European Globalisation Adjustment Fund

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European Union fund financial instrument labour market adjustment fund

The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is an EU financial instrument that supports workers who lose their jobs due to major structural changes in world trade patterns or economic crises, helping them find new employment.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund canonical	8
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers	3
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF)	2
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2007–2013)	1
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014–2020)	1
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund Committee	1
European Globalisation Fund	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2407549 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
Context triple: [Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, responsibleFor, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund]

A. European Defence Fund
The European Defence Fund is an EU financial instrument that supports collaborative research and development of defence technologies and capabilities among member states.
B. European Agricultural Guarantee Fund
The European Agricultural Guarantee Fund is an EU financial instrument that provides direct payments and market-related expenditure to support farmers and stabilize agricultural markets under the Common Agricultural Policy.
C. European Financial Stability Facility
The European Financial Stability Facility was a temporary crisis resolution mechanism created by eurozone countries in 2010 to provide financial assistance to member states in economic difficulty during the sovereign debt crisis.
D. European Investment Fund
The European Investment Fund is a specialist EU financial institution that supports small and medium-sized enterprises by providing risk finance through guarantees, equity investments, and other instruments, often in partnership with banks and funds.
E. European Structural and Investment Funds
The European Structural and Investment Funds were the European Union’s main financial instruments for promoting economic, social, and territorial cohesion by supporting regional development, job creation, and competitiveness across member states.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
Target entity description: The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is an EU financial instrument that supports workers who lose their jobs due to major structural changes in world trade patterns or economic crises, helping them find new employment.

A. European Defence Fund
The European Defence Fund is an EU financial instrument that supports collaborative research and development of defence technologies and capabilities among member states.
B. European Agricultural Guarantee Fund
The European Agricultural Guarantee Fund is an EU financial instrument that provides direct payments and market-related expenditure to support farmers and stabilize agricultural markets under the Common Agricultural Policy.
C. European Financial Stability Facility
The European Financial Stability Facility was a temporary crisis resolution mechanism created by eurozone countries in 2010 to provide financial assistance to member states in economic difficulty during the sovereign debt crisis.
D. European Investment Fund
The European Investment Fund is a specialist EU financial institution that supports small and medium-sized enterprises by providing risk finance through guarantees, equity investments, and other instruments, often in partnership with banks and funds.
E. European Structural and Investment Funds
The European Structural and Investment Funds were the European Union’s main financial instruments for promoting economic, social, and territorial cohesion by supporting regional development, job creation, and competitiveness across member states.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union fund ⓘ financial instrument ⓘ labour market adjustment fund ⓘ
abbreviation	EGF ⓘ
administeredBy	European Commission ⓘ
appliesTo	European Union member states ⓘ linked to: Member States of the European Union
beneficiary	redundant workers ⓘ self-employed persons whose activity has ceased ⓘ young people not in employment, education or training in some cases ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
decisionMaker	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
eligibleCause	COVID-19 pandemic-related crisis ⓘ economic crisis ⓘ globalisation ⓘ other major structural changes ⓘ technological change ⓘ transition to a low-carbon economy ⓘ world trade pattern changes ⓘ
fundingType	co-financing ⓘ
inception	2007 ⓘ
legalBasis	Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 ⓘ Regulation (EU) 2021/691 ⓘ Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 ⓘ
maximumEUcofinancingRate	60% ⓘ 65% ⓘ 85% ⓘ
partOf	European Union budget ⓘ
provides	business start-up aid ⓘ career guidance ⓘ entrepreneurship support ⓘ income support linked to active measures ⓘ job-search assistance ⓘ mobility allowances ⓘ retraining ⓘ training ⓘ upskilling ⓘ
purpose	co-finance active labour market measures ⓘ help redundant workers find new employment ⓘ support workers made redundant due to economic crises ⓘ support workers made redundant due to major structural changes in world trade patterns ⓘ
rebrandedAs	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers ⓘ linked to: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
relatedTo	EU cohesion policy ⓘ European Social Fund Plus ⓘ linked to: European Social Fund
sector	employment policy ⓘ social policy ⓘ
shortName	EGF ⓘ
timeFrame	2007–2013 ⓘ 2014–2020 ⓘ 2021–2027 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion → responsibleFor → European Globalisation Adjustment Fund ⓘ

DG EMPL → overseesProgramme → European Globalisation Adjustment Fund ⓘ

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund → rebrandedAs → European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers ⓘ