On the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium– EGF/2025/008/BE/Liberty

MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium– EGF/2025/008/BE/Liberty

(COM(2026)0004 – C100062/2026 – 2026/0066(BUD))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2026)0004 – C100062/2026),

– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 (‘EGF Regulation’),

– having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027 (‘MFF Regulation’) as amended by Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/765, and in particular Article 8 thereof,

– having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources, and in particular point 9 thereof,

– having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights,

– having regard to the letter from the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A10-0084/2026),

A. whereas the Union has set up legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural events and changes in world trade patterns, and to assist their reintegration into the labour market; whereas this assistance is made through a financial support given to workers;

B. whereas the support should be directed to the rapid reintegration of workers and to ensure that training, retraining and vocational training better equip workers with skills aligned to the labour market needs;

C. whereas Belgium submitted application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty for a financial contribution from the EGF following 507 displacements in Liberty Galaţi Belgian Branch (Liberty), in the economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 division 24 (Manufacture of basic metals) in the region of Province Liège (BE33), Wallonia, within a reference period from 24 April 2025 to 24 August 2025;

D. whereas the application is based on the intervention criteria of Article 4(2), point (a), of the EGF Regulation, which requires the cessation of activity of at least 200 displaced workers or self-employed persons over a reference period of four months in an enterprise in a Member State;

E. whereas Liberty was declared bankrupt by Liège’s Commercial Court on 22 April 2025; whereas in Belgium bankruptcies are on the rise since 2022;

F. whereas Région Wallone and Le Forem are providing the national pre-financing and co-funding of the measures;

G. whereas the requirements laid down in Union and national legislation concerning collective redundancies have been met;

H. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into the labour market offering them skills training to facilitate their access to the labour market;

I. whereas the EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 30 million (in 2018 prices);

1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in the EGF Regulation and in particular in Article 4(2), point (a), thereof are met and that Belgium is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 2 033 869 under that Regulation, which represents 85 % of the total cost of EUR 2 392 788, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 2 358 922 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 33 866;

2. Notes that the Belgian authorities submitted the application on 13 November 2025, and that, following the receipt of additional information from Belgium, the Commission finalised its assessment and notified it to Parliament on 2 March 2026; stresses the need to shorten the time between an EGF application and the financing decision, while safeguarding Parliament’s budgetary rights;

3. Notes that the application relates to 507 targeted beneficiaries, who were made redundant by the company Liberty;

4. Notes that Liberty has faced years of financial difficulties prior to the bankruptcy declaration due to adverse steel market conditions, COVID-19-related supply chain disruptions, and high energy prices following Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine combined with the Union’s dependence on imported fossil fuels and insufficient deployment of cheaper energy sources; notes that Liberty Steel Liège’s galvanizing lines have been idle since December 2021, mainly because of a lack of raw materials, triggering a restructuring operation that led to its legal transfer to Liberty Galaţi in 2023; regrets that production activity did not resume despite the takeover and culminated in bankruptcy;

5. Notes that the difficulties faced by Liberty Steel are also linked to company-specific factors following its acqisition from ArcelorMittal by the GFG Alliance; stresses serious concerns about the financial sustainability of the business model and the failure to fulfill investment commitments, which contributed to the deterioriation of the plant’s economic situation and resulting redundancies;

6. Notes that the region of Wallonia endured a process of deindustrialisation and economic transformation; notes that Liberty’s bankruptcy represents a major social shock for Wallonia, a region whose labour market has already been weakened by other restructuring events; stresses that the steel sector remains an important economic sector for Belgium, with the ratio of steel jobs per inhabitant remaining high; calls on Belgian authorities to provide specific support tailored to these profiles to help workers further develop necessary skills to find new quality-jobs, while taking measures to reduce bankruptcies and address social disparities leading to exclusion of work force; emphasises that the Union maintains a business-friendly environment, which leverages economic growth, promotes innovation, supports technological development, strengthens competitiveness and reduces unnecessary regulatory burdens and simplifies bureaucratic procedures and stresses the need for policies that foster industrial competitiveness, territorial, economic and social cohesion and regional development; highlights the importance of a competitive and resilient European steel sector as the basis for a strong, high-quality industry and a central pillar to the Union's strategic autonomy;

