammeslasting no longer than 18 months.

The programme of activities must be designed to be modular and flexible, taking into account the needs of the participants, and must include a training phase of at least 40 hours to enhance professional and soft skills, which may be delivered as a single group session, as well as a practical workshop phase for the remaining hours, aimed at strengthening practical and manual skills and developing personal abilities and resources to enhance participants’ professional and social capabilities, with a view to their possible future integration into the labour market.

Projects deemed eligible will be assessed by the Technical Evaluation Panel in accordance with the General Evaluation Criteria approved by Provincial Council Resolution No. 2368 of 21 December 2023.

The total funds available for the financing of this Call for Proposals amount to €700,000.00 (of which €280,000.00 constitutes co-financing from the European Union – ESF+, equal to 40 per cent of the total).

It should be noted that an amount of €20,000.00 (of the total available funding mentioned above) is set aside to cover additional costs to ensure the accessibility of the initiatives for participants with disabilities, as specified in paragraph 16 of the Call for Proposals.

This initiative is funded under Priority 3 ‘Social Inclusion’ of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) 2021–2027 Programme of the Autonomous Province of Trento, with co-financing from the European Union, the Italian State and the Autonomous Province of Trento.

The training and practical sessions will comprise a course duration per participant of between 200 and 500 hours, broken down as follows:

• a minimum of 40 hours of classroom-based training;
• the remaining hours in workshops.

Each course must have at least two participants and may be divided into separate courses, provided they relate to different macro-sectors and have a maximum of 12 participants per course.

In any case, the maximum amount eligible for funding per project is €175,000.00.

Implementation timetable
The projects referred to in this Call for Proposals must be completed within 18 months of the start date of activities and, in any event, by 31 December 2028.

All organisations, whether public or private, with their registered office in the European Union may participate in this Call for Proposals by submitting project proposals.

Temporary business groupings, consortia and European Economic Interest Groupings (EEIGs) may also participate.

Funding for the projects is conditionalupon the proposing organisation being accredited in both training and social care services.

Project proposals may be submittedfrom 10.00 am on 29 September 2026 until the deadline of 12.30 pm on 29 October 2026, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Notice, via thededicated online procedure.

The ‘guide to the online procedure’ is available as a tutorial once you have logged into the online system for submitting projects.  

Project proposals must consist of the following documents (templates approved byDecision No. 11296 of 18 October 2024):

1. Funding application ( Form A): signed using an advanced electronic signature by the legal representative or their authorised delegate with signing authority, and in compliance with current stamp duty regulations (€16.00); 
2. Project description ( Form B): drawn up in Italian, with a maximum of 50,000 (fifty thousand) characters and signed using an advanced electronic signature by the legal representative or their delegate with signing authority;
3. Financial estimate ( Form C): completed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of the Notice and the ‘ESF+ Implementation Criteria’;
4. General management provisions:signed using an advanced electronic signature by the legal representative or their authorised delegate;
5. In the case of project proposals submitted by temporary jointventures (R. T.I.), consortia or European Economic Interest Groupings (G.E.I.E .): a) not yet established: a declaration regarding the temporary joint venture/consortium/European Economic Interest Grouping to be established (Form D)digitally signed by all legal representatives or their authorised delegates. b) where already established: a copy of the instrument of incorporation. In this case, Forms A), B) and C) and the General Management Provisions must be digitally signed by the legal representative of the temporary joint venture (R.T.I.), consortium or European Economic Interest Grouping (G.E.I.E.) or their authorised representative with signing authority.

The documentation must be submitted to the Administration directly online via theIT system. In this section, the applicant will find all the information required to prepare the application and, should the organisation not already be registered, the option to register for the IT procedure.

The IT system will issue a specific receipt showing the date and time the application was submitted.