The ESF+ for the period 2021-2027 is fully committed to the priority: ‘A more social and inclusive Europe through the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights’. The focus will be on employment, as described in the partnership agreement: “With regard to the ESF+, the government is fully committed to supporting job seekers and vulnerable workers. Resources will be focused on investments in human capital and integration of asylum-seeking migrants. This mainly concerns investing in increasing the possibilities for work integration of people with a great distance to the labor market by, among other things, stimulating a well-educated and sustainably employable working population.” In addition to supporting people with a vulnerable labor market position, the ESF+ program is also partly aimed at promoting social innovation and equal opportunities and non-discrimination (again with a focus on the labor market) and supporting the most deprived target group. The goals can be summarized in three points:

• The support (active inclusion) of people with a vulnerable labor market position by the 35 labor market regions in the Netherlands, the social partners, practice and secondary special education and the Judicial Institutions Agency. For example, by supporting vulnerable workers so that they can find work in sectors where there are opportunities.
• For the priority social innovation will start with a open call targeting promoting gender equality in the labor market. Subsequent application periods will be aimed at other forms of inequality in the labor market. The details of this will be determined later.
• The priority “Aid to fight material deprivation of the most deprived persons” will be completed by a open call in which organizations are called upon to make an offer for the design of both food aid and support measures.