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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2023/1676
of 7 July 2023
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding
the definition of unit costs, lump sums and flat rates and financing not linked to costs for
reimbursement of expenditure by the Commission to Member States
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021laying down
common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the
Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border
Management and Visa Policy(1), and in particular Articles 94(4) and 95(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) With a view to simplifying the use of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and the Just Transition Fund (JTF) and
reducing the administrative burden for beneficiaries, it is appropriate to define certain unit costs and establish
amounts of financing not linked to costs available for reimbursement of the Union contribution to programmes. In
line with Article 25(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, those unit costs and amounts of financing not linked to costs
may be used also for operations eligible under the ESF+ and supported by the European Regional Development
Fund.
(2) The unit costs for reimbursement to Member States have been established on the basis of a fair, equitable and
verifiable calculation method based on historical or statistical data, as referred to in Article 94(2), second
subparagraph, point (a) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.
(3) In the setting of the amounts of financing not linked to costs the Commission has observed the principle of sound
financial management, in particular the principle that the resources employed are adequate for the investments
undertaken.
(4) Taking into account the additional efforts required for addressing the specific needs of third country nationals,
including refugees and people having fled the Russian aggression against Ukraine, specific unit costs should be
established for the relevant types of operations.
(5) Simplifying the implementation of operations in the area of formal education, training of employees, training of
registered unemployed, job-seekers or inactive people and of employment-related counselling services, will also
contribute to the successful implementation of European Year of Skills.
(6) Reaffirming the commitments under the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan(2)with the new 2030 Union
headline target on poverty and social inclusion it is appropriate to facilitate and create incentives for the
implementation of operations that help to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
Therefore, simplified cost options and financing-not-linked-to-cost schemes should be defined for operations
offering in-home and community-based care services as well as for operations providing residential and non-
residential services for victims of domestic violence and people experiencing short-term or long-term homelessness.
(7) There are the significant disparities between Member States regarding the level of costs for the types of operations
concerned. In line with the principle of sound financial management, the amounts established by the Commission
should reflect the specificities of each Member State.
(1) OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159.
(2) The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan (europa.eu).L 216/12 EN Official Journal of the European Union 1.9.2023
(8) In order to ensure that the unit costs remain an appropriate proxy for the costs actually incurred and that the
amounts of financing not linked to costs remain adequate for the investment undertaken throughout the
programming period, an appropriate adjustment method has been provided for,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
The conditions for reimbursement of the Union contribution to ESF+ and JTF operations on the basis of unit costs and
financing not linked to costs, including the types of operations that are covered and the results to be achieved or
conditions to be fulfilled, the amount of such reimbursement and the method to adjust that amount are set out in the
Annex.
Article 2
Eligible expenditure
The amounts calculated on the basis of this Regulation shall be regarded as eligible expenditure for the purpose of applying
Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 July 2023.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYENANNEX
Conditions for reimbursement of the Union contribution to programmes in accordance with Articles 94(4) and 95(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 on the basis
of unit costs and financing not linked to costs for operations in the areas of formal education, training, employment-related counselling services, in-home care
services and community-based day care services and support services for victims of domestic violence and homeless persons
The defined amounts and conditions shall not apply to programmes that have established their own, specific simplified-cost-option or financing-not-linked-to-cost schemes in accordance
with Articles 94(3) and 95(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, for the relevant types of operations.
1. OPERATIONS CONCERNING FORMAL EDUCATION WHICH MAY BE COVERED BY REIMBURSEMENT ON THE BASIS OF UNIT COSTS
1.1. Types of operations
Formal education operations (from early childhood education to tertiary level including formal vocational education).
1.2. Definition of the indicator triggering payment of the unit costs
Indicator name: Participant in an academic year of formal education
Measurement unit for the indicator: Number of participants with verified enrolment status during an academic year of formal education, differentiated by ISCED classification. Verified
enrolment means that proof of the enrolment of the student in the formal education or training course is to be verified by national authorities on two or three occasions during the
academic year, in accordance with each Member State’s normal practices and procedures.
International Standard Classification of Education: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/International_Standard_Classification_of_Education_(ISCED)
1.3. Amounts (in EUR)
The amounts set in Tables 1a and 1b below cover all eligible costs directly related to the provision of core goods and services of formal education, including tuition fees, registration,
exam fees, school trips, canteen costs.
Other categories of costs that could be necessary for the implementation of the operation, such as participant allowances, transport, accommodation or other types of support
provided to participants are not covered by the unit cost and may thus constitute additional eligible costs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, funds-specific regulations
and national eligibility rules.
