Selection of applications for self-employment support in 2019

The Employment Service announces its third edition of 2019. selection of applications for self-employment support. Grant applications will be accepted until 2019. September 2 Employment Services Customer Service Departments.
Applications for self-employment support can be made by jobseekers who:

1. discussed and drafted, together with the Employment Services Consultant, a plan for individual employment activities that includes a measure to support self-employment (item 3 of the Description of Employment Support Measures);

2. establishes for the first time jobs for micro-enterprises within the meaning of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Small and Medium-Sized Business Development and meets one of the conditions laid down in Article 47 (3) of the Employment Law, y .:

• disabled people of working age with up to 25% working capacity or severe disability;

• the unemployed, who are disabled people of working age, for whom 30-40% of the unemployed have been identified. working capacity or average level of disability;

• Unemployed persons up to 29 years.

In assessing applications for self-employment, particular attention shall be given to increasing employment in rural areas, areas of highest unemployment, and the contribution of the applicant’s own funds to the amount of support requested, the number of persons according to their qualifications and work experience. The application evaluation criteria are as follows: Evaluation of the application for self-employment support according to the established criteria.

The estimated costs of the application must be intended for the creation of a job or enable the direct employment function to be performed in the job created; were also used within the period provided for in the contract for the promotion of self-employment, but not longer than the period specified in Item 4 of Paragraph 7 of Article 44 of the Law on Employment. In the application, the size of one planned job does not exceed 31.03 EUR of the minimum monthly salary approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the day of publication of the selection of applications for self-employment support on the website of the Employment Service. State aid is used for the purchase, installation and adaptation of work equipment (tangible fixed assets) and for the repair and adaptation of premises necessary for the installation of the workplace and which are owned and controlled (up to 50% subsidy).

The application and the applicant are assessed for compliance. Where applications receive uniform transitional marks, they are evaluated against additional assessment criteria. Applications are made to the employment service’s customer service department, where the jobseeker is registered. The application may be in paper or electronic format, digitally signed with a qualified electronic signature. The application must be submitted in a sealed envelope addressed to the Employment Service with the words ‘SUR for selection of applications’. The envelope must bear the words ‘Do not open before the official opening of the envelopes’. An application that does not meet these requirements will not be considered. The self-employment application form is available here: here.

Training and counseling is organized in the customer service units of the Employment Service in order to answer any questions regarding the preparation of applications for self-employment support. The schedule of upcoming consultations is available at: Self Employment Support Consultation 2019.

Additional information can be obtained from the Employment Service’s general consultation number 1883.

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