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Training fund for household/personal services

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Name of the instrument - Local language
Fonds de formation Titres-services (FR)/Opleidingsfonds dienstencheques (NL)
Name of the instrument - English translation
Training fund for household/personal services
Country
Belgium
Type of instrument
Grant for companies
Type of entry
Example for a group of instruments
Short description

Companies in the sector of household/personal services receive a fixed amount of money (flat-rate of EUR 14.50 per hour) from a training fund for training their employees. Additional funding for course fees is available.

Short description of the related instruments

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Level of operation
Sectoral
Regional
Name of a part of the country
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Name of the region (for regional instruments)
Wallonia
Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
Household / personal services
Relevance
Marginal scheme
Legal basis

Royal decree of 7 June 2007 regarding the training fund for household services modified by Royal decrees of 22 July 2009 and 10 October 2013

Year of implementation
2007
Year of latest amendment
2014
Operation/Management

On 1 April 2015, management was transferred from the Federal Government to the following regional-level authorities: Le Forem, Service Public de Wallonie, Service public regional de Bruxelles, Vlaamse Overheid

Eligible group(s)

Companies in the sector of household/personal services.
Preferential treatment: companies hiring and providing training to previous recipients of social benefits

Group(s) with preferential treatment

Companies hiring and providing training to previous recipients of social benefits.

Education and training eligible

Since 1 October 2013, a household/personal services company can get EUR 150 or € 350 when workers from the "60% target group" (i.e. recipients of social benefits) follow a training path of minimum of nine or eighteen hours in the first three months of being hired. These amounts are not deducted from the training budget allocated to the eligible business. The training pathway must include one or more approved external training courses (i.e. for which the applicant / training institute received approval).

Source of financing and collection mechanism

Public funds, transferred to the regional level

Financing formula and allocation mechanisms

Since October 2013, the compensation flat-rate for the salary of household/personal services workers taking up training is EUR 14.50 (instead of the previous EUR 12.60).

Since October 2013, a household/personal services company can get EUR 150 or EUR 300 when workers from the "60% target group" (i.e. recipients of social benefits) follow a training path of minimum of 9 or 18 hours in the first 3 months of being hired.

Allocation: Funds are distributed in case of meeting the pre-determined (through top-down procedures) criteria best.

Eligible costs

Specific arrangement

Volumes of funding

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Beneficiaries/take up

In 2011, 622 companies benefited from the scheme.

Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation

SPF Emploi (FOD WASO) (also ONEM and ONSS).

Monitoring/evaluation reports available

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Most relevant webpage - in English

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Most relevant webpage - local language

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Sources

Royal decree of 7 June 2007 regarding the training fund for household services modified by Royal decrees of 22 July 2009 and 10 October 2013

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