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Education creates opportunities Landsmennt Landsmennt is an educational and training fund, established by The Confedaration of Icelandic Employers (SA) and trade unions in rural areas within The Federation of Generla and Special Workers (SGS) Further information At the website, www.landsmennt.is, you can get information regarding the fund.

The uninon provides members with details of funding individual grants.
Published February 2011 tel: 599 1450 • fax: 599 1401 www.landsmennt.is landsmennt@landsmennt.is The value of grants: Payment is up to 60,000 kr.

per year, based on the calender year.

Payment never exceeds 75% of study costs.

Landsmennt awards individual grants for leisure/rec- reational courses and reimbursement for these can be for 50% of the cost but never more than 18,000 kr.

per year which is also subtracted from the indivitual‘s total annual amount of 60,000 kr.

How to apply for a grant?


Induvituals apply for grants via an application from the appropriate union who will then proscess the application on behalf of Landsmennt.

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The amount to be paid depends on paid membership fees for the preceding 12 months.

Fees from minimum salary in a 100% job capacity or more amount to a full grant allowance.

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An application form must be filled out and sub- mitted along with invoices.
An application needs to come through the respective trade union within 12 months from the end of the course.

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The entitlements of a member within Lands- mennt, Ríkismennt, Sveitamennt, Sjómennt and/or Starfsafl remain the same regardless of a transfer between associated traid unions.

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A member who has been out of the workforce for a period whereby s/he does not have to pay social security tax, maintains for up to 24 months their entitlement to a vocational training grant which s/he has earned with the fund.

When 24 months have passed since s/he has left work, these Grants for Icelandic language study 75% of the purchase price of reading or writing aids.

entitlements are lost completely.


Members who have a different native language can The total amount depends on maximum grant allow- apply for a refund of up to 75% for the cost of an ance according to the general rules of the fund.

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Parents on maternity, paternity or parental leave Icelandic language course, providing they have been can use their entitlements under paragraph 1 if they members for at least 1 month.

Grants for special driving licence choose to pay union fees while on leave.
Increased study grant licence of up to 100,000 kr.

An indivitual may only be 7.

Unemployed members maintain the same entitle- Members who have not used their rights over the past awarded this type of grant once.

It makes no difference ments as when they stopped work if they choose to three years are entitled to a grant of up to 180,000 kr.

whether all four types of licence are obtained.

pay union fees from their unemployment benefits.


Members are entitled to a grant for specialised driving for one continuous study course according to the rules of the fund.

Rules for awarding grants to indivituals: 1.

A member who has worked full-time for at least 6 of Grants for the purchase of reading or writing the past 12 months and paid into a Landsmennt traid aids union over this period is entitled to support for a Members who are dyslexic or experience difficulty vocational training grant.
This is paid proportionately with reading or writing can apply for a grant of up to for part-time workers.