Notice 1/16 for Corporate, Sectoral and Territorial Plans

• Publication date: 05 / 04 / 2016
• Closure expected: 31 / 10 / 2016
• financial endowment → €46.000.000,00

Summary of the Notice 

The Notice funds company, sectoral, and territorial plans aimed at strengthening and developing workers' employability, adaptability, and skills, as well as increasing their competitiveness.

The Notice will remain open until October 31, 2016.

The financial allocation for the Notice is €46.000.000,00 (forty-six million Euros).

Each individual company, even if it benefits from multiple Plans, is entitled to a total amount of funding based on the number of employees enrolled in the Fund as of January 31, 2016 (as of December 2015), excluding managers. The following table shows the funding categories.

Size classes			Total financing for a single company
Up to 80 employees			€ 17.250,00
From 81 to 250 employees			€ 69.000,00
From 251 to 500 employees			€ 138.000,00
From 501 to 1.500 employees			€ 230.000,00
From 1.501 to 3.000 employees			€ 368.000,00
From 3.001 to 5.000 employees			€ 598.000,00
From 5.001 to 7.500 employees			€ 874.000,00
From 7.501 to 10.000 employees			€ 1.196.000,00
From 10.001 to 30.000 employees			€ 3.680.000,00
From 30.001 to 40.000 employees			€ 5.520.000,00
Over 40.000 employees			€ 6.440.000,00

 The financing requested from the Fund for each Plan may not exceed the value of €2.000.000,00 (two million Euros).

 The actual funding of a training plan will be related to the total score obtained, according to the following parameters:

Score-based financing parameterization

=> 650 points < 700 points		=>700 points =< 800 points		>800 points
80% of the requested financing		90% of the requested financing		100% of the requested financing

The essential requirements to be involved in a training plan of this Notice are:

a) membership completed by 31 January 2016 (valid for December 2015);

b) total contribution, as of January 31, 2016, equal to or greater than €3.000,00;

c) be in compliance, starting from the contribution declaration for January 2013, with the entry into the CFI (Interprofessional Fund Contribution) computer system of the data relating to the monthly declarations submitted to INPS;

d) number of employees registered with the Fund as of 31 January 2016 (as of December 2015), excluding managers, equal to or greater than 501;

e) number of employees registered with the Fund as of 31 January 2016 (as of December 2015), excluding managers, less than 501 but belonging to a Group whose Lead Company meets the requirement set out in the previous letter d).

Funding applications can only be submitted online, starting from the 18 April 2015.

Activities may only begin after the funding application has been submitted to the Fund and must be completed within 12 months of the Plan submission date, under penalty of revocation or revision of the funding.

The financing parameters provided by the Fund for one hour of training per worker are indicated in the following table:

Financing parameters
Compulsory training		€7,50/h
Training, updating, development and reconversion		€30,00/h
Foreign language – with entry and exit certifications and level attestations with European Framework or TOEFL		€20,00/h
Computer Science – with AICA certification		€25,00/h
Computer Science – with entry and exit level certification		€20,00/h

 Any type of training activity carried out through on-the-job training, project work, or participation in seminars and conferences will be valued at €10,00/hour.

Distance learning (FAD) training activities will be valued at €20,00/h and the system used must provide for learning certification.

Mandatory training is included in the following topics and will be financed if explicitly provided for by the Parties in the Trade Union Agreement and only in the event of use of the "de minimis" aid regime (EU Commission Regulation No. 1407/2013):

– Anti-money laundering (Legislative Decree no. 78 May 2010);

– Consolidated law on safety (Legislative Decree 81/2008) and subsequent amendments;

– IVASS Regulation no. 6 of 2 December 2014, relating to the subjects required to comply with the training and refresher courses provided for in Chapter II, Article 4 of the IVASS Regulation (see Annex 1).

The training and refresher courses required by IVASS Regulation No. 6 of 2 December 2014 are not considered mandatory training if requested by the following entities:

– insurance and reinsurance companies;

– intermediaries registered in sections A (Agents), B (Brokers) and D (Banks, SIM, Financial Intermediaries and Poste Italiane) of the RUI (Single Electronic Register of Insurance and Reinsurance Intermediaries).

Source: http://www.fondobancheassicurazioni.it/avviso.asp?avviso=74

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