Scholarship for qualified employees
- Name of the instrument - Local language
- Ammattitutkintostipendi
- Name of the instrument - English translation
- Scholarship for qualified employees
- Scheme ID
- 82
- Country
- Finland
- Reporting year
- 2015
- Type of instrument
- Grant for individuals
- Type of entry
- Single instrument
- Short description
Persons with at least five years of working history in Finland, independent of their current employment status can apply for this grant. The eligible education and training activities include all kinds of vocational examinations.
- Short description of the related instruments
nap
- Level of operation
- National
- Name of a part of the country
- nap
- Name of the region (for regional instruments)
- nap
- Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
- nap
- Relevance
- Key scheme
- Legal basis
Laki Koulutusrahastosta (Act on the Education Fund)
- Year of implementation
- 2002
- Year of latest amendment
- 2013
- Operation/management
Scholarship for qualified employees is provided by the Education Fund, which is administered by the social partners of the Finnish Labour market. The Education Fund is financed by the Unemployment Insurance Fund and the State, and its operations are monitored by the Financial Supervisory Authority.
- Eligible group(s)
Persons with at least 5 years of working history in Finland before passing the tests. It doesn't matter whether the applicant is unemployed, employed or on study leave.
- Group(s) with preferential treatment
None
- Education and training eligible
Vocational examinations.
- Source of financing and collection mechanism
Education Fund, funded by the Unemployment Insurance Fund and the State
- Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
If the tests of competence are passed after 1 August 2013, the amount of the scholarship will be EUR 390.
If the qualification the person has got is his or her first qualification, the amount of the scholarship will be EUR 450. The qualifications and degrees the person may have gotten abroad do not count in this respect. The scholarship is tax-free. It is transferred directly to the individual who has passed a test (reimbursement principle). It must be applied within a year after passing the tests.
- Eligible costs
Fees and other costs related to education and training
- Volumes of funding
In 2014, the Education Fund paid out a total of EUR 9 300 000 for scholarships for qualified employees.
- Beneficiaries/take up
In 2014, the scholarship was granted to 23 231 people.
- Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
The Education Fund.
- Monitoring/evaluation reports available
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- Most relevant webpage - in English
http://www.koulutusrahasto.fi/en/scholarshipforqualifiedemployee/
- Most relevant webpage - local language
- Sources
- Short description
- Short description of the related instruments
- Level of operation
- Name of a part of the country
- Name of the region (for regional instruments)
- Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
- Relevance
- Legal basis
- Year of implementation
- Year of latest amendment
- Operation/management
- Eligible group(s)
- Group(s) with preferential treatment
- Education and training eligible
- Source of financing and collection mechanism
- Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
- Eligible costs
- Volumes of funding
- Beneficiaries/take up
- Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
- Monitoring/evaluation reports available
- Most relevant webpage - in English
- Most relevant webpage - local language
- Sources