Training aid (GBER Article 31)

Support to cover the cost of training initiatives in your company. To qualify for support, the training must go beyond mandatory training or continuing education required by national authorities. It must provide additional value to your company through competence building. We therefore cannot support training that forms part of your day-to-day operations. We no longer distinguish between specific and general training.

• Staff costs for an external and/or internal course instructor.
• Ongoing expenses for the course leader and participants, including travel, meals and accommodation.
• Course materials, etc.
• Depreciation of tools and equipment to the extent and for the period that they are used exclusively for the relevant training project.
• Costs for guidance and consultancy services related to the training project.
• Personnel costs for course participants, limited to the hours spent attending the course. You may include time spent travelling to and from the course. You may also include direct or indirect delivery costs, including administrative costs and the cost of hiring course premises, to the extent and for the period they are used for the project.

Support amounts exceeding EUR 2 million per project must be notified to ESA.​

The maximum aid intensity is 50% of eligible costs. The aid intensity may be increased by 10 percentage points for medium-sized enterprises and 20 percentage points for small enterprises (SME bonus).