Investing in Skills Aid Scheme by JobsPlus

Who is eligible?

The applicant must meet all the eligibility critieria to benefit from  this  scheme. Eligible  applicants coverall Employers having an economic activity irrespective of their legal form. These include partnerships, companies, family businesses, associations, individual self-employed or other body of persons, NGOs, and Social Partners.

Eligibility Criteria

All Applicants:

  • Complete documentation - The Applicant shall fill in and submit the latest available Investing in Skills Application Form found on the Jobsplus website complete with all relevant details, enclosing  supporting documentation, as applicable. Incomplete applications will not be accepted for processing;

  • Project implemented within / for the direct benefit of the eligible territory;

  • Incentive Effect: Aid shall be considered to have an incentive effect if the Beneficiary has submitted a written application for the aid before work on the project or activity s tarts. Therefore, claim and proof of deliverables should be dated after  the submission date of the IIS application

  • Eligible Training Programme: Aid  shall not be  granted for training which Employers carry out to comply with the National Mandatory Standards on training (in other words, it must be voluntary training as opposed to legally enforced training). Furthermore, Information Sessions and Team Building events are not eligible under Investing in Skills since these are not considered as training; and

  • The trainee needs to be formally employed with the benificiery during the training period. Apprentices or students engaged in vocational training with an apprenticeship or vocational training contract are not eligible.

Furthermore, in the case of employers having an economic activity of their legal form:

  • Aid cannot be granted to any Undertaking found to be in difficulty.  Jobsplus will conduct checks to ensure that every applicant undertaking is financially sound; and

  • Falls within the definition of undertaking.


Subsidy on Training Costs

The Standard Scale of Unit Cost is to be applied in INVESTING in SKILLS is €25.85 per trainee per hour, subject to the cappings indicated below.


Subsidy on Trainee Wage Costs

A Standard Scale of Unit Cost of €5.20 per trainee per hour will be applied for external training that occurs during the normal working hours of trainees. Attendance sheets will also determine the final amount of personnel costs to be reimbursed. Trainees' personnel costs cannot be claimed in the case of Distance Learning or e-Learning.


Application Process

Applicants should submit an original and complete Investing in Skills Application Form together with the supporting documents indicated in the Implementation and guidance Notes and listed hereunder:

  1. Complete Application Form (NGOs and Social Partners must indicate if  they have an economic activity or not).

  2. Training Schedule Template  duly filled in.

  3. Training Programme Template with detailed course content which  is to be filled in by the training service provider.

  4. Financial estimates/latest Tax Return Form and Income Statement (Profit and Loss Account) (where applicable). Please refer to Section 2.2.2 of the IIS Implementation and Guidance Notes

  5. NGOs must submit the 'Compliance Email' issued by the Office of the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations. NGOs are also requeted to submit a declaration ssigned by the President and or the General Secretary, identifying the person/s occupying an  official position within their organisation. This declaration should clearly indicate who is responsible for the application. This person does not necessarily need to be formally employed by the NGO.

  6. SocialPartners must be registered with the Department of Industrial and Employment Relations (DIER) and submit supporting documentation from the DIER confirming that they are currently registered with them.

Other documentation may be requested at any time for additional verification purposes.

Original applications must be received at the investing in skills unit at leat 7 working days before the start date of training.

Applications can either be sent by registered post or delivered by hand  to the IIS Unit at the  address indicated below;.


Reimbursement Process

A Request for Reimbursement  must be submitted by theBeneficiary within the timeframes indicated in the scheme's  more detailed Implementation and Guidance Notes. Requests for Reimbursement for eligible training are expected to be processed by Jobsplus within a timeframe of four months after the receipt of COMPLETE reimbursement documentation.


For more details or further information kindly contact the:

INVESTING IN SKILLS UNIT,

EU FUNDED SCHEMES DIVISIOON 

JOBSPLUS, ĦAL FAR, BBG 3000