#52026PC0050EU funding for support to workers laid off after Soliver bankruptcy in Belgium
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Mobilises EUR 2.13 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help 803 former Soliver workers in Belgium return to work after the company’s bankruptcy. The support covers 85% of a EUR 2.51 million package, with the rest funded nationally through VDAB, the Flemish public employment service. The money will fund job-search help, outplacement, coaching, training and retraining, digital skills support, Dutch language courses, workplace training, and job fairs. The practical impact is mainly local, affecting displaced workers in East Flanders and West Flanders, as well as employers and training providers involved in rehiring or reskilling them.
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Key Changes
- Approves EUR 2,132,535 in EU funding for Belgium to support 803 displaced Soliver workers.
- Funds a personalised employment package including outplacement, job-search coaching, training, digital skills support, language courses, workplace training, and job fairs.
- Makes spending on worker support eligible from 11 June 2025, with services available for up to 24 months after the financing decision takes effect.
Obligations
What this law requires
Ensure that access to the EGF-funded personalised services for the 803 targeted former Soliver workers, and the implementation of those services, respects equality of treatment and non-discrimination principles.
Prevent double financing: measures receiving a financial contribution from the EGF must not also receive financial contributions from other Union financial instruments.
Do not use the EGF financial contribution to replace measures that are mandatory for the enterprise concerned under national law or collective agreements.
Ensure that the EGF financial contribution complies with procedural and material EU State aid rules.
Comply with national and EU legislative requirements concerning collective redundancies in relation to the Soliver displacements.