If the managing authority or intermediate body in charge of implementing a programme applies these unit costs to establish the Union contribution to the programme for one
operation that falls under this Regulation, these amounts shall constitute the amount that the Commission reimburses for any formal education operation under the same programme
for the same type of beneficiary. Other programmes managed by different intermediate bodies or managing authorities are not concerned by this restriction.
The amounts are for full-time participation in an academic year.
In case of part-time participation, the amount shall be established on the basis of a pro rata reflecting the participation of the student. In case the course lasts less than one academic
year, the amount shall be established on the basis of a pro rata reflecting the duration of the course.
For courses lasting at least one full academic year, these amounts may be reimbursed to the Member State on the following basis: 50 % for the first proof of enrolment during the
academic year (normally at the beginning of the academic year, in accordance with national rules and practices), 30 % for the second proof of enrolment and 20 % for the third and
final proof of enrolment. For those Member States whose national systems provide for this information to be collected only twice per year, or for courses lasting less than one full
academic year, it will be 50 % for the first proof of enrolment and 50 % for the second and final proof of enrolment.
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To account for additional efforts required for and to address the specific needs of third-country nationals or refugees(1), including people having fled the Russia's war of aggression
against Ukraine, specific values are set out in Table 1b for operations addressing this target group. Those values may be used instead of the corresponding values set out in Table 1a.
They are not cumulative values and cannot be used in combination with Table 1a.
The same conditions for reimbursement apply for values set in Tables 1a and 1b. The only difference being the target group, specific eligibility criteria and audit trail should be set for
participants in line with specific national definitions and practices.
1.4. Adjustment method
The unit costs and values in Table 1a may be automatically adjusted on an annual basis by applying the Labour Cost Index for education(2). Basis index setting the values in Table 1a is
the LCI (Labour Cost index for 2021). The adjusted values with index of year N will apply for all operations concerned as of Jan 1 of the year N+1
Education2021
The adjustment shall be based on the following formula:
AdjustedSCO = BaseSCO x LCI
Education latest
The amounts set in Table 1b may be automatically adjusted by multiplying the adjusted unit costs in Table 1a by factor 1,10.
(1) In order to define the status of third-country nationals and refugees, the below definitions apply
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‘refugee’ means a third-country national who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, is outside
the country of nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country, or a stateless person, who, being outside of the country of former habitual
residence for the same reasons as mentioned above, is unable or, owing to such fear, unwilling to return to it, and to whom Article 12 does not apply;
‘country of origin’ means the country or countries of nationality or, for stateless persons, of former habitual residence.
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‘third-country national’ means any person, including a stateless person or a person with undetermined nationality, who is not a citizen of the Union as defined in Article 20(1) TFEU.
(2) LC – Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, annual data [lc_lci_r2_a] NACE Rev. 2 (activity = P. Education).
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1.9.2023Table 1a
Amounts per participant in formal education (in EUR)
n/a indicates that no data is available for that particular Member State and the indicated education level.
Reference year of data collection is 2021 apart from fields for FR and NL where the reference year is 2019.
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU HR
Early childhood education ED0 5 614 n/a 2 649 2 133 3 704 9 655 10 912 5 179 n/a 4 121 10 618 5 963 3 145 2 627
Early childhood educational ED01 4 848 n/a n/a 357 n/a 13 279 15 775 n/a n/a 4 132 18 275 n/a 3 152 n/a
development
Pre-primary education ED02 5 793 7 243 2 649 2 771 3 704 8 288 8 012 n/a 2 994 4 117 8 872 5 963 3 145 3 275
Primary education ED1 10 777 8 577 1 858 7 635 3 871 7 981 11 103 5 402 3 734 4 566 8 305 5 768 3 233 5 537
Primary and lower secondary ED1_2 12 451 9 331 2 167 8 055 5 036 9 067 11 338 5 474 3 729 4 969 9 948 6 456 3 054 3 072
education (levels 1 and 2)
Lower secondary education ED2 14 177 10 995 2 574 8 936 6 626 9 812 11 786 5 645 3 719 5 710 13 247 7 319 2 889 n/a
Lower secondary education - ED24 13 332 n/a 2 359 8 936 6 635 9 812 11 770 5 627 3 719 5 710 13 247 7 319 2 889 n/a
