Digitalisation Skills grant
- Name of the instrument - Local language
- Digi-Winner
- Name of the instrument - English translation
- Digitalisation Skills grant
- Scheme ID
- 330
- Country
- Austria
- Reporting year
- 2020
- Type of instrument
- Grant for individuals
- Sub-type of instrument
- Cost-related support
- Type of entry
- Example for a group of instruments
- Short description
This measure aims to increase the digital skills of employees by supporting specific courses related to digitalisation (programming, use of software, etc.). Employees with a max net income of EUR 2 500 and unemployed are eligible for this scheme. No preferential treatment is applied. This scheme supports up to 80% of course fees, up to EUR 5 000, depending on the net income of the beneficiary. There is no opportunity to re-use the scheme.
- Level of operation
- Regional
- Name of a part of the country
- Not applicable
- Name of the region (for regional instruments)
- Vienna
- Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
- Not applicable
- Relevance
- Key instrument
- Legal basis
- Decision taken by the Chamber of Labour and the Vienna Employment Promotion Fund
- Objective(s) and target(s)
- To increase the digital skills of employees.
- Year of implementation
- 2019
- Year of termination
- 2023
- Operation/management
- It is managed by the Chamber of Labour.
- Eligible group(s)
- Employees with a max net income of EUR 2 500, and unemployed
- Group(s) with preferential treatment
- No preferential treatment
- Education and training eligible
- Training related to the increase of digital skills
- Source of financing and collection mechanism
- Chamber of Labour and the Vienna Employment Promotion Fund (through the city of Vienna).
- Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
- Up to 80 of course fees up to EUR 5000. - net income < 1500 : 80 - net income 1500 < >2000: 60 - net income: 2000 < > 2500: 40
- Eligible costs
- Course fees
- Volumes of funding
- Not available
- Beneficiaries/take up
- Not available
- Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
- Chamber of Labour Vienna
- Most relevant webpage - in English
- Not available
- Most relevant webpage - local language
- https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/beratung/bildung/bildungsfoerderungen/AK…
- Recent changes
No recent amendment
Recent changes in response to COVID-19
No changes
- Sources
- https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/beratung/bildung/bildungsfoerderungen/AK…
- https://www.waff.at/foerderungen/digi-winner/
- https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000096834269/5-mio-euro-fuer-digi-win…
- https://www.wien.gv.at/arbeit/waff/digi-winner.html
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- Short description
- Level of operation
- Name of a part of the country
- Name of the region (for regional instruments)
- Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
- Relevance
- Legal basis
- Objective(s) and target(s)
- Year of implementation
- Year of termination
- Operation/management
- Eligible group(s)
- Group(s) with preferential treatment
- Education and training eligible
- Source of financing and collection mechanism
- Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
- Eligible costs
- Volumes of funding
- Beneficiaries/take up
- Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
- Most relevant webpage - in English
- Most relevant webpage - local language
- Recent changes
- Sources