Viennese support education: now secure up to 500 euros in funding!

Viennese support education: now secure up to 500 euros in funding!

From January 1, Viennese will receive increased financial support for their training and further education costs. The "Viennese worker funding fund" (Waff) has raised the educational account up to 500 euros, compared to the previous 300 euros. This measure applies to everyone, regardless of whether they are currently busy or looking for work. Over 7 million euros are available this year, which benefits around 8,000 Viennese. Vienna's City Councilor Peter Hanke emphasized the growing importance of training and further education in professional life and encouraged everyone to make use of this funding, such as reported.

In addition, there is support for unemployed Viennese in the form of the Digi-Winner program, which offers up to 2,500 euros for professional further training in the field of digital skills. This funding is aimed at unemployed people with the main residence in Vienna, who are also a member of the Vienna Chamber of Labor (AK Vienna). The course costs must be at least 150 euros for funding and the providers must be recognized by the waff. In addition, the waff can contribute up to 300 euros for certain courses, while the AK Vienna takes over 40 percent of the course costs, as waff.at announced.

Applications for both funding must be submitted before the course start or up to four weeks afterwards, whereby prior information to the AMS Vienna is necessary. In particular, these initiatives should help to improve the professional perspectives in an increasingly digitized world of work and to make the educational offers more accessible to everyone.