Companies queuing up to get EU money for professional training

Six days before the close of the call for projects dedicated to professional training provided for in the applicant’s guide, the authorities that manage European money for human resources development have suspended the submission of applications because the value of the non-repayable funding applied for twice exceeds the allocated budget, of around 75 million euros.
Over 340 requests for financing that asked for over 621.9 million RON (147.8 million euros) in EU funds have been registered online within 15 days from the opening of the call for projects for axis 2 “Adjusting lifelong learning to the labour market, intervention area 2.3 “Access and participation to continuous professional training,” within POSDRU (Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development).
“This is quite a lot of demand for this axis because there are enough sectors where personnel training and retraining is needed,” says Luminița Gabriela Ene, project manager within Eurodezvoltare company, which has two projects under way and has applied for another project this year, requesting EU money to train people working in the hospitality sector in Constanța.