Call for tender: Study to consider the interaction between local employment development and corporate social responsibility (Open call for tender VT/2007/092)

Issued by: European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities

Deadline: 27/09/2007

Duration of the contract: 12 months from the signature of the contract (expected from January 2008-2009).

Estimated contract value: 300,000 € (maximum)

Address from which all documentation may be obtained: Click here

Assessment: If this call is of interest to you, take a further look to the documentation online and feel free to get in contact with Bart Neerscholten (bart.neerscholten@eabis.org), EABIS' Research Manager. Members are encouraged to build consortia under the EABIS umbrella with e.g. an academic member taking the lead with the support of EABIS. If there is an interest by several members to hand in a collective proposal, EABIS can provide opportunities to put different members in contact with each other and create the necessary infrastructures for further debate and collaboration.

Description (see document "tender specifications" for full details): The European Commission wishes to explore to what extent it could or should encourage more sustainable and more entrepreneurial local development by appealing to the sense of responsibility of enterprise to engage with actors at the local level, to create strategies and advance activities that will benefit all parties. The contractor should produce a study that will: