Education voucher of the Chamber of Labour
- Name of the instrument - Local language
- AK-Bildungsgutschein
- Name of the instrument - English translation
- Education voucher of the Chamber of Labour
- Scheme ID
- 9
- Country
- Austria
- Reporting year
- 2020
- Type of instrument
- Grant for individuals
- Sub-type of instrument
- Lump-sum support
- Type of entry
- Example for a group of instruments
- Short description
Members of the Chamber of Labour in Vienna can apply for the grant. The eligible education and training activities include computer and IT courses, job-related courses in the areas of work organisation and work environment, and language courses. The co-funding is fixed with an absolute amount of money (in 2020: EUR 120, EUR 170 for people on parental leave).
- Level of operation
- Regional
- Name of a part of the country
- Not applicable
- Name of the region (for regional instruments)
- Vienna
- Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
- Not applicable
- Relevance
- Key instrument
- Legal basis
- Decision by the Chamber of Labour
- Objective(s) and target(s)
- To facilitate the AK members´ access to training
- Year of implementation
- 2002
- Operation/management
- Chamber of Labour Vienna
- Eligible group(s)
- Members of the chamber of labour (employees).
- Group(s) with preferential treatment
- Individuals on parental leave receive EUR 170.
- Education and training eligible
- Computer/IT: basic and advanced courses for professional development as ECDL, programming languages; Job-related courses in the areas of work organization and work environment; Job oriented courses: Languages of the EU countries as well as Arabic, Bosnian - Croatian-Serbian, Chinese, Russian, Turkish; German as a Foreignanguage; Second language basic and advanced courses for Austrian Language Diploma; Courses to fulfil the Integration Agreement Catching up on apprenticeship qualifications; Courses preparing for Berufsreifeprüfung and University entrance exam; Selected courses in business administration, accounting, office administration, controlling, cost accounting, special courses for skilled workers.
- Source of financing and collection mechanism
- The Chamber of Labour provides the budget and the operational management of the voucher for its members. Every employee in Austria pays 0.5% of his/her income to the Chamber of Labour (mandatory membership).
- Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
- When booking a course for a marked AK Wien course it has to be announced that one wants to redeem a voucher. The amount will be credited to the course bill with a maximum 120 (170 for parents on leave or for making up an apprenticeship degree).
- Eligible costs
- Specific arrangement
- Volumes of funding
- Not available
- Beneficiaries/take up
- Not available
- Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
- Not applicable
- Most relevant webpage - in English
- Not available
- Most relevant webpage - local language
- https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/bildungsgutschein
- Recent changes
No recent amendment
Recent changes in response to COVID-19
No changes
- Sources
- Fleischer, Viktor , Hefler, Günter , & Markowitsch, Jörg (2011). Nachfrageorientierte Förderprogramme der beruflichen Weiterbildung für Unternehmen und Beschäftigte - Länderreport Österreich - ARBEITSBERICHT No. 7 Bericht im Rahmen des Projekts Effekte von nationalen Förderprogrammen der beruflichen Weiterbildung für Unternehmen und Beschäftigte im deutschsprachigen Raum. Wien: 3s reserach laboratory.
- Hefler, Günter, Markowitsch, Jörg, & Fleischer, Viktor (2013). Diffusion und Handlungslogiken nachfrageorientierter Kofinanzierung individueller beruflicher Weiterbildung in Österreich. In B. Käpplinger, R. Klein & E. Haberzeth (Eds.), Weiterbildungsgutscheine - Wirkungen eines Finanzierungsmodells in vier europäischen Ländern (pp. 345-376). Bielefeld: WBV.
- https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/service/broschueren/Bildung/Bildungsguts…
- Wagner, Elfriede , & Lassnigg, Lorenz (2006). Alternative Approaches to Individual Training Leave to Combine Work with Personal and Professional Development. Vienna: Institute for Advanced Studies. http://www.equi.at/dateien/foerderung_von_weiterbildung.pdf
On this page:
- Short description
- 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
- Objective(s) and target(s)
- Year of implementation
- 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
- Most relevant webpage - in English
- Most relevant webpage - local language
- Recent changes
- Sources