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• Application for "Further education funding" (brandenburg.de)
• Appendix 1_Request for funding for further training (brandenburg.de)
• Information sheet on further training funding (brandenburg.de)

You must apply for further training funding in writing. The procedure is a two-stage process: First, you submit an application for funding for further training as described here in Part 1-Application/Approval.

• A grant of up to 50 percent of the total eligible expenditure is possible per application and amounts to a maximum of EUR 500 per applicant per year. The applicant's own contribution is at least 50 percent.
• The State Office for Social Affairs and Care (LASV) examines the application and decides whether a grant can be approved.

With the decision, you will receive information about which expenses are eligible, how payment is made and how to apply. Part 2 - Payment of the training grant for midwives then takes effect.

You work as a midwife in the state of Brandenburg.

The prerequisite for the granting of an allowance is the proven participation in job-related and, in individual cases, necessary further training, in particular at midwifery schools, universities with midwifery degree programs and midwifery associations, which serve to maintain and develop the specialist knowledge required to practice the profession.

• Copy of the professional license (certificate)
• Details of the training event (e.g. a copy of the training flyer or similar, including information on the costs of the training)
• in the case of salaried employment, confirmation from the employer that the applicant is permanently employed in the state of Brandenburg and does not receive any financial support from the employer for this training course
• in the case of exclusively freelance work, a copy of the confirmation of the notification to the health authority in accordance with Section 12 (2) sentence 1 of the Brandenburg Health Service Act of April 23, 2008 (GVBl. I p. 95), which was last amended by Article 2 of the Act of November 23, 2023 (GVBl I/23 No. 23)

There are no costs.

You apply for training funding in writing.

If you apply for funding for further training in writing:

• Submit the application for further training funding to the LASV at least 4 weeks before the start of the course.
• You provide proof of your activity as a midwife by means of a copy of your professional license (certificate).
• You provide information about the training event, e.g. by means of a copy of the training flyer or similar. This should contain information about the costs of the training.
• If you are an employee, ask your employer for confirmation of your permanent employment and proof that you do not receive any financial support from them. At the same time, submit a copy of the confirmation of the notification to the health authority in accordance with Section 12 (2) sentence 1 of the Brandenburg Health Service Act of April 23, 2008 (GVBl. I p. 95) as proof that you are practicing your profession in the state of Brandenburg.
• If you practice your profession exclusively as a freelancer, please submit a copy of the confirmation of the notification to the public health department in accordance with Section 12 (2) sentence 1 of the Brandenburg Health Service Act of April 23, 2008 (GVBl. I p. 95).
• The application should also include other information, such as whether this is a first-time application and whether you have already received a grant for further training in the year of application.
• The State Office for Social Affairs and Care (LASV) will check the application and decide whether a grant can be approved.
• You will receive information about which expenses are eligible for funding, how payment is made and how to apply.

Deadline type: Application deadline

Duration: 4 weeks

Remark: before the start of the training

State Office for Social Affairs and Care (LASV)

• Directive of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection on the promotion of midwives" (Midwifery Promotion Directive)
• §§ Sections 23 and 44 of the State Budget Code (LHO) and the administrative regulations (VV) issued in this regard
• General ancillary provisions for grants for project funding (ANBest-P, Annex 2 to VV No. 5.1 to § 44 LHO)

A separate application must be submitted for each training course. This must be submitted at least four weeks before the start of the project with all the necessary documents. The date of receipt is decisive. The premature start of the measure constitutes a violation of the state budget law and excludes funding. A project is generally considered to have begun as soon as the corresponding supply and service contracts have been concluded.

• Information on the promotion of midwives

Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection (MSGIV)