Open call – Financing for training of managers and HR staff from LARGE companies

October 18th, 2017

In the period: 12 October – 12 December 2017 can be submitted projects within the call “Professional Romania – Competitive enterprises”, a financing line through which can be settled investments with training for managers and staff from HR department in LARGE companies.

The call is dedicated to the improvement of the management activity of human resources through: training, coaching, seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, long-term strategic planning etc
 
How long does the project implementation last?

  • maximum 12 months;

Which is the maximum grant for a project?

  • 150.000 euro, from which the non-reimbursable financing is between 50% and 95%, depending on the activities.

Who can apply for funding?
 
Employers (large enterprises) which operates in:

  • one of the economically competitive sectors identified according to the SNC: tourism/ ecotourism, textiles/ leather, wood/ furniture, auto and components, IT and communications, beverage/ food processing, energy/ environment, health/ pharmaceutical, bioeconomics/ biopharmaceuticals/ biotechnologies or
  • intends to adapt its activity to these economic sectors / intelligence areas.

Which are the employees that can be included into the project (target group)?

  • Employees who have management/leadership role;
  • Employees from human resources departments;

Minimum target group: 50 persons;
For more information click here.

Call launch – training for managers and HR staff from LARGE companies

October 5th, 2017

The Ministry of European Funds will launch on 12 October 2017 a financing line through which can be settled investments with training for managers and staff from HR department in LARGE companies.

The call is dedicated to the improvement of the management activity of human resources through: training, coaching, seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, long-term strategic planning etc

How long does the project implementation last?

  • maximum 12 months;

Which is the maximum grant for a project?

  • 150.000 euro, from which the non-reimbursable financing is between 50% and 95%, depending on the activities.

Who can apply for funding?

Employers (large enterprises) which operates in:

  • one of the economically competitive sectors identified according to the SNC: tourism/ ecotourism, textiles/ leather, wood/ furniture, auto and components, IT and communications, beverage/ food processing, energy/ environment, health/ pharmaceutical, bioeconomics/ biopharmaceuticals/ biotechnologies or
  • intends to adapt its activity to these economic sectors / intelligence areas.

Which are the employees that can be included into the project (target group)?

  • Employees who have management/leadership role;
  • Employees from human resources departments;

Minimum target group: 50 persons;

For more information click here.

New financing line for training in LARGE companies – “Innovation through training”

September 15th, 2017

AM POCU launched under public consultation the Specific Guidelines for a new financing line – “Innovation through training”, within which LARGE companies can reimburse their investment in professional training programs for employees, especially the directly productive ones.

The call is dedicated to human resource development through:

  • professional training programs (qualification/ specializations/ short term programs / informal courses); minimum 60% of the courses should be for qualification (level 2-4)
  • learning and development planning;
  • evaluation / validation and certification of the competencies previously acquired;
  • development of an own training system at employer level – learning at workplace;

How long does it take to implement a project?

  • maximum 18 months;

What is the maximum value of the project?

  • 500.000 euro of which the percentage of non reimbursable financing is 50-95% depending on specific activities.

Who can apply?

  • Large enterprises with activity in priority sectors: tourism / ecotourism, textiles / leather, wood / furniture, auto and components, IT and communications, food / beverage processing, energy / environment, health / pharmaceutics, bioeconomy / biopharmaceutics / biotechnology, creative industries.

Which employees can be involved in the project (target group)?

  • Employees seeking the development of their knowledge, competencies and aptitudes levels or who seek the certification / validation of the competencies, especially in the priority economic sectors;
  • Employees with present / future activities in the priority economic sectors.

Minimum target group: 50 persons

Draft guidelines can be downloaded here.

Financing for training providers – training for managers and HR staff from SMEs

August 18th, 2017

The Ministry of European Funds will launch on 28th August 2017 a financing line through which can be settled investments with training for managers and HR staff from SMEs. The call will be opened for a month.

The call is dedicated to the improvement of the management activity of human resources through: training, coaching, seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, long-term strategic planning etc.

How long does the project implementation last?