general
Lower secondary education - ED25 n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 134 n/a 16 126 5 773 n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 301 n/a
vocational
Upper secondary education ED3 13 111 11 124 2 033 9 844 5 773 9 895 9 831 4 060 3 229 6 400 7 867 9 583 3 306 3 359
Upper secondary and post- ED3_4 12 791 11 124 2 030 9 844 5 664 8 769 9 831 4 234 2 665 6 400 7 867 9 522 3 411 3 359
secondary non-tertiary
education (levels 3 and 4)
Upper secondary education - ED34 10 760 10 812 1 835 8 888 4 926 10 599 9 790 2 930 2 781 5 432 7 569 9 421 3 225 n/a
general
Upper secondary and post- ED34_44 11 933 10 812 1 835 8 888 4 709 1 099 9 790 2 930 2 781 5 432 7 569 9 403 3 225 n/a
secondary non-tertiary
education - general (levels 34
and 44)
Upper secondary education - ED35 14 711 11 365 2 232 14 624 6 108 9 236 9 895 5 678 4 280 8 471 7 990 9 890 3 401 3 408
vocational
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Upper secondary and post- ED35_45 13 314 11 365 2 224 14 624 6 060 7 615 9 895 5 782 2 513 8 471 7 990 9 741 3 580 3 408
secondary non-tertiary
education - vocational (levels 35
and 45)
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED4 2 054 n/a 354 n/a 836 4 893 n/a 6 276 333 n/a n/a 6 688 4 242 n/a
education
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED44 n/a n/a n/a n/a 653 10 323 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6 437 n/a n/a
education
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED45 1 359 n/a 354 n/a 1 222 4 545 n/a 6 276 333 n/a n/a 6 748 4 242 n/a
education - vocational
Short cycle tertiary education ED5 14 857 10 474 n/a 557 13 910 1 920 9 000 n/a n/a 5 383 9 138 8 829 465 n/a
Tertiary education (levels 5-8) ED5-8 15 483 9 376 2 627 2 900 4 784 6 806 9 173 3 790 1 144 4 029 8 590 6 739 2 828 3 929
Tertiary education excluding ED6-8 15 596 9 338 2 627 3 178 4 756 6 817 9 195 3 790 1 144 3 665 8 590 6 105 2 926 3 353
short-cycle tertiary education
(levels 6-8)
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SI SK SE
Early childhood education ED0 7 707 5 346 3 824 3 807 17 293 6 240 7 161 2 767 3 286 1 805 5 173 3 445 13 449
Early childhood educational ED01 n/a n/a n/a 3 794 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 746 6 171 n/a 17 407
development
Pre-primary education ED02 5 526 5 346 3 384 3 809 17 293 6 240 7 161 2 767 3 449 1 724 4 731 3 445 12 033
Primary education ED1 7 404 6 110 3 600 3 577 17 158 6 132 7 936 3 754 5 229 1 169 5 570 4 148 10 677
Primary and lower secondary ED1_2 7 507 6 282 3 621 3 563 17 931 7 502 9 053 3 753 5 801 1 770 6 000 3 919 10 642
education (levels 1 and 2)
Lower secondary education ED2 7 788 6 552 3 664 3 553 19 256 10 281 10 712 3 749 6 782 2 543 7 006 3 713 10 564
Lower secondary education - ED24 8 324 6 552 3 660 3 532 19 256 10 230 9 426 3 749 n/a 2 543 7 006 3 640 10 564
general
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Lower secondary education - ED25 n/a 6 615 4 956 4 788 n/a 16 143 14 131 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6 970 n/a
vocational
Upper secondary education ED3 7 964 6 654 4 369 3 839 18 676 9 626 8 193 3 236 6 113 2 414 4 839 4 262 11 012
Upper secondary and post- ED3_4 8 532 6 654 4 420 4 003 18 435 9 626 8 193 3 130 6 113 2 232 4 839 4 311 10 823
secondary non-tertiary
education (levels 3 and 4)
Upper secondary education - ED34 8 496 5 946 3 935 3 495 16 939 10 104 8 997 2 848 n/a 5 200 5 589 3 867 9 710
general
Upper secondary and post- ED34_44 8 496 n/a 3 935 3 495 16 939 10 100 8 997 2 848 n/a 5 200 5 589 3 867 9 689
secondary non-tertiary
education - general (levels 34
and 44)
Upper secondary education - ED35 n/a n/a 5 016 4 813 19 760 8 312 7 781 3 537 n/a 320 4 489 4 455 13 189
vocational
Upper secondary and post- ED35_45 4 192 n/a 5 053 4 826 19 344 8 312 7 781 3 320 n/a 416 4 489 4 515 12 633
secondary non-tertiary
education - vocational (levels 35
and 45)
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED4 15 476 n/a 5 314 4 843 2 769 9 569 5 360 1 793 n/a 838 n/a 546 6 657
education
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED44 4 192 n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 569 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 8 894
education
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED45 15 476 n/a 5 314 4 843 2 769 8 624 5 360 1 793 n/a 838 n/a 5 457 5 353
education - vocational
Short cycle tertiary education ED5 n/a 2 771 3 637 n/a 4 734 11 289 7 099 5 684 2 471 n/a 2 378 4 999 6 205
Tertiary education (levels 5-8) ED5-8 6 298 2 528 2 750 2 495 23 639 12 754 6 750 3 356 2 993 3 517 6 835 3 484 10 356
Tertiary education excluding ED6-8 7 315 2 526 2 609 2 495 26 424 12 907 6 745 3 356 2 967 3 517 7 468 3 460 10 788
short-cycle tertiary education
(levels 6-8)
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Amounts per participant in formal education (in EUR) addressing the specific needs of third-country nationals or refugees, including people having fled the Russian
aggression against Ukraine
n/a - no data is available for that particular Member State and the indicated education level.