7. Recalls that 1 in 4 registered job seekers in Wallonia are over the age of 50 and face greater barriers to re-entering the labour market; notes that despite their high specialisation, the job transitions of Liberty's workers are challenged by their advanced age (52 % of the workers are aged 55 or more); notes that 69 % of the workers made redundant have a low level of education;

8. Recalls that, in agreement with trade unions and regional authorities, personalised services to be provided to the workers consist of the following measures: outplacement and vocational guidance; training, retraining and vocational training, including IT skills; support towards business creations; contribution to business start-up; incentives and other allowances; highlights the importance of strengthening investment in innovation, skills and industrial modernisation in order to reinforce the competitiveness of European industry and ensure that workers are equipped for the evolving needs of the labour market;

9. Emphasises the importance of fostering high-quality, future-oriented jobs, that strengthen competitiveness, foster digital transformation, and meet labour market demands, to ensure long-term economic and social resilience; considers therefore that the mobilisation of the EGF needs to be embedded in a larger policy response on all political levels to ensure that the workers affected find adequate opportunities in line with their qualifications and skills; highlights that the EGF is an instrument of solidarity and just transition, and that the Union’s primary task must be to prevent such closures in the first place;

10. Underlines the importance of strengthening the Union’s industrial competitiveness and promoting investment in strategic industrial sectors, in order to prevent further deindustrialisation and layoffs, and support job creation; emphasises the need for transition to renewable energy, alongside other measures to ensure affordable energy prices;

11. Stresses that the Belgian authorities shall ensure the visibility of the Union funding and highlight its added value by providing effective and targeted information to beneficiaries, regional and local authorities, social partners, and the wider public;

12. Calls for thorough final evaluations together with social partners of the measures implemented, including clear and transparent information on how the funds were used, the reintegration of workers into the labour market, and whether the EGF objectives were achieved; highlights, in this context, the importance of regular monitoring of the measures financed by the EGF in order to assess their effectiveness;

13. Notes that Belgium started providing personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on 1 June 2025 and that the period of eligibility for a financial contribution from the EGF will be from that date until 24 months after the date of the entry into force of the financing decision;

14. Notes that Belgium started incurring administrative expenditure to implement the EGF on 22 April 2025 and that such expenditure shall therefore be eligible for a financial contribution from the EGF from that date until 31 months after the date of the entry into force of the financing decision;

15. Notes that the Belgian authorities provided assurance that the principles of equality of treatment and non-discrimination will be respected in the access to the proposed actions and their implementation, and that any double financing will be prevented;

16. Reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions that are the responsibility of public authorities or companies under national law or collective agreements; recalls that the EGF is a limited, targeted and complementary mechanism and cannot replace structural economic policies, which primarily fall within the competences of Member States;

17. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

18. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

19. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its annex, to the Council and the Commission.

ANNEX: DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013, and in particular Article 15(1), first subparagraph, thereof,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources, and in particular point 9 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) aims to demonstrate solidarity and promote decent and sustainable employment in the Union by providing support for workers made redundant and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased in the case of major restructuring events and assisting them in returning to decent and sustainable employment as soon as possible.

(2) The EGF is not to exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 30 million (in 2018 prices), as laid down in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 amended by Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/765, and Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691.

(3) On 13 November 2025, Belgium submitted an application to mobilise the EGF in accordance with Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691, in respect of workers’ displacements in Liberty Galaţi Belgian Branch in Belgium. It was supplemented by additional information provided in accordance with Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. That application is considered to comply with the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the EGF as laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691, on the basis of the assessment made by the Commission in the Proposal for a mobilisation decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(4) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of EUR 2 033 869 in respect of the application submitted by Belgium.

(5) In order to minimise the time taken to mobilise the EGF, this Decision should apply from the date of its adoption,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2026, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers shall be mobilised to provide the amount of EUR 2 033 869 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from [the date of its adoption]* .

Done at Brussels,

For the European Parliament For the Council

The President The President

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

I. Background

The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was created to provide additional assistance to workers suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns.

