Funding opportunities for our training courses

The activation and placement voucher (AVGS) is an instrument of the German Federal Employment Agency that supports jobseekers in entering employment. It can be issued by the Employment Agency or the Jobcenter and entitles holders to participate in various activation and employment integration measures.

The most common form of funding for individual courses or an entire programme is an education voucher. This is a funding instrument of the German Federal Employment Agency for reintegration into employment.

You can find the requirements and options for obtaining an education voucher for qualification in material testing and materials engineering here: https://www.werkstoff-service.de/trainingcenter/kurs-organisation/bildungsgutschein/

The Bildungsprämie is a government funding programme supporting continuing education. It is aimed at employees and self-employed people who wish to gain or improve a professional qualification.

Vocational rehabilitation helps people with illnesses and disabilities to earn their own income. Its aim is to retain employment, create new career opportunities and achieve lasting integration into working life in order to avoid early retirement.

It includes all the help and support needed for (re-)integration into working life, including vocational retraining and continuing education to create new career prospects, including specifically for people with mental illnesses.

IFLAS (Initiative zur Flankierung des Strukturwandels, an initiative to support structural change) is an initiative of the German Federal Government launched in 2018.

The initiative aims to accompany and support structural change in Germany, including changes arising from the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy and from digitalisation.

The Qualifizierungschancengesetz (Qualification Opportunities Act) is an initiative of the German Federal Government aimed at promoting and improving employees’ employability.

In particular, the Act aims to provide qualification opportunities for employees facing new challenges in their occupations due to digitalisation and structural change, or who are at risk of unemployment.

The German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) introduced the continuing education bonus under the Act to Strengthen Continuing Vocational Training. If you undertake a shortened vocational retraining programme, you may qualify for this bonus under certain conditions.

Depending on the federal state, numerous funding programmes are available for company-based qualification. The Federal Government supports the vocational integration of fixed-term military personnel returning to civilian employment and services provided by the Bundeswehr Vocational Advancement Service.

Comprehensive information on funding programmes is available in the funding database of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology: www.foerderdatenbank.de. The database provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of funding programmes offered by the Federal Government, the federal states and the European Union, together with a wide range of research and search functions.