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU HR
Early childhood education ED0 6 175 n/a 2 914 2 346 4 074 10 621 12 003 5 697 n/a 4 533 11 680 6 559 3 459 2 890
Early childhood educational ED01 5 333 n/a n/a 393 n/a 14 607 17 352 n/a n/a 4 545 20 103 n/a 3 467 n/a
development
Pre-primary education ED02 6 372 7 967 2 914 3 048 4 276 9 116 8 814 n/a 3 294 4 529 9 759 6 559 3 459 3 602
Primary education ED1 11 854 9 435 2 044 8 398 4 259 8 779 12 213 5 942 4 108 5 023 9 135 6 345 3 556 6 091
Primary and lower secondary ED1_2 13 696 10 264 2 384 8 860 5 540 9 974 12 472 6 021 4 102 5 466 10 943 7 102 3 360 3 379
education (levels 1 and 2)
Lower secondary education ED2 15 594 12 095 2 832 9 830 7 288 10 794 12 965 6 210 4 091 6 281 14 571 8 051 3 177 n/a
Lower secondary education - ED24 14 665 n/a 2 595 9 830 7 298 10 794 12 947 6 189 4 091 6 281 14 571 8 051 3 177 n/a
general
Lower secondary education - ED25 n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 648 n/a 17 739 6 350 n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 631 n/a
vocational
Upper secondary education ED3 14 422 12 237 2 237 10 829 6 350 10 884 10 814 4 466 3 551 7 040 8 653 10 541 3 636 3 694
Upper secondary and post- ED3_4 14 070 12 237 2 233 10 829 6 230 9 646 10 814 4 658 2 931 7 040 8 653 10 474 3 752 3 694
secondary non-tertiary
education (levels 3 and 4)
Upper secondary education - ED34 11 836 11 893 2 019 9 776 5 419 11 659 10 769 3 223 3 059 5 975 8 326 10 363 3 547 n/a
general
Upper secondary and post- ED34_44 13 126 11 893 2 019 9 776 5 180 1 209 10 769 3 223 3 059 5 975 8 326 10 343 3 547 n/a
secondary non-tertiary
education - general (levels 34
and 44)
Upper secondary education - ED35 16 182 12 501 2 455 16 086 6 719 10 159 10 885 6 246 4 708 9 318 8 789 10 879 3 741 3 748
vocational
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Upper secondary and post- ED35_45 14 645 12 501 2 446 16 086 6 666 8 376 10 885 6 360 2 764 9 318 8 789 10 715 3 938 3 748
secondary non-tertiary
education - vocational (levels 35
and 45)
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED4 2 259 n/a 389 n/a 919 5 382 n/a 6 904 366 n/a n/a 7 357 4 666 n/a
education
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED44 n/a n/a n/a n/a 719 11 355 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7 081 n/a n/a
education
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED45 1 495 n/a 389 n/a 1 345 5 000 n/a 6 904 366 n/a n/a 7 423 4 666 n/a
education - vocational
Short cycle tertiary education ED5 16 342 11 521 n/a 613 15 301 2 112 9 900 n/a n/a 5 922 10 052 9 712 511 n/a
Tertiary education (levels 5-8) ED5-8 17 031 10 314 2 890 3 190 5 263 7 487 10 090 4 169 1 258 4 431 9 449 7 413 3 111 4 321
Tertiary education excluding ED6-8 17 155 10 272 2 890 3 496 5 231 7 498 10 114 4 169 1 258 4 031 9 449 6 716 3 218 3 688
short-cycle tertiary education
(levels 6-8)
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SI SK SE
Early childhood education ED0 8 477 5 881 4 207 4 188 19 022 6 864 7 877 3 044 3 615 1 986 5 691 3 790 14 794
Early childhood educational ED01 n/a n/a n/a 4 173 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4 121 6 788 n/a 19 147
development
Pre-primary education ED02 6 079 5 881 3 723 4 190 19 022 6 864 7 877 3 044 3 794 1 897 5 204 3 790 13 236
Primary education ED1 8 144 6 721 3 960 3 935 18 874 6 746 8 730 4 129 5 752 1 285 6 127 4 562 11 745
Primary and lower secondary ED1_2 8 257 6 910 3 983 3 919 19 724 8 252 9 958 4 128 6 381 1 947 6 600 4 311 11 706