In accordance with point 9 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020, the Commission is required, following the positive assessment of an application, to submit a proposal to mobilise the Fund to the budgetary authority and to complement it with a corresponding request for transfer to the relevant budget lines.

II. Belgium’s application and the Commission's proposal

On 28 August 2025 Belgium submitted an application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware for a financial contribution from the EGF, following 267 redundancies at Tupperware. This is the fourth such application of 2025, and the second to be examined under the 2026 budget.

Following the assessment of this application, the Commission has concluded, in accordance with all applicable provisions of the EGF Regulation, that the conditions for awarding a financial contribution from the EGF are met.

On 20 January 2026, the Commission adopted a proposal for a decision on the mobilisation of the EGF in favour of Belgium for tailored measures to support the reintegration in the labour market of 267 targeted beneficiaries, i.e. workers from Tupperware made redundant. In total, EUR 1 622 650 will be mobilised from the EGF for Tupperware, representing 85% of the total costs of the proposed actions.

The Commission deemed the Belgian application admissible under the intervention criteria of Article 4(2) (a) of the EGF Regulation, which requires the cessation of activity of at least 200 displaced workers or self-employed persons over a reference period of four months, in an enterprise in a Member State, including workers displaced in suppliers and downstream.

EGF co-funding has been requested for the following nine types of actions, to be provided to redundant workers:

(a) Taskforce: Account managers with in-depth knowledge of the local labour market, and consultants experienced in providing guidance in collective redundancies processes, will organise and run the information sessions, define together with the workers personalised paths for reintegration into employment and re-adjust them, if need be. The taskforce has the support of a team of experts in European projects.

(b) Outplacement: Outplacement services provided in group or individual sessions include, among other things, an initial interview and individual guidance, certification of acquired skills, guidance on using the VDAB's "My Career" (Mijn Loopbaan) digital platform for job searching, as well as guidance before, during, and after the job fair described below.

Digitally illiterates will receive basic ICT training and additional support through digibanks, where workers can borrow a laptop, receive training on how to use it and get answers to their digital questions. Webinars and other online tools, such as 123digit.be, will help those who already have some digital skills to improve them.

(c) Assistance in finding a job: The assistance begins with sessions to assess whether jobseekers meet labour market demands and whether their job search is realistic. Subsequently, workers receive support focused on preparing them for future job applications, helping them write compelling resumes and cover letters, strengthening their self-confidence, and practising how to perform successfully in job interviews.

(d) Guidance: The orientation services include guidance, search for job openings and job placement (that is connecting job seekers with suitable employment opportunities by matching candidates' skills and goals with employers' needs), digital skills assessment, help with individual job search using digital tools, and mental support. These services are provided through a voucher scheme to ensure workers’ freedom of choice. VDAB counsellors, after assessing the workers’ individual needs, set the intensity of the service to be received that ranges between intensive and very intensive.

(e) Reinforced job-search assistance: This comprises individual and collective coaching sessions with a vocational mediator, support to apply and prepare job interviews, peer-to-peer coaching, and visits to enterprises with recruiting needs.

(f) Training and retraining: Workers are coached in specific learning paths designed to improve their technical and digital skills, and to develop skills related to areas experiencing labour shortages or to the green transition. Upon agreement of individual projects with the vocational counsellor, workers will be offered targeted training to cater for the identified needs. They will also have access to a wide range of training, including those provided by VDAB or by training providers.

(g) Training at the workplace: Workers receive on-the-job training at the enterprise that will employ them after training. The employment contract is either permanent or fixed term for at least the same duration as the training.

(h) Job fair: This recruitment event helps put together jobseekers and employers that seek to fill their vacancies. Before attending the event, counselling sessions help to prepare the meeting with potential employers. The event took place in Aalst in June 2025.

(i) Job-scouting and job-matching: A dedicated team will scout out for job vacancies before they are posted and help suitable candidates among former Tupperware workers apply for these positions. Job-search events will be organised at VDAB premises quarterly. The events enable participants to interact with local and regional employers, explore job openings, and understand entry pathways.

III. Procedure

In order to mobilise the Fund, the Commission has submitted to the Budgetary Authority a request to transfer a global amount of EUR 1 622 650 from the EGF reserve (budget line 30 04 02; commitment appropriations) to the EGF (budget line 16 02 02; commitment appropriations).

