Measure 8.1 PO KL Development of staff and enterprises in regions

Institution responsible for acceptance and evaluation of project applications: Regional body appointed by self-government (e.g. voivodeship labour offices, Mazovia Unit for Implementation of EU Programmes)

Beneficiary:

• Sub-measure 8.1.1: - all entities - except for natural persons (not applicable to those conducting business or educational activity under separate regulations)
  
• Sub-measure 8.1.2: - all entities - except for natural persons (not applicable to those conducting business or educational activity under separate regulations)
  

Supported projects:

• Sub-measure 8.1.1:

1. General and specialist training, and consultancy services related to training for managing officers and enterprises’ staff in the area of, for example, management, identification of needs with regard to employees’ skills, work organisation, management of health and safety at work, flexible forms of work, implementation of environment- friendly production technologies, application of IT and communication technologies in the activity conducted.

2. Consultancy services for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, including for self-employed persons, in particular in the area of economics, finances, human resources management or accounting (except for consultancy services related to investment processes).

3. Training, courses and job counselling (as a supplementary measure to training and courses) addressed to adult working persons who, at their own initiative, are interested in gaining new or improving their qualifications or skills, and in particular to employed persons having low or obsolete qualifications (except for continuing education provided in school forms at schools for adults).

• Sub-measure 8.1.2:

1. Assistance in the establishment of local partnerships involving, inter alia, enterprises, employers’ organisations, trade unions, territorial self-government units, labour offices and other communities, intended to develop and implement strategies for the forecasting and management of economic changes at the local and voivodeship levels.

2. Support for enterprises undergoing adaptation and modernization processes, provided in the form of development and implementation of outplacement programmes, including training courses and job counseling.

3. Improvement of awareness, on the part of staff and managing officers of the companies undergoing modernisation, of the opportunities and need for the implementation of projects supporting processes of change through a provision of training and consultancy services.

4. Re-training courses and counselling with regard to a choice of a new occupation and acquisition of new professional skills (including individual action plans and assistance in the selection of a proper occupation and place of employment).

5. Training and consultancy services for entrepreneurs, supporting the process of change of the business profile of an enterprise.

6. Studies and analyses of development trends and forecasting of economic changes in the region, in particular those related to a creation and liquidation of jobs, and development of proper remedial mechanisms, dissemination of the findings of these studies and analyses, and a related exchange of information.

Minimum value of the project: PLN 50 thousand

Measure 8.1 PO KL