education (levels 1 and 2)
Lower secondary education ED2 8 566 7 207 4 031 3 909 21 182 11 309 11 783 4 124 7 461 2 797 7 707 4 085 11 620
Lower secondary education - ED24 9 156 7 207 4 026 3 885 21 182 11 253 10 369 4 124 n/a 2 797 7 707 4 004 11 620
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Lower secondary education - ED25 n/a 7 277 5 452 5 267 n/a 17 758 15 544 n/a n/a n/a n/a 7 667 n/a
vocational
Upper secondary education ED3 8 760 7 319 4 806 4 223 20 543 10 589 9 012 3 559 6 725 2 655 5 323 4 688 12 114
Upper secondary and post- ED3_4 9 385 7 319 4 862 4 404 20 278 10 589 9 012 3 443 6 725 2 455 5 323 4 742 11 905
secondary non-tertiary
education (levels 3 and 4)
Upper secondary education - ED34 9 345 6 540 4 329 3 844 18 633 11 115 9 897 3 133 n/a 5 720 6 148 4 254 10 681
general
Upper secondary and post- ED34_44 9 345 n/a 4 329 3 844 18 633 11 110 9 897 3 133 n/a 5 720 6 148 4 254 10 657
secondary non-tertiary
education - general (levels 34
and 44)
Upper secondary education - ED35 n/a n/a 5 517 5 295 21 736 9 143 8 559 3 891 n/a 351 4 938 4 901 14 508
vocational
Upper secondary and post- ED35_45 4 611 n/a 5 558 5 309 21 279 9 143 8 559 3 652 n/a 457 4 938 4 967 13 897
secondary non-tertiary
education - vocational (levels 35
and 45)
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED4 17 023 n/a 5 845 5 327 3 046 10 526 5 896 1 972 n/a 922 n/a 601 7 323
education
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED44 4 611 n/a n/a n/a n/a 10 526 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 783
education
Post-secondary non-tertiary ED45 17 023 n/a 5 845 5 327 3 046 9 486 5 896 1 972 n/a 922 n/a 6 003 5 888
education - vocational
Short cycle tertiary education ED5 n/a 3 048 4 001 n/a 5 207 12 417 7 809 6 253 2 718 n/a 2 616 5 499 6 825
Tertiary education (levels 5-8) ED5-8 6 928 2 781 3 025 2 744 26 003 14 030 7 425 3 691 3 292 3 868 7 518 3 833 11 392
Tertiary education excluding ED6-8 8 047 2 779 2 870 2 744 29 067 14 197 7 420 3 691 3 263 3 868 8 214 3 806 11 866
short-cycle tertiary education
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1.9.20232. OPERATIONS CONCERNING TRAINING OF REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED, JOB-SEEKERS OR INACTIVE PEOPLE
2.1. Types of operations
Any operations concerning training of registered unemployed, jobseekers or inactive people. The training courses may be primarily either institutional or workplace-based, but must
be delivered at least partly in an institutional setting.
In the case of institutional training, courses may take place on site, online or in a hybrid format, but must always be delivered with both trainer and participants present at the same
time. Workplace-based training courses must always take place on site.
2.2. Definition of the indicator triggering payment of the unit costs
Indicator name: Participants who have successfully completed a training course.
Measurement unit for the indicator: Number of participants who have successfully completed a training course.
A training course shall be considered as ‘successfully completed’ when there is a document demonstrating completion in accordance with national rules or practices. For example, this
could be a certificate issued by the training provider or an equivalent document which is acceptable under national rules or practices.
The condition of successfully completing a training course shall not be regarded as being met where a participant only successfully completes some of the modules within a training
course.