According to an internal agreement within the Parliament, the Employment and Social Affairs Committee and the Committee on Regional Development should be associated to the process, in order to provide constructive support and contribute to the assessment of the applications from the Fund.

ANNEX: DECLARATION OF INPUT

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

17.03.2026

LETTER OF THE COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Mr Johan Van Overtveldt

Chair

Committee on Budgets

BRUSSELS

Subject: Opinion on Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty (2026/0066(BUD))

Dear Mr Chair,

Under the procedure referred to above, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs has been asked to submit an opinion to your committee and decided to send the opinion in the form of a letter.

The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs considered the matter, and, at its meeting of 17 March 2026, it decided to submit the opinion set out below to the Committee on Budgets, as the committee responsible.

Yours sincerely,

Li Andersson

OPINION

A. Whereas, on 13 November 2025, Belgium submitted an application EGF/2025/008 BE/Liberty for a financial contribution from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF), following displacements in Liberty Galaţi Belgian Branch in Belgium (Liberty), that operated in the economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 division 24 (Manufacture of basic metals), where the redundancies made by Liberty are mainly located in the NUTS 2 region of Province Liège (BE33);

B. Whereas Belgium submitted the application under the intervention criteria of Article 4(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/691, which requires the cessation of activity of at least 200 displaced workers over a reference period of four months (in this case from 24 April 2025 to 24 August 2025) in an enterprise in a Member State, including workers displaced in suppliers and downstream producers and / or self-employed persons whose activity has ceased; whereas, following its assessment of this application, the Commission has concluded, in accordance with all applicable provisions of the EGF Regulation, that the conditions for awarding a financial contribution from the EGF are met;

C. Whereas the application relates to 507 displaced workers (eligible beneficiaries) whose activity has ceased in the economic sectors indicated above;

D. Whereas on 2 March 2026, the Commission adopted a proposal for a decision on the mobilisation of the EGF in favour of Belgium to support the reintegration in the labour market of 507 targeted beneficiaries;

E. Whereas the investment of more than EUR 40 million made by GFG Alliance, an international group of businesses with its headquarters in the United Kingdom, after the acquisition of Liberty Steel Liège from ArcelorMittal in July 2019, was rendered ineffective by the weak steel market in 2019, the supply chain disruptions caused by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the high energy prices that followed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas Liberty Steel Group's galvanizing lines in Belgium remained idle since December 2021 because of the lack of raw materials triggering a restructuring operation which resulted in the legal transfer of Liberty Steel Liège to Liberty Galaţi (a Romanian subsidiary of GFG Alliance through Liberty Steel Group) in 2023; whereas, despite Galaţi’s takeover of Liberty Steel Liège, production activity did not resume and, therefore, workers were placed in short-time work schemes; whereas, after a long period without engaging in any production, Liberty was declared bankrupt by Liège’s Commercial Court on 22 April 2025;

F. Whereas, the steel sector is very important to Belgium’s economy; whereas, furthermore, Liberty’s bankruptcy represents a major social shock for Wallonia, as it occurs in a labour market already weakened by other restructuring events such as TNT-FedEx or Makro for which Belgium also applied for EGF support;

G. Whereas in October 2025, unemployment rate for Belgium as a whole was 6,4%, 0,6 percentage points (pp) increase year-on-year, and 0,5 pp higher than the EU average unemployment rate (5,9%); whereas, however, the unemployment rate in Wallonia rises up to 7,8%; whereas, in the second quarter of 2025, the employment rate in Wallonia (62,7 %) was 13 pp lower than the EU average (76,2%); whereas older workers are facing more barriers to employment; whereas the national employment rate for the age group 25-49 is 82%, but it falls down to 68,2% for people aged 50 or more; whereas one in four registered job seekers in Wallonia was aged 50 or more, in August 2025;

