1. Roundtable on Skills and Competences Dresden, 04th June 2018
Voucher to support further education for employees an self employed in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Roundtable on Skills and Competences
Dresden, 04th June 2018
Friedhelm Keuken

2. in brief
Objective: Increase of employability through increase in participation in further education
Target group: employees of SME and self-employed
Year of introduction: 2006
Funding: 50% ESF, 50% private
Budget: 7 million EUR per year, rising up to 30 million per year within the next years

3. Funding of online education (webinars etc.)
Current innovations
Funding of online education (webinars etc.)
Funding of in house trainings
New target group: self employed

4. SME for their employees Self employed
Eligible
Employees of SME
SME for their employees
Self employed

5. Application procedure
More than 200 agencies with some 540 agents offer the voucher
The voucher covers 50% of the trainings costs, max. 500€
The training provider reduces the costs for the trainees and receives the subsidy by the grant authority

6. Contacts
Thank you very much for your attention
Friedhelm Keuken