The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is one of the ways the EU is helping to tackle unemployment. Globalisation can cause significant structural changes to world trade, which can lead to workers being laid off.

To support people losing their jobs due to globalisation or the financial and economic crisis, the EU created the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in 2006. It is an emergency solidarity fund, which is used whenever there is a need for it. The fund co-finances projects to help workers find new jobs or set up their own business.

Find out what the EU does to manage globalisation.

There are specific rules determining when and for how long a group of workers can benefit from the fund.





