Arbeitsmarktfonds; Beantragung einer Zuwendung für Maßnahmen zur Qualifizierung und Arbeitsförderung

The Free State of Bavaria supports you in financing measures for the qualification and employment promotion of unemployed persons and persons threatened by unemployment.

Purpose and object

The Labor Market Fund (AMF) supports measures for qualification and employment promotion with the aim of integrating particularly disadvantaged groups of people into training and work.

This contributes to the other important goal of securing the supply of skilled workers on the Bavarian labor market.

The AMF provides subsidiary project funding in the form of "start-up financing" for up to three years for initiatives that primarily target the unemployed and those at risk of unemployment. Individuals do not receive funding.

Funding is provided in regions particularly affected by unemployment (so-called priority regions) and is concentrated on the following funding priorities (FSP):

• FSP 1: Regional labor market initiatives and the development and testing of innovative instruments
• FSP 1a: Securing skilled labor requirements
• FSP 2: Projects to support young people on the path to vocational training and vocational qualifications
• FSP 3: Training canvassers for weaker young people with or without a migration background
• FSP 4: Measures to improve opportunities for women in the labor market
• FSP 5: Measures to support people with disabilities on their way into vocational training and / or jobs in the general labor market. Projects are selected in an annual selection round by the Labor Market Fund working group.

Further information can be found on the website of the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs (StMAS).

Recipients of funding

Any legally responsible body that carries out appropriate measures for qualification and employment promotion is eligible to apply; this may also include local authorities. Job centers according to § 6a SGB II and § 44b SGB II are excluded from funding.

Eligible costs

Only project-related personnel and material expenses are eligible for funding.

Type and amount

Funding priorities 1) incl. 1a), 2), 4) and 5):
Temporary, pro rata, degressive (in the 1st year up to 90%, in the 2nd year up to 80%, in the 3rd year up to 70%) funding of the planned or identified project-related expenditure (pro rata funding in accordance with ANBest-P/ ANBest-K).

Funding priority 3):
Temporary, pro rata (up to 90%) funding for personnel and material expenses. Material expenditure may not exceed 15% of personnel expenditure.

• Submission of the form application (see under "Forms") including the necessary documents:
  • Concept description (max. 6 pages),
  • Cost and financing plan
  • Statement of the local employment agency according to the given sample (see under "Forms").

• The decisive factor is whether the application is selected for funding (by the Labor Market Fund working group).
• The measures are intended to promote the transition of participants into the primary labor market (e.g. through qualification measures, internships).
• Measures are supported in regions in which - in relation to the target groups of the respective funding priority - the unemployment rate is at or above the Bavarian average in at least one of the annual averages of the last three years (so-called priority regions).
• However, the projects must lie outside the activities of the Federal Employment Agency, the job centers as well as outside the activities of the European Social Fund or other European programs and the measures of the federal government or the state.
• In principle, no projects that have been subsidized by other funding bodies in the past can be supported by the Labour Market Fund. The measures should be new or innovative.
• The local employment agency and the local job center must be involved with a request for a technical assessment of the project and appropriate support.
• Local stakeholders (companies, works councils, local authorities, chambers, etc.) must also be involved.
• An appropriate own contribution by the project sponsor must be taken into account for the implementation of the project. The project sponsor's own contribution must be at least 10 percent.
• The overall financing of the project must be secured.
• With regard to additional funding from third parties, corresponding confirmations from the respective bodies must be submitted (so-called co-financing confirmations).
• The Labor Market Fund cannot contribute to the financing of transfer companies and projects with work opportunities in accordance with Section 16 d SGB II.

For the current 34th selection round of the Labor Market Fund, the Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs (StMAS) provides detailed information on this year's funding priorities, priority regions and the application deadline in the "Supplementary Information on the AMF Funding Guidelines" on its website. If you have any questions about the individual funding priorities, please do not hesitate to contact the contact persons listed in the supplementary information.

During the application period, the application must be sent exclusively in electronic form as a PDF by email to arbeitsmarktfonds@stmas.bayern.de (StMAS email inbox), although the application for funding priority 3 can be submitted at any time.

The respective application deadline is a cut-off deadline, i.e. applications that are received late or for which essential documents and information are missing by this time can no longer be considered for the selection of projects by the Labor Market Fund Working Group.

Projects are selected by the Labour Market Fund Working Group, which consists of representatives of the Bavarian State Government, business organizations, trade unions and the employment service.

If your application has been selected for funding, you may have to further specify the application (concept, cost and financing plan) so that the responsible government can take further steps (such as the approval notice). The governments are responsible for the administrative processing of the projects.

The application phase is followed by the evaluation phase, which is expected to end in July 2024 with the selection of eligible projects by the Labor Market Fund Working Group.

As the applicant, you will then receive notification of the result.

There is no statutory processing deadline. All parties involved will endeavor to ensure that the process runs as quickly and smoothly as possible.

Application deadline: The application deadline for the 34th selection round 2024 (except for measures from funding priority 3) is April 12, 2024.

• As a rule, the Labor Market Fund cannot provide funding for a project for longer than three years. Applications for extensions can be submitted as long as the funding is provided for a shorter period.
• The aim should be to continue the project on the basis of other funding after the funding has expired.
• The funded measures are checked for their labor market effectiveness and long-term establishment. By applying for funding, you undertake to assist with the necessary surveys.
• If the project is selected for funding, a project start is realistic from October of the same year.