Education Cheque Brandenburg

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Name of the instrument - Local language
Bildungsscheck Brandenburg
Name of the instrument - English translation
Education Cheque Brandenburg
Scheme ID
232
Country
Germany
Reporting year
2015
Type of instrument
Grant for companies
Grant for individuals
Type of entry
Example for a group of instruments
Short description

All employees paying social insurance contributions with principal residence in the State of Brandenburg (no civil servants, self-employed persons or students) can apply for the grant. The participation in an individual job-independent continuing vocational training is eligible for funding. Associate degree related qualifications are also eligible if no funding under the Career Advancement Training Promotion Act (AFBG) is possible. The public co-funding share is 70% of training costs.

Many Federal States (Länder) in Germany implemented cost-sharing schemes in the ESF funding period from 2007 to 2013, where ESF and national funds were used for providing various types of vouchers for further education. Co-funding schemes are continued under the new ESF funding period (2014-2020), however, schemes are adapted on the one hand to introduced federal funding schemes, on the other hand to reduced available ESF funds for further education (estimated to be EUR 300 to EUR 400 million per year across all Federal States). The voucher in North Rhine-Westphalia, providing training vouchers for individuals and employees is by far (with EUR 9 million funding in 2012) the largest program of the 16 German States. Examples of the States with voucher schemes for companies - or also open for individuals - include Schleswig-Holstein, Hessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hamburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Bremen. Beyond voucher schemes, the Federal States may provide co-funding for further education and training as part of other initiatives, for example, in the field of innovation policies. An overview on all cost-sharing schemes and funding schemes is available in a database (http://www.foerderdatenbank.de). There is no recent overview on funding volumes and beneficiaries. For 2012, it has been estimated, that approximately 40 000 individuals benefited from a voucher by the Federal States.

Level of operation
Regional
Name of a part of the country
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Name of the region (for regional instruments)
Brandenburg
Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
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Relevance
Marginal scheme

Directive of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Women and Family to promote vocational training - skills development through training of employees and in SMEs in Brandenburg (training policy) from June 13, 2013 (Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Arbeit, Soziales, Frauen und Familie zur Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung - Kompetenzentwicklung durch Qualifizierung von Beschäftigten und in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen im Land Brandenburg (Weiterbildungsrichtlinie) vom 13. Juni 2013)

Objective(s) and target(s)

To preserve and improve the employability of workers as well as the stabilization and the gaining of jobs in SMEs. The continuous participation in vocational training is to be increased.

Year of implementation
2009
Year of latest amendment
2014
Operation/management

LASA - Landesagentur für Struktur und Arbeit Brandenburg GmbH (LASA State Agency for Structure and Labour Brandenburg GmbH )
The LASA Brandenburg GmbH serves as a labour market policy service organisation for the implementation of labour and structural policies and support the adjustment processes in the labor market in Brandenburg since 1991.

Eligible group(s)

All employees paying social insurance contributions with principal residence in the State of Brandenburg (no civil servants, self-employed, students).

Group(s) with preferential treatment

None

Education and training eligible

Participation in an individual job-independent continuing vocational training. Also Associate degree related qualifications are eligible if no funding under the Career Advancement Training Promotion Act (AFBG) is possible.

Source of financing and collection mechanism

Länder's budget

Financing formula and allocation mechanisms

Public co-funding: at least 70%.

Allocation: At least three comparing offers have to be collected in order to make a content-wise and economical-wise assessment.

Eligible costs

Fees only (for the course and exam)

Volumes of funding

The volume of funding for this scheme was EUR 450 000 in 2012.

Beneficiaries/take up

In 2012, 1 500 individuals were funded by this scheme in Brandenburg.

Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation

LASA Landesagentur für Struktur und Arbeit Brandenburg GmbH - LASA State Agency for Structure and Labour GmbH Brandenburg:
The LASA Brandenburg GmbH serves as a labor market policy service organization for the implementation of labor and structural policies and support the adjustment processes in the labor market in Brandenburg since 1991.

Monitoring/evaluation reports available

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Most relevant webpage - in English

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Most relevant webpage - local language

http://www.lasa-brandenburg.de/Bildungsscheck-Brandenburg.1184.0.html

Sources

http://www.lasa-brandenburg.de/Bildungsscheck-Brandenburg.1184.0.html

Dohmen, Dieter. (2013). Finanzierung beruflicher Weiterbildung in Deutschland. Report. Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung. H, 3, 61-84.

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