The ESF supports transeuropean cooperation between entrepreneurs and the improvement of skills in areas such as business management and marketing. The aim is to introduce life-long training in order to boost export capabilities. Permanent training facilities are supported as an integral part of corporate strategy. Employment subsidies are provided to employers taking on young people for a minimum of six months after the end of their training. Vocational information, training, employment subsidies and activities which create jobs in areas normally dominated by men.
Social support is provided especially in terms of child-minding services.
Unemployed people over 25 years of age. Around 45,000 people, mainly in urban and industrial areas, will receive training in personal and professional skills to help them re-enter the labour market. This scheme aims to mobilize public opinion to encourage involvement in combating and preventing exclusion. Integrating the physically and mentally handicapped into the workforce. This scheme covers two areas.