Entrepreneurs may apply for co-financing of continuous education of employees and employers under the 2nd call for proposals for funds from the reserve of the National Training Fund in 2023.

The application for funds from the reserve of the National Training Fund (KFS) to finance the costs of lifelong learning of employees and the employer as part of the priorities set for 2023, together with attachments, is available at: dzierzoniow.praca.gov.pl. Applications will be considered in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation of the Minister of Labor and Social Policy of May 14, 2014. on the allocation of funds from the National Training Fund.

Deadline for submitting applications: from July 24, 2023. until August 4, 2023

Subsidy limits - in the case of employers employing:

•     up to 10 employees - up to 100% of the costs of continuing education, not more than PLN 10,000.
•     from 10 employees - up to 80% of the costs of continuing education, not more than PLN 30,000.

Attention! The maximum amount of KFS funds that an Applicant may apply for for lifelong learning of one employee may not exceed 300% of the average salary.

The reserve funds from the National Training Fund of the Poviat Labor Office in Dzierżoniów can be used to finance activities related to lifelong learning of employees and employers in accordance with the following priorities:

• Priority A - Support for lifelong learning of employees of Social Integration Centers, Social Integration Clubs, Occupational Therapy Workshops, Vocational Activity Centers, members or employees of social cooperatives and employees of entities with the status of a social enterprise indicated on the list/register of social enterprises kept by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. Employers intending to take advantage of this priority should demonstrate that the activities co-financed from the KFS funds, aimed at improving the competences of employees, are related to their tasks performed in CIS, KIS, WTZ, ZAZ, social enterprise or social cooperative.
• Priority B - Support for lifelong learning of people with a recognized degree of disability. The applicant submitting an application for funds under the above priority should prove that the candidate for training has a certificate of disability, i.e. present a certificate of disability of the candidate for training or a declaration of having such a certificate.
• Priority C - Support for lifelong learning in key areas/industries for the development of the poviat/voivodship indicated in strategic documents/development plans. Employers who run a business and employ employees in the tourism, sports and recreation industries in the Dzierżoniów poviat may apply for support under this priority and culture.
• Priority D - Support for lifelong learning of practical vocational training instructors or persons intending to undertake this activity, supervisors of apprenticeships and apprenticeship supervisors, as well as sectoral training for vocational education teachers. Under this priority, the KFS funds will be able to finance mandatory sectoral training for teachers of theoretical vocational subjects and teachers of practical vocational training employed in public schools providing vocational training and in public continuing education institutions and public vocational training centers - run both by local government units and by natural persons and legal persons who are not local government units. This priority also allows for the use of co-financing for various forms of lifelong learning for people who have been entrusted with the duties of practical vocational training instructors or who declare their willingness to undertake such a job, apprenticeship supervisors and apprenticeship supervisors. This group consists of employers or employees of entities accepting students for internships or persons running an individual farm.
• Priority E - Support for lifelong learning of people who can prove that they have been working in special conditions or of a special nature for at least 15 years, and who are not entitled to a bridging pension. This priority promotes actions towards people working in health-damaging conditions and in particular should cover people who are not entitled to a bridging pension.

More information on recruitment can be found on the PUP website.