Actions Eligible for Funding
According to the ESF Operational Program (abstract in English) only those transnational and interregional projects focussing on actions of the Priority Axis E are eligible for funding:
Actions of the Priority Axis E:
(translation provided by GFAW)
Action A.1:
Continuous occupational qualification; increasing companies’ competitiveness
- Occupational education to strengthen lifelong learning and to improve employees` qualifications,
- Training to develop employment in the service sector,
- Special training courses for elderly people and low-skilled employees to improve employability,
- Improving women’s access to continuous occupational education and to leading positions,
- Encouraging innovative corporate restructuring and supporting its establishment/management in order to improve the regional employment situation,
- Implementing training networks between public and private educational institutions and companies in order to develop modular schemes for continuing professional development,
- Improving the identification of training demands.
Action A.2:
Promoting entrepreneurship and start-ups which create jobs by providing advice and coaching
Action B.1:
Supporting demand-oriented vocational training
Action B.2:
Promoting lifelong learning and improving career choices
- lifelong learning,
- education for sustainable development,
- improve employability.
Action C.1:
Improving access to employment, social inclusion and equal opportunities
Decreasing unemployment rate of young people by integration in training and employment
Action C.2:
Social inclusion of disadvantaged people by increasing their employability
- Inclusion of disadvantaged people, especially handicapped persons, migrants and disadvantaged young people
Action C.3:
Improving equal opportunities for women and men, compatibility of family and career
- Increasing women’s employment and gender equality,
- Initiatives to reconcile family, training and career,
- Fight against discrimination in employment.