2.3. Amounts (in EUR)
The amounts set in Tables 2a and 2b below cover all eligible costs directly related to the provision of training courses.
Other categories of costs that could be necessary for the implementation of the operation, such as participant allowances, transport, accommodation or other types of support
provided to participants are not covered by the unit cost and may thus constitute additional eligible costs in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, funds specific
regulations and national eligibility rules.
If the managing authority or intermediate body in charge of implementing a programme applies these unit costs to establish the Union contribution to the programme for one
operation that falls under this Regulation, these amounts shall constitute the amount that the Commission reimburses for any operation concerning training of registered
unemployed, job-seekers or inactive people under the same programme managed by the same body for the same type of beneficiary. Other programmes managed by different
intermediate bodies or managing authorities are not concerned by this restriction.
To account for additional efforts required for and to address the specific needs of third-country nationals or refugees(3), including people having fled the Russia's war of aggression
against Ukraine, specific values are set out in Table 2b for operations addressing this target group. Those values may be used instead of the corresponding values set out in Table 2a.
They are not cumulative values and cannot be used in combination with Table 2a.
(3) In order to define the status of third-country nationals and refugees, the below definitions apply
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‘refugee’ means a third-country national who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, is outside
the country of nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country, or a stateless person, who, being outside of the country of former habitual
residence for the same reasons as mentioned above, is unable or, owing to such fear, unwilling to return to it, and to whom Article 12 does not apply;
‘country of origin’ means the country or countries of nationality or, for stateless persons, of former habitual residence.
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‘third-country national’ means any person, including a stateless person or a person with undetermined nationality, who is not a citizen of the Union as defined in Article 20(1) TFEU.
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216/21The same conditions for reimbursement apply for values set in both Tables 2a and 2b. The only difference being the target group, specific eligibility criteria and audit trail should be set
for participants in line with specific national definitions, rules and practices.
For those Member States listed in Table 5:
— the amounts mentioned in Tables 2a and 2b shall be multiplied by the index for the relevant regional Programme;
— where programmes cover more than one region, the amount to be reimbursed shall be in accordance with the region in which the operation or project is implemented.
2.4. Adjustment method
This unit cost in Table 2a may be automatically adjusted on an annual basis by applying the Labour Cost Index for education(4). The base index used for setting the values in Table 2a is
the LCI (Labour Cost index for 2021). The adjusted values with index of year N will apply for all operations concerned as of Jan 1 of the year N+1
Education2021
The adjustment shall be based on the following formula: AdjustedSCO = BaseSCO x LCI
Education latest
The unit costs set in Table 2b may be automatically adjusted by multiplying the adjusted unit costs in Table 2a by factor 1,10.
Table 2a
Amounts for training of registered unemployed, jobseekers or inactive people (in EUR)
Reference year is 2021 apart from fields marked with a *– reference year is 2019 for these fields.
Member State AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR* HU HR
EUR 2 944 3 635 1 143 3 133 838 7 757 6 344 1 052 2 193 2 870 6 141 6 512* 2 464 831
Member State IE IT LV LT LU MT NL* PL PT RO SI SK SE
EUR 12 362 3 697 1 103 2 060 19 971 3 292 5 219* 785 1 216 1 244 1 088 626 8 555
Table 2b
Amounts for training of registered unemployed, jobseekers or inactive people (in EUR) addressing the specific needs of third-country nationals or refugees, including people
having fled the Russian aggression against Ukraine
Member State AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR* HU HR
EUR 3 239 3 998 1 257 3 446 922 8 533 6 979 1 157 2 413 3 158 6 755 7 163* 2 711 914
Member State IE IT LV LT LU MT NL* PL PT RO SI SK SE
EUR 13 598 4 067 1 213 2 266 21 968 3 621 5 741* 863 1 338 1 368 1 197 689 9 411
(4) LC – Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, annual data [lc_lci_r2_a] NACE Rev. 2 (activity = P. Education).
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3.1. Types of operations
Any operations concerning training activities which have as primary objectives the acquisition of new competences or the development and improvement of existing ones, and which
are financed at least partly by the enterprises for their employees who have a working contract. Apprenticeships or training contracts are excluded.
Training courses may take place on site, online or in a hybrid format, but must always be delivered with both trainer and participants present at the same time.
3.2. Definition of the indicators triggering payment of the unit costs
Indicator name:
1) Hourly rate of training provided to employed persons.
2) Hourly rate of salary paid to an employee while on a training course.
