Adaptation credit - tutelage section

Companies in the Walloon region may receive a public grant to cover the costs of training their employees. The amount granted to the company is EUR 10 per hour of training, with a EUR 1 per hour increase if the person trained is low skilled. The maximum amount the company may receive is EUR 80 000 over a period of 2 years. The training programme should last from 6 months to 1 year and comprise a maximum of 300 hours/per trained employee. The learning worker (trainee) must be a national of a Member State of the European Union or currently reside in the French-speaking Walloon region and be at least 18 years old. He/she must: either have been employed for up to 12 months in the company or be employed by the company and in need of training to access new functions in the company or be an interim worker in the company with a temporary contract with the company at the time of training. No preferential treatment is applied. Funding comes from Regional authorities: The Walloon government and the PES (Forem).