Program “From class to work: Workplace-based training for women and other groups”

Are you an employer facing a staffing shortage in construction, transportation, logistics, agriculture, or the service sector?

Are you in need of specialists and professions such as welder, machinist, electrician, driver of agricultural machinery / trucks / forklifts, mechanic, roofer, installer, plumber, road worker, gardener / horticulturist, logistician (warehouseman), healthcare worker, administrator, etc.?

We know how to help you!

The Program “From class to work: Workplace-based training for women and other groups” is being implemented by the Business Development Fund within the frame work of the Multi-Donor Initiative Skills4Recovery, which is financed by the European Union, Germany, Poland, Estonia, and is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Solidarity Fund PL (SFPL).

The program will start in June 2025 and will offer retraining of candidates provided by employers according to the needs of the manufacturing or service sector. As as result, future employees will be ready for real working environment snd conditions from the first day.

In close cooperation with employers, the candidates will undergo retraining in educational institutions using adapted training programs for blue-collar and technical professions. Retraining will be carried out in accordance with the needs of the employer. One third of the training process will consist of practical training.

The overall goal of the Program within the framework of the Multi-Donor Initiative Skills4Recovery is to improve the activities of educational institutions, identify and meet the current needs of employers for qualified personnel, retrain and improve the qualifications of candidates provided by the employer, primarily women, ensure their employment, and popularize blue-collar professions that were traditionally considered male.

In order to determine the needs of the labor market and potential participants, an ALL-UKRAINIAN SURVEY is being conducted among employers.
We invite businesses to answer the questions and participate in the Program!

Key milestones of the Program will include:

conducting a labor market analysis by collecting information among business entities (potential employers) to determine the real demand for specialists;
selection of employers to participate in the Program who provided candidates for retraining with their subsequent mandatory employment;
organization of competitive selection among educational institutions for the development and implementation of an educational program taking into account the needs of the employer;
retraining of participants – education seekers;
participants’ completion of work-based education;
subsequent employment at the enterprise.

The Program will be implemented through the Authorized Bank: JSC Oschadbank.

Requirements for participants:

Enterprises (employers) Any business segment (small, medium and large enterprises) Any form of ownership (private, communal, cooperative, joint, state, etc.)	Educational institutions Educational institutions that have accreditation of state, municipal or private ownership
registered and conducting business activities on the territory of Ukraine (except for temporarily occupied regions); have no debts to the budget of Ukraine; have a positive credit history; need qualified employees and candidates – individuals for retraining; have the necessary material and technical base for practical training and employment.	licensed and certified (accredited) to conduct educational activities according to the list of targeted professions; develop and provide an educational program plan in accordance with the identified needs of employers who will become participants in the Program; provide an estimate for the developed educational program, which will be within the general budget for educational institutions; preference is given to educational institutions that have the right to manage their own budget / funds, etc.

Enterprises (employers)

Any business segment (small, medium and large enterprises)

Any form of ownership (private, communal, cooperative, joint, state, etc.)

Educational institutions

Educational institutions that have accreditation of state, municipal or private ownership

registered and conducting business activities on the territory of Ukraine (except for temporarily occupied regions);
have no debts to the budget of Ukraine;
have a positive credit history;
need qualified employees and candidates – individuals for retraining;
have the necessary material and technical base for practical training and employment.

licensed and certified (accredited) to conduct educational activities according to the list of targeted professions;
develop and provide an educational program plan in accordance with the identified needs of employers who will become participants in the Program;
provide an estimate for the developed educational program, which will be within the general budget for educational institutions;
preference is given to educational institutions that have the right to manage their own budget / funds, etc.

Selection of participants and determination of winners:

The rating system (of the IT Platform) of the Business Development Fund will automatically rate and determine the winners.

Follow the updates in your personal account so as not to miss the moment the Program starts.