A new recruitment of participants for the project "SUCCESS IN YOUR OWN BUSINESS" has started
September 15 – October 5, 2016
No. RPLD.08.03.01-10-0192/15-00
The project aims to increase employment and entrepreneurship among people over 30 years of age who are facing the most challenging labor market conditions in the Łódź Voivodeship by providing training, consulting, and financial support to those planning to start a business during the project period. The project provides 65 financial grants for business activity and bridge support of up to PLN 1,500 per month for the 12-month period of business operation.
I. Participation in the project:
1. Only unemployed persons who are at least 30 years old on the day of joining the project (the day of signing the declaration of participation in the project) may participate in the project.
2. Furthermore, only a person who is in the most difficult situation on the labor market may participate in the project, which should be understood as a person:
a) over 50 years of age – this means that the person has the right to participate in the project from the day of his/her 50th birthday;
b) being a long-term unemployed person – means a person who has actually been unemployed continuously for a period of over 12 months before joining the project, regardless of the fact of registration at the district office;
c) being a woman;
d) being a person with disabilities, which means:
➢ a person whose disability has been confirmed by a decision:
• on qualification by the adjudicating bodies to one of the three degrees of disability,
• on total or partial incapacity for work pursuant to separate provisions,
• on disability, issued before the age of 16,
➢ or a person with a mental disorder, which means a person:
• mentally ill (showing psychotic disorders),
• mentally handicapped,
• showing other disturbances of mental functions which, according to the state of medical knowledge, are classified as mental disorders, and the person requires health services or other forms of assistance and care necessary to live in a family or social environment;
e) being a person with low qualifications – this shall be understood as a person with no education, or a person with primary, lower secondary, general upper secondary, vocational or basic vocational education.
3. Only a person who studies or resides in the Łódź Voivodeship within the meaning of the provisions of the Civil Code may participate in the project.
4. Only a person who intends to register a business in the Łódź Voivodeship may participate in the project.
5. The project will recruit 80 people, including at least 55 women.
II. Detailed guidelines for applying for and participating in the project are set out in the Recruitment Regulations for the "Success in Your Own Company" project, available on the websites www.swwf.pl and www.cofund.org.pl/Projects/sukces-we-wlasnej-firmie and at the project office.
III. Submitting recruitment forms – second recruitment
1. The application form must be submitted to the project office or sent to the project office by traditional mail between September 15, 2016, and October 5, 2016. In the case of mail, the date the form is received by the project manager will be considered decisive. The printed and signed application form must be accompanied by an electronic version on a CD, also signed with the candidate's name.
2. The recruitment form template and the declaration template of an economically inactive person are available in the project office and on the project website (FFW website www.cofund.org.pl/Projects/sukces-we-wlasnej-firmie or www.swwf.pl).
IV. Required addresses:
• The project is implemented by the Cooperation Fund Foundation, ul. Górnośląska 4a, 00-444 Warsaw.
• The project office is located at ul. Wólczańska 51, 90-608 Łódź, office hours: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
For more information, please call +48 22 4509867/ +48 885 243 187/ +48 698 376 606 or email ikowalska@cofund.org.pl / swwf@cofund.org.pl.
EXPLANATION
Due to numerous questions, we would like to clarify that when submitting a declaration of the status of an economically inactive person, the Candidate should indicate the period of being unemployed, unregistered with the Employment Office and economically inactive.
