Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Training vouchers for start-up founders

Name of the instrument - Local language: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Bildungsschecks für Existenzgründer
Name of the instrument - English translation: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: Training vouchers for start-up founders
Scheme ID: 51
Country: Germany
Reporting year: 2020
Type of instrument: Grant for companies
Sub-type of instrument: Support for direct costs
Type of entry: Example for a group of instruments

Short description: Individuals planning to found a start-up, who are located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, can apply for State-funded contributions to their costs for specific business-related courses. The eligible education and training activities include individual professionally related training. The scheme is governed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The selected training measure for the participant must be relevant for his/her professional life. The co-funding share is 80% and max EUR 392 of the costs for training and education. No preferential treatment is applied. There is no opportunity to re-use the scheme.
Short description of the related instruments: Not applicable

Level of operation

Regional

Name of a part of the country

Not applicable

Name of the region (for regional instruments)

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)

Not applicable

Relevance

Key instrument

Legal basis

Richtlinie zur Förderung von Qualifizierungen für Existenzgründungen und Unternehmensnachfolgen durch Bildungsschecks

Objective(s) and target(s)

To support start-ups and business succession

Year of implementation

2010

Year of termination

2023

Operation/management

The scheme is governed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The funding is based on the financial resources available in the framework of the ESF-funding period 2014-2020. Contributions to training providers who accept these vouchers are granted through project funding as a proportion of funding for further training or testing. The grant is 50% of the course fees up to a maximum amount of EUR 500 per voucher.

Eligible group(s)

Individuals planning to found a start-up located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Group(s) with preferential treatment

No preferential treatment

Education and training eligible

Education and training corresponding to professional interests of the applicant related to the current job.

Source of financing and collection mechanism

Länder's budget and ESF

Financing formula and allocation mechanisms

80% of eligible costs up to a maximum amount of EUR 392 per voucher. Allocation: Contributions to training providers who accept these vouchers are granted through project funding as a proportion of funding for further training or testing. Vouchers can be reimbursed only after completion of the training.

Eligible costs

Fees only

Volumes of funding

1.33 million until the end of 2018

Beneficiaries/take up

1 770 education cheques were issued until the end of 2018.

Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation

Ministry of Economy, Labour and Tourism (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).

Monitoring/evaluation reports available

Bewertung der Anpassungsfähigkeitsförderung, Gründungsförderung und Gleichstellungsförderung aus dem Europäischen Sozialfonds in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern https://www.europa-mv.de/serviceassistent/download?id=1630176

Most relevant webpage - in English