July 3, 2024
Skills Upgrading & Retraining programs in high-demand industries with a focus on digital and “green” skills.
New programme for 150,000 unemployed and educational allowance up to 1000€. The programme (or programmes) is implemented under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan «Greece 2.0» with European Union funding – NextGenerationEU.
The program includes theoretical training in subjects related to «green» and digital skills
Program Duration
H duration of attendance is up to 200 hours and will be carried out in all three teaching modes. (live, modern teletraining, asynchronous teletraining)
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Educational Allowance
Every beneficiary who completes the knowledge/skills training and certification programme is entitled to receive an educational allowance of up to 1000€
Certification
At the end of the training, the certification process follows.
With reference to the terms and conditions of participation interested parties may be informed by the official website of the program www.voucher.gov.gr
The programme is implemented under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan «Greece 2.0» with European Union funding – NextGenerationEU.
Applications have been closed since 24/10/2023.
New program for 150,000 workers
«Skill upgrading and retraining programmes for workers in all branches of the economy with emphasis on digital and green skills»
The Program is aimed exclusively at employees who are interested in upgrading their skills. An essential objective is training according to the skills requested by the labor market, with the ultimate aim of improving both the terms of employability of the beneficiary – workers, as well as the preservation of their jobs.
Training subjects
A wide range of options are offered in modern high-demand training subjects: Unlike programs promoted to date, which have basically had a more «traditional » character, beneficiaries will be able to choose between a multitude of training programs in high-demand industries, with an emphasis on digital and «green » skills, including programs of large IT companies in high demand in the labor market.
Action includes
80-hour training for 150,000 workers over the age of 18, leading to the acquisition of digital and «green» knowledge and skills
Certification of natural persons in accordance with international standard ISO/ IEC 17024 or through internationally recognized product certifications for digital skills
Implementation Method
Each trainee will attend a theoretical Training program concerning the development of digital and «green» knowledge, abilities and skills, with a total duration of 80 hours. The implementation of the continuing training programs will be carried out with 12 hours of live training and with the method of distance education (teletraining), which will include at least 48 hours of modern distance education and up to 20 hours of asynchronous distance education. The daily duration of life-long education and modern distance education cannot exceed four (4) hours. The end time of life-long education and modern distance education should not exceed 22:00. Live training and modern distance learning is not allowed on Sundays, as well as public holidays.
Educational allowance
Each beneficiary who successfully completes the program will receive an educational allowance of 400€.
«Skills upgrading and retraining programmes in high-demand industries with emphasis on digital and green skills» WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ACTION: «SUB2: Horizontal skills upgrading programmes for targeted population groups (Horizontal upskilling/reskilling programmes to targeted populations)»
The programme is implemented under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan «Greece 2.0» with European Union funding – NextGenerationEU.
For more information, the beneficiaries can also visit the Greece 2.0 https://greece20.gov.gr/ website