Measurement unit for the indicator:
1) Number of completed hours of training provided to employed persons per participant.
2) Number of hours of salary paid to an employee while on a training course.
The number of hours needs to be demonstrated by a verifiable time management system in line with accepted standard national practices.
3.3. Amounts (in EUR)
The amounts set in Tables 3a and 3b cover all eligible costs of the operation, including following cost categories:
— fees and payments for training courses;
— travel and allowance for participants related to training courses;
— labour costs of internal trainers for training courses (direct and indirect costs);
— costs for training centre, training rooms and teaching materials.
Time spent on the training courses refers to paid working time (in hours) spent on training courses; this only covers the actual training time, and only the time spent during paid
working time.
Where the salary of the employee while on a training course is not an eligible cost, only unit cost 1) shall be reimbursed. Where the salary of the employee while on training is
considered as an eligible cost, the combined amount from unit costs 1) and 2) may be reimbursed.
As defined in the CPR specific eligibility criteria and audit trail requirements should be set in line with specific national definitions, rules and practices.
If the managing authority or intermediate body in charge of implementing a programme applies these unit costs to establish the Union contribution to the programme for one
operation that falls under this Regulation, these amounts shall constitute the amount that the Commission reimburses for any operation concerning the provision of training to
employed persons under the same programme managed by the same body for the same type of beneficiary. Other programmes managed by different intermediate bodies or
Managing Authorities are not concerned by this restriction.
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against Ukraine, specific values are set out in Table 3b for operations addressing this target group. These values may be used instead of the corresponding values set in Table 3a. They
are not cumulative values and cannot be used in combination with Table 3a.
The same conditions for reimbursement apply for values set in both Tables 3a and 3b. The only difference being the target group, specific eligibility criteria and audit trail should be set
for participants in line with specific national definitions and practices.
For those Member States listed in Table 5:
— the amounts set in Tables 3a and 3b shall be multiplied by the index for the relevant Regional Programme;
— where programmes cover more than one region, the amount to be reimbursed shall be in accordance with the region in which the operation or project is implemented.
3.4. Adjustment method
The unit cost set in Table 3a may be automatically adjusted on an annual basis by applying the Labour Cost Index for education(6) and the Labour Cost Index for Administrative
support. Basis index used for setting the values in Tables 3a was the LCI and the LCI - (Labour Cost index for 2021). The adjusted values with index of year N
Education2021 AdminSupport2021
will apply for all operations concerned as of Jan 1 of the year N+1.
1) The adjustment of the hourly rate for training of employed persons shall be based on the following formula:
AdjustedSCO = BaseSCO x LCI
Education latest
2) The adjustment of the hourly rate for salary of an employee while on training shall be based on the following formula:
AdjustedSCO = BaseSCO x LCI
AdminSupport latest
The unit costs set in Table 3b may be automatically adjusted by multiplying the adjusted unit costs in Table 3a by factor 1,10.
(5) In order to define the status of third-country nationals and refugees, the below definitions apply in line with specific national definitions
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‘refugee’ means a third-country national who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, is outside
the country of nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country, or a stateless person, who, being outside of the country of former habitual
residence for the same reasons as mentioned above, is unable or, owing to such fear, unwilling to return to it, and to whom Article 12 does not apply;
‘country of origin’ means the country or countries of nationality or, for stateless persons, of former habitual residence.
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‘third-country national’ means any person, including a stateless person or a person with undetermined nationality, who is not a citizen of the Union as defined in Article 20(1) TFEU.
(6) LC – Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, annual data [lc_lci_r2_a] NACE Rev. 2 (activity = P. Education).
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Amounts for training of employed persons (in EUR)
Reference year is 2021 apart from fields marked with a *– reference year is 2019 for these fields.
