Promotion of Vocational Continuing Education for Employees in Companies (Saxony-Anhalt CONTINUING EDUCATION Operational Access)
Grant for company training measures in Saxony-Anhalt with ESF+ funds: seminars, in-house training, coaching, e-learning, and distance learning courses. Grants up to €100,000 possible.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The state of Saxony-Anhalt supports companies with funds from the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) for measures in workplace training, including supplementary qualifications accompanying vocational training. Funding is provided for participation in external training measures, in-house seminars, coaching sessions (up to 15 hours/year per participant), distance learning courses, as well as e-learning formats aimed at enhancing qualifications, employability, and the management of ecological and digital transformation processes.
Eligible expenses
- Participation and examination fees
- Honorarium expenses for external lecturers
- Travel expenses
- Accommodation costs
- Childcare costs
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Non-eligible expenses
- Personnel expenses
- Acquisition of real estate
- Retroactive costs
- Debt settlement
- Tax, legal or business consulting
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Eligible to apply
- Companies
- Founders
Funding requirements
- Companies with up to 249 employees
- Headquarters or branch in Saxony-Anhalt
- Measure must not have started before the application is submitted
- Eligible expenses at least €1,000 (for ≥ 250 employees: at least €10,000)
- Participants must be subject to social security contributions, marginally employed, self-employed, freelance, on parental leave, or trainees
Documents required for application
- Application form
- Commercial register excerpt
- Business registration
- De minimis declaration
- Power of attorney
- Economic owner survey form
- Calculation aid
- Determination of the most economical offer
- Proof of access authorization
- Collective agreement binding declaration
- Information about the participant
- Confirmation of additionality
- Document checklist
Evaluation criteria
- Cost-effectiveness
- Relevance to employability
- Relation to ecological and digital transformation
- Quality of the educational concept
- Target group specificity
Description
The European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) specifically supports small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups, as well as self-employed and freelance professionals in Saxony-Anhalt in qualifying their employees. Funding is provided for external seminars, in-house training conducted by external experts, individual and group coaching (up to 15 hours per person per year), state-approved distance learning courses, and e-learning formats. The aim is to enhance qualifications, employability, and participation in ecological and digital transformation processes. Priority beneficiaries include trainees, low-skilled workers, older employees, and people with disabilities, as well as employees with a migration background. Measures must be additional to mandatory training content and must be applied for prior to the start of the measure.
Funding is granted as a subsidy amounting to 60% of eligible expenses for companies with up to ten employees, 50% for up to 249 employees, and 40% for 250 or more employees; with collective bargaining agreements, the funding rate can increase by up to 20%. Recognized costs include participation and examination fees, fees for external instructors, travel and accommodation expenses, additional childcare costs, as well as expenses for examination pieces and final theses. The total funding amount per project is up to 100,000 euros. Applications can be submitted continuously via the IB customer portal; required documents include, among others, a de minimis declaration, offer comparisons, and evidence of the qualification concept and participants. Evaluation is based on cost-effectiveness, relevance to employability, transformation relevance, concept quality, and target group specificity. Companies seeking to expand their skilled workforce through modern qualification offerings will find effective support here.
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