  • maximum 12 months, estimative January – December 2018

Which is the maximum grant for a project?

  • 1.000.000 euro, from which the non-reimbursable financing is 100% for NGOs,  95% for private beneficiaries and 98%/85% for public institutions.

Who can apply for funding?

  • Accredited training providers (by ANC);
  • Chamber of Commerce;
  • Unions; Employers;
  • Business associations;

Which are the employees that can be included into the project (target group)?

  • Employees who have management/leadership role;
  • Employees from human resources departments;
  • Entrepreneurs who manage their own businesses.

Minimum target group: 300 persons;

The target group must come from companies (SMEs) which activates in one of the economically competitive sectors identified according to the SNC: tourism/ ecotourism, textiles/ leather, wood/ furniture, auto and components, IT and communications, beverage/ food processing, energy/ environment, health/ pharmaceutical, bioeconomics/ biopharmaceuticals/ biotechnologies. (see the CAEN codes list – Annex 5 from the link below)

For more information click here.

Financing launch – 100.000 euro for companies from production sector!

August 1st, 2017

Starting with August 21st, 2017, projects can be submitted within the Micro-industrialization National Program. The call will be open for 10 calendar days from the start of the program.

Eligible beneficiaries: 
•    SMEs from all development regions 
and 
•    Microenterprises and SMEs from Bucharest-Ilfov region, not covered by the Regional Operational Program – POR

The grant value: up to 100.000 euro / project;
Financing percentages: up to 90% of eligible expenditures of the project;
Total budget allocated for 2016: 16,5 mil. euro (minimum 165 beneficiaries);

Eligible expenditures within the project: purchasing of technological equipment, measurement and control equipment, furniture, vans, patents, brands, e-commerce software, IT equipment, development of a website, work/production spaces, heating/air-conditioning installations, entrepreneurship training, consultancy etc.

More information you can find here.

Survey – POCU evaluation – Did you have a rejected project?

July 24th, 2017

Taking into consideration that:

  • The stage of administrative compliance and eligibility check-up has turned into an extremely dreadful process for POCU applicants. Rejection rates are over 50-70% (even 100% in the case of OS 4.1 call for Bucharest-Ilfov region) deplete the applicants and raise questions about the evaluation process among organizations that have submitted projects.
  • In March 2017, when AM POCU published the results on calls 4.1 & 4.2, both applicants and public opinion were taken by surprise by the extremely high rejection rates in the Phase 1 assessment. Beneficiaries accused, at that moment, the low quality of the evaluation process and the intransigence of the evaluators, and so that the available funds to not remain unused, the authorities decided to re-launch the calls.
  • The high rejection rate in the first phase of the evaluation has been kept also on the following calls. On Solidar (call for social enterprises), the Phase A rejection rate reached around 89%, and on the School for All and Motivated Teachers calls: 77-78%.

VAPRO Romania, together with the Structural Consulting™ Groupwww.fonduri-structurale.ro , intends to collect information regarding the entire evaluation process on POCU calls, analyzing the situation of rejected projects.

We invite you to get involved in this, completing the next survey!

100.000 euro grant for SMEs, including Bucharest and Ilfov!

July 20th, 2017

Starting with August, a new series of non-reimbursable financing will be available for SMEs (including Bucharest-Ilfov region), through the Micro-industrialization National Programme, managed by the Ministry for Business Environment, Commerce and Entrepreneurship.

Eligible beneficiaries:

  • SMEs from all development regions

and

  • Microenterprises and SMEs from Bucharest-Ilfov, region not covered by the Regional Operational Program – POR

The grant value: up to 100.000 euro / project.

Financing percentages: up to 90% of eligible expenditures of the project.

Total budget allocated for: 16,5 mil. euro (minimum 165 beneficiaries).

Eligible expenditures within the project: purchasing of technological equipment, measurement and control equipment, furniture, vans, patents, brands, software, IT equipment, development of a website, work/production spaces, heating/air-conditioning installations, entrepreneurship training, consultancy etc.

More information you can find here!

