Funding for Inter-company Vocational Training in Skilled Crafts (Inter-company Apprentice Instruction – ÜLU)

This funding is aimed at institutions that conduct inter-company vocational training courses (ÜLU) in skilled crafts, to ensure the qualification of apprentices and to relieve the burden on training companies in the State of Bremen. The funding is limited to the State of Bremen.

The program subsidizes inter-company courses that serve to qualify apprentices in skilled crafts. This includes both the basic and advanced stages of apprentice instruction, based on recognized instruction plans.

The funding is provided as a non-repayable grant. The amount of the grant varies depending on the training level and can be up to 35.00 Euros per participant week in the basic stage and up to 75 percent of federal funding in the advanced stage. The total public funding may not exceed 2/3 of the documented total costs.

To be eligible for funding, courses must be conducted as full-day courses in recognized vocational training centers, whose instructors are qualified and whose curricula are based on recognized instruction plans. The training facility of the company must be located in the State of Bremen, and the apprentices must be registered in the apprentice roll. Specific rules apply to participation and coordination with vocational school instruction.

The application process is centrally handled by the Bremen Chamber of Skilled Crafts, which consolidates all applications from organizers and submits them annually to the Senator for Children and Education. Approval is discretionary and subject to the availability of budgetary funds.

The funding program is based on the Guideline of the Senator for Children and Education for the Promotion of Inter-company Vocational Training in Skilled Crafts from May 24, 2017. It is also anchored in the State Budget Ordinances and other administrative regulations.