Higher schools, vocational high schools, scientific institutes and branch organizations will be given priority in the application process
The governing body of the Strategic Plan for the Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas 2023-2027 presented a draft selection criteria for intervention II.I.2 “Professional training and acquisition of knowledge” during a meeting of a thematic working group, in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. This was announced on its page about the Strategic Plan of the MFA.
During the discussion, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Lozana Vasileva explained that the budget of the intervention for the entire period of implementation of the Strategic Plan is in the amount of over 15 million euros. She emphasized that in order to satisfy the demands of the industry, the intervention was included in the draft Indicative Annual Schedule for the admissions in 2025, which will be voted on at the upcoming Strategic Plan Monitoring Committee. “The first reception of applications for assistance under the intervention, which is planned for the period January – March 2025, will be launched with more than 65% of the available financial resource or with a budget of 10 million euros,” explained Dr. Vasileva.
Support will be provided for agricultural and forestry training and skills acquisition for persons engaged in the agriculture and forestry sector. The goal is to help contribute to increasing the professional qualification of entrepreneurs and employed persons in the agricultural sector by adapting the forms of knowledge transfer to the specific sectoral features.
The support includes conducting courses to acquire a qualification in a profession or in a part of a profession, according to the requirements of the Law on Vocational Education and Training and courses to increase qualifications, according to the requirements of the Law on Higher Education.
Activities for the implementation and implementation of specialized courses for acquiring the legal capacity to work with agricultural and forestry equipment will be financed.
Eligible for support will also be activities for conducting information seminars to increase knowledge on topics aimed at achieving the specific goals and needs identified in the Strategic Plan.
Support is provided in the form of a single rate per product unit, the so-called standard simplified costs, and the aid will be up to 100% of the amount of approved costs. Priority will be given to support applications that are submitted by higher schools, vocational high schools, scientific institutes and branch organizations, as well as to activities that will be implemented in partnership with a branch organization.
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