MobileCare (2024 - 2026)

The MobileCare project addresses the pressing need for improved social dialogue and intra-EU labour mobility, with a specific focucs on the home-based care sector. The project recognises the growing significance of this sector and recognises the challenges workers face in terms of mobility, working conditions, and national and EU-level social dialogue giving rise to various challenges for both workers and employers.

The project will be implemented over the course of 24 months (2024 - 2026) at the EU level, in six EU Members States (Poland, Italy, Germany, Malta, Spain, and Lithuania) and in Candidate Country Serbia.

The consortium partners will engage in various activities, such as conducting research to generate data on social dialogue in the home-based care sector, organising national and European social dialogue consultations and workshops, developing policy recommendations, and implementing conferences to promote project outputs. The project's focus on facilitating EU-level social dialogue is a key component of its strategy. Ultimately, the project aims to influence the development and implementation of policies at the European level by actively engaging with EU-level social dialogue committees and involving stakeholders in policy discussions.

Consortium's Partners

  • FPP - FEDERACJA PRZEDSIEBIORCOW POLSKICH - Poland

  • EFSI - EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS - Belgium/EU-level

  • UNI EUROPA - UNI-EUROPA ASSOCIATION - Belgium/EU-level

  • DOMINA - ASSOCIAZIONE DOMINA - Italy

  • VHBP - BUNDESVERBAND FUR HAUSLICHE BETREUUNG UND PFLEGE EV - Germany

  • ELMI - EUROPEJSKI INSTYTUT MOBILNOSCI PRACY - Poland

  • GWU - GENERAL WORKERS UNION TRADE UNION - Malta

  • CSIT-UP - COALICION SINDICAL INDEPENDIENTE DE TRABAJADORES DE MADRID - Spain

  • SZZSZS - SINDIKAT ZAPOSLENIH U ZDRAVSTVU I SOCIJALNOJ ZASTITI SRBIJE - Serbia

  • Solidarumas LIETUVOS PROFESINE SAJUNGA SOLIDARUMAS – Lithuania

Objective of the Project

1

Identifying

To identify good practices, challenges to social dialogue, capacity building needs and areas for improvement for efficient social dialogue regarding intra-EU labor mobility in home-based care services in 7 European countries.

2

Facilitating

o facilitate and promote effective social dialogue at both the EU and national levels, with a focus on addressing the challenges and opportunities related to EU-intra mobility in 7 participating European countries.

3

Supporting

To support the practical application of the European social dialogue at EU and national levels and raise awareness about social dialogue, intra-EU labour mobility in home-based care services sector by diffusing the project's results.

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