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European Globalisation Adjustment Fund

€2 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support 507 dismissed Liberty Steel workers in Belgium

The European Commission has proposed to mobilise €2 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to support 507 workers dismissed after the bankruptcy of Liberty Steel Belgium. Liberty Steel production lines in Belgium came to a halt in December 2021 due to raw material shortages. Despite efforts to restructure the entity, […]

A broader European Globalisation Adjustment Fund supporting workers

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached by the European Parliament and EU Member States on its proposal to strengthen the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF). The EGF is an EU solidarity instrument for workers who have lost their job due to major restructuring, for instance the closing of a factory or […]

Commission proposes to support over 3,400 dismissed workers in the car industry in Belgium with €7.5 million

The European Commission has proposed to mobilise €7.5 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to help 3,414 workers dismissed after the closure of carmaker Audi's plant in Brussels. In February 2025, Audi stopped producing the Q8 e-tron car model in Brussels and closed its  plant.  As a consequence, several suppliers […]

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in 2023 and 2024

Report on the activities of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) in 2023 and 2024

Revision of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund

Opinion of the European Committee of the Regions – Revision of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund

Evaluation European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers 2021-2027

Report on the mid-term evaluation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) 2021-2027

Commission proposes broader, faster EU social and employment funds

The Commission is proposing to amend the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to broaden their scope and make it easier to mobilise support for workers. Under the proposed changes, Member States would gain more flexibility to redirect ESF+ funding towards skills development in strategic sectors, […]

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers in 2021 and 2022

Report on the activities of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) in 2021 and 2022

Decision on the mobilisation of the EGAF for Spain – EGF/2022/003 ES/Alu Ibérica

Decision 2023/1022 of 10 May 2023 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2022/003 ES/Alu Ibérica

€1.2 million from European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support 300 dismissed workers in Spain

Today, the European Commission proposed to support 303 workers dismissed by aluminium producer Alu Ibérica in the region of Galicia in Spain with €1.2 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF). The funding will help them find new jobs through tailored guidance and advice, vocational training and job-matching. Spain applied for […]

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers

The EGF will support the socio-economic transformations caused by globalization and technological and environmental changes by helping redundant workers and the self-employed who have ceased their activities to adapt to structural change. LEGAL BASIS Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund […]