Digital Skills and Jobs Platform: The National Coalitions for Digital Skills and Jobs

This grant supports the consolidation and extension of the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform, connecting national coalitions for digital skills and jobs to a unified EU platform. It aims to strengthen collaborations, further connect and develop national coalition websites, provide funding for the creation of new coalitions, and support national, regional, and local actors with relevant digital skills services. The goal is to sustain and stimulate activities leading to more active coalitions, an increase in the number of National Coalitions and coalition members, and to enhance interoperability with platforms like EIT Campus and sectoral academies.

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Agency	DIGITAL (EU)
Region	EU
Country	N/A
Legal form	Company, NGO, Government organization, Other
Start date	21 Apr 2026
End date	1 Oct 2026
Max funding	Up to 150,000 EUR per third-party National Coalition.
Budget	12,500,000 EUR for 2026 (DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-NATIONAL-COALITIONS action).
Coverage	Financial Support for Third Parties (FSTP) is provided for National Coalitions and activities connected to the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform.

Grant application conditions

Admissibility conditions	Proposal page limit and layout must adhere to the guidelines described in section 5 of the call document and Part B of the Application Form.
Eligible countries	Described in section 6 of the call document.
Other eligibility conditions	Described in section 6 of the call document.
Financial and operational capacity	Applicants must have adequate financial and operational capacity as detailed in section 7 of the call document.
Exclusion criteria	Applicants must not be subject to exclusion as described in section 7 of the call document.
Evaluation and award	Submission and evaluation processes are described in section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. Award criteria, scoring, and thresholds are described in section 9 of the call document. Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document.
Legal and financial set-up	Legal and financial set-up of the grants must comply with section 10 of the call document.
Funding cap for third parties	Support to National Coalitions in a given Member State can take the form of Financial Support for Third Parties (FSTP) of a maximum amount of 150,000 EUR per third party.
Documentation	https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/DIGITAL-2026-SKILLS-10-NATIONAL-COALITIONS

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