H. Whereas Belgium has indicated that the co-ordinated package of personalised services has been drawn up in consultation with trade unions, in compliance with Article 7(4) of the EGF Regulation; whereas in a meeting held on 14 July 2025, the General Federation of Labour of Belgium (FGTB) and the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (CSC) were consulted particularly on the workers’ needs regarding upskilling and reskilling; whereas input from the workers representatives was also sought on how to better provide the EGF support; whereas Wallonia's regional legislation provides for specific support for redundant workers, in the form of a redeployment unit (cellule de reconversion) by the Regional Public Employment and Vocational Training Service (Le Forem), at the request of workers’ representative organisations; whereas the redeployment unit does not constitute an obligation for the employer, nor for Le Forem; whereas the implementation of the EGF co-financed measures will be managed through such a redeployment unit;

I. Whereas the EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 30 million (in 2018 prices), as laid down in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027;

Therefore, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs calls on the Committee on Budgets, as the committee responsible, to integrate the following suggestions in its motion for a resolution:

1. Recalls that the objective of the EGF is to demonstrate solidarity with, and provide support to beneficiaries; considers that financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into decent and sustainable employment within or outside their initial sector of activity; stresses the importance of preparing and supporting workers for the urgently needed green and digital transitions of the European economy and society; reiterates in this context the important role the Union plays, including through the EGF, in contributing to the financing of necessary qualifications for the just transition in line with the European Green Deal;

2. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(2), point (a), of the EGF Regulation are met and that Belgium is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 2 033 869 under that Regulation, which represents 85 % of the total cost of EUR 2 392 788, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 2 012 322, expenditure for allowances of EUR 346 600 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 33 866;

3. Notes the fact that Belgium has provided all necessary assurances that the requirements laid down in national and EU legislation concerning collective redundancies have been complied with and that the principles of equality of treatment and non-discrimination will be respected in access to the proposed measures and their implementation; notes that all the procedural requirements were met; welcomes the involvement of the social partners as well as Forem in the package of measures for which the EGF co-financing is requested; underlines the need for transparency at every step of the procedure and calls for social partners’ involvement in the package of service’s implementation and evaluation;

4. Recalls the profile of the redundant workers, of which more than 90% are men, more than half are over 54 years old and more than two thirds have only lower secondary, upper secondary or post-secondary education or less; considers that the workers will need additional tailored support, particularly targeted assistance focusing on upskilling and retraining, to help them succeed the transition to employment;

5. Stresses that Belgium has confirmed that the measures supported by the EGF will not receive any financial contributions from other Union financial instruments;

6. Notes the personalised coordinated package to be provided to displaced workers consists of the following measures: (a) outplacement and vocational guidance (these services are provided by a team of vocational advisors specialised in restructuring events and social support workers generally drawn from the company's employee representatives) (b) training, retraining and vocational training, (c) support towards business creation, (d) contribution to business start-up (the workers who start a business or a self-employed activity will receive a contribution up to EUR 15 000), and (e) incentives and allowances ((1) job-search allowances (EUR 2 per hour of effective participation in job-search activities entitled to the allowance), (2) return-to-school allowance (a monthly allowance of EUR 350 to workers who embark on full-time secondary and tertiary studies, or qualifying training to acquire the necessary skills for jobs that are in demand and for which recruiting is difficult or linked to critical functions), and (3) allowance towards business creation); given the age and educational profile of the targeted beneficiaries stresses the specific needs of these groups should be taken into account when providing personalised services;

7. Stresses in particular the importance of Article 7.2 of the EGF Regulation, which requires the coordinated package to anticipate future labour market perspectives and required skills, which are compatible with the shift towards a resource-efficient and sustainable economy and with a particular focus on the dissemination of skills required in the digital industrial age; welcomes the fact that the training to gain and to strengthen digital autonomy, that complements Forem's standard training to develop digital skills, together with a module on circular economy and efficient use of resources caters for the dissemination of the skills required in the digital industrial age and in a resource-efficient economy, as required by Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691; also welcomes the fact that the module on circular economy and efficient use of resources developed for former Swissport workers (EGF/2020/005 BE) is now part of Le Forem's standard training offer co-financed by ESF+ and, therefore, it is not budgeted in this proposal;

8. Recalls the possibility for special time-limited measures within the coordinated package including, inter alia, to pay childcare allowances, as provided in Article 7.2 b of the EGF regulation to facilitate job seekers’ participation in the activities proposed.

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