European funds for training for employees from SMEs

July 19th, 2017

The Ministry of European Funds will launch this month a financing line through which can be settled investments with training for managers and HR staff from SMEs.

The call is dedicated to the improvement of the management activity of human resources through: training, coaching, seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, long-term strategic planning etc.

How long does the project implementation last?

  • maximum 12 months, estimative January – December 2018

Which is the maximum grant for a project?

  • 500.000 euro, from which the non-reimbursable financing is 100% for NGOs and 95% for private beneficiaries.

Who can apply for funding?

  • Unions; Employers;
  • Business associations;
  • Accredited training providers (by ANC)*

*information provided by MFE representatives, after the publication of the draft guideline, at various public events.

Which are the employees that can be included into the project (target group)?

  • Employees who have management/leadership role;
  • Employees from human resources departments;
  • Entrepreneurs who manage their own businesses.

Minimum target group: 250 persons;

The target group must come from companies (SMEs) which activates in one of the economically competitive sectors identified according to the SNC: tourism/ ecotourism, textiles/ leather, wood/ furniture, auto and components, IT and communications, beverage/ food processing, energy/ environment, health/ pharmaceutical, bioeconomics/ biopharmaceuticals/ biotechnologies

For more information click here.

European funds for training for employees from LARGE companies

July 12th, 2017

The Ministry of European Funds will launch in the next period a financing line through which can be settled investments with training for managers and HR department  in LARGE companies.

The call is dedicated to the improvement of the management activity of human resources through: training, coaching, seminars, workshops, conferences, lectures, long-term strategic planning etc

How long does the project implementation last?

  • maximum 12 months, estimative January – December 2018

Which is the maximum grant for a project?

  • 300.000 euro, from which the non-reimbursable financing is between 50 and 95%, depending on the activities.

Who can apply for funding?
Employers (large enterprises) which operates in:

  • one of the economically competitive sectors identified according to the SNC: tourism/ ecotourism, textiles/ leather, wood/ furniture, auto and components, IT and communications, beverage/ food processing, energy/ environment, health/ pharmaceutical, bioeconomics/ biopharmaceuticals/ biotechnologies or
  • intends to adapt its activity to these economic sectors / intelligence areas.

Which are the employees that can be included into the project (target group)?

  • Employees who have management/leadership role;
  • Employees from human resources departments;

Minimum target group: 150 persons;

The draft Guideline can be downloaded here.

40.000 euro grants for young NEETs!

July 10th, 2017

The Ministry of European Funds launched under public consultation 2 Applicant Guidelines – Specific Conditions financed through POCU:

  • Youth Entrepreneurship Support Program NEETs I– SO 1.1&1.2 – Centre, South-Muntenia, South-East regions;
  • “Youth Entrepreneurship Support Program NEETs II” – SO 2.1&2.2 Bucharest-Ilfov, North-East, North-West, West, South-West Oltenia regions;

The financing lines are dedicated to encouraging entrepreneurship and self-employment of young NEETs through supporting the establishment of enterprises with non-agricultural profile in urban areas.

The project beneficiary shall ensure to the target group:

  • Entrepreneurship training programs, authorized by ANC;
  • Internships;
  • Advice on implementing the business plan;
  • A mentoring and business development program;
  • A micro-grant of maximum 40.000 euro / business plan;

Project duration: maximum 12 months.

Maximum project value:

  • 3.000.000 euro, with a contribution from the beneficiaries of: 0%/2%/5%/8%, according with the organization type.

Eligible applicants/partners:

  • Training providers; Providers of occupation/evaluation and certification of competences;
  • NGOs; Youth organizations
  • Accredited Universities;
  • Chambers of Commerce and Industry;
  • Professional associations; Employers organizations and Trade unions;
  • Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Business Environment, Commerce and Entrepreneurship and subordinated institutions / agencies / organizations.

Target group:

  • NEETs (Not in Education Employment or Training) aged between 16-24 years, who are resident or established in the eligible regions, registered and profiled by the Public Employment Service.

The Guidelines are under public consultation until 19.07.2017, and can be downloaded from here.

40.000 euro grants for young NEETs!