KFS – Get up to 100% Funding for Training!

What is the National Training Fund (KFS) 2023?

KFS 2023 lets you obtain a non-repayable grant of up to PLN 21,000 for training employees at the BZB UAS Continuing Education Centre. The grant can be used for one of the training packages: Photo-Video Drone Operator, Survey Drone Operator, Special Tasks Drone Operator, Rescue Drone Operator, Cybersecurity. The training funds come from the National Training Fund (KFS), which allocated almost PLN 220 million for this purpose.

What training does BZB UAS offer?

What conditions must be met to apply for KFS funds?

KFS funds offer a very attractive way of financing training services. Businesses with micro-enterprise status, i.e. companies employing up to 10 people, can receive up to 100% funding of continuing education from the Fund. Other employers can receive up to 80% of the training cost, but no more than 300% of the average salary in a given year per participant.

Good news for everyone interested: support is granted as co-financing, not reimbursement. This means that an organisation taking part in the training does not have to “freeze” its own funds and wait for them to be refunded later.

Continuing education support from KFS funds is granted as de minimis aid. Please also remember that an employee sent on training funded by KFS must be employed under an employment contract.

How to obtain KFS funding?

1. Contact your PUP (District Labour Office)
   Contact the District Labour Office competent for the location of the business you work for or run.
   Find out about the next call for KFS 2023 funds.
   Download all the application files from the PUP website.
2. Contact BZB UAS
   Get in touch with us to prepare an offer and choose the right training for your business profile (contact us via our helpline +48 507 265 115 or by e-mail at szkolenia@bzbuas.com).
3. Application, agreement and invoice
   Submit your application as early as possible within the deadline set by the PUP.
   Sign the agreement on financing continuing education from KFS funds.
   Once you receive the funds to pay for the training, pay on the basis of the invoice.
4. Complete the training!
   Complete the chosen training tailored to your needs.
   Settle with the PUP by submitting the documents specified in the agreement.

NOTE:

Training dates for KFS participants organised by BZB UAS are set individually, but funds received in this year’s call must be used by the end of 2023.

Given the time the PUP needs to process applications, KFS participants usually start their first training at the turn of Q1 and Q2 of a given year.

Final deadlines for submitting applications for KFS funds may vary depending on the guidelines of the specific labour office.

Want to get funding but still don't know where to start?

Use our help and check whether you can receive a grant.

We currently help obtain grants in the Lower Silesian, Greater Poland, West Pomeranian and Lubusz voivodeships.

Information on calls in the voivodeship:

Lower Silesian: https://wupdolnoslaski.praca.gov.pl/krajowy-fundusz-szkoleniowy

Greater Poland: https://wuppoznan.praca.gov.pl/aktualne-nabory