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR* HU HR
Hourly rate – training of employed 44,84 25,63 8,75 21,37 13,52 40,60 44,31 19,19 19,16 18,98 42,36 37,93* 21,16 12,42
persons (EUR)
Hourly rate of salary paid to an 32,69 33,55 2,96 13,39 10,68 27,61 35,59 10,00 13,87 20,37 29,26 26,75* 7,27 7,41
employee while on a training course
(EUR)
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL* PL PT RO SI SK SE
Hourly rate – training of employed 36,23 27,90 10,60 10,88 31,31 23,06 34,73* 14,52 10,34 0,45 24,27 15,41 67,97
persons (EUR)
Hourly rate of salary paid to an 32,77 25,30 10,12 5,34 26,88 8,83 23,91* 6,75 12,39 4,49 9,75 18,49 36,47
employee while on a training course
(EUR)
Table 3b
Amounts for training of employed persons (in EUR) addressing the specific needs of third-country nationals or refugees, including people having fled the Russian aggression
against Ukraine
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR* HU HR
Hourly rate – training of employed 49,32 28,20 9,63 23,51 14,87 44,66 48,75 21,10 21,07 20,88 46,60 41,72* 23,27 13,67
persons (EUR)
Hourly rate of salary paid to an 35,96 36,91 3,26 14,73 11,75 30,37 39,14 11,01 15,25 22,41 32,18 29,42* 8,00 8,15
employee while on a training course
(EUR)
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL* PL PT RO SI SK SE
Hourly rate – training of employed 39,85 30,70 11,66 11,96 34,44 25,36 38,20* 15,97 11,38 0,49 26,70 16,95 74,77
persons (EUR)
Hourly rate of salary paid to an 36,04 27,83 11,13 5,87 29,57 9,72 26,30* 7,42 13,62 4,94 10,73 20,34 40,12
employee while on a training course
(EUR)
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4.1. Types of operations
Any operations concerning the provision of employment-related counselling services to registered unemployed, jobseekers or inactive people. Employment-related counselling
services can be provided in a one-on-one situation or as part of a group. They include all services and activities undertaken by the public employment service (PES) and services
provided by other public agencies or any other bodies contracted under public finance, which facilitate the integration of unemployed persons and other jobseekers in the labour
market, or which assist employers in recruiting and selecting staff.
4.2. Definition of the indicators triggering payment of the unit costs
Indicator name:
1) Hourly rate for provision of counselling services.
2) Monthly rate for provision of counselling services.
3) Annual rate for provision of counselling services.
Measurement unit for the indicator:
— Number of hours of counselling services provided to registered unemployed, jobseekers or inactive people.
— Number of months of counselling services provided to registered unemployed, jobseekers or inactive people.
— Number of years of counselling services provided to registered unemployed, jobseekers or inactive people.
The number of hours needs to be demonstrated by a verifiable time management system. The number of months and or years need to be demonstrated in accordance with the usual
national administrative practices for this type of time registration or justification.
The unit cost covers the provision of counselling services during 1 hour/month/year regardless of the number of persons receiving the service.
When applying the monthly or yearly rate in case of part-time provision, the amount shall be established on a pro rata basis of the monthly or yearly rate.
Specific eligibility criteria and audit trail should be set in line with specific national definitions, rules and practices.
4.3. Amounts (in EUR)
The amounts set in Tables 4a and 4b cover all eligible costs of the operation (i.e. direct staff costs + flat rate of 40 % to cover all other eligible costs), except for allowances paid to
participants, which may thus constitute additional eligible costs in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, Fund-specific Regulations and national eligibility rules.
If the managing authority or intermediate body in charge of implementing a programme applies these unit costs to establish the Union contribution to the programme for one
operation that falls under this Regulation, these amounts shall constitute the amount that the Commission reimburses for any operation concerning the provision of employment-
related counselling services under the same programme managed by the same body for the same type of beneficiary. Other programmes managed by different intermediate bodies or
managing authorities are not concerned by this restriction.
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against Ukraine, specific values are set out in Table 4b for operations addressing this target group. These values may be used instead of the corresponding values set in Table 4a. They
are not cumulative values and cannot be used in combination with Table 4a.
The same conditions for reimbursement apply for values set in both Tables 4a and 4b. The only difference being the target group, specific eligibility criteria and audit trail should be set
for participants in line with specific national definitions and practices.
For those Member States listed in Table 5:
— the amounts mentioned in Tables 4a and 4b shall be multiplied by the index for the relevant regional Programme;
— where programmes cover more than one region, the amount to be reimbursed shall be in accordance with the region in which the operation or project is implemented.
4.4. Adjustment method
This unit cost may be automatically adjusted on an annual basis by applying the Labour Cost Index for Public Administration. Basis index used for setting the values in Tables 4a
and 4b is the LCI - (Labour Cost index for 2021). The adjusted values with index of year N will apply for all operations concerned as of Jan 1 of the year N+1
Public Administration 2021
— Hourly rate: Adjusted SCO = Base SCO x LCI
Public administration year N
LC – Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, annual data [lc_lci_r2_a] NACE Rev. 2 (activity = O. Public administration and defence; compulsory social security)
— Monthly rate: Adjusted SCO = Adjusted SCO x Ti x 4,348121417
Hourly rate
Ti - average hours worked per week of full-time employment in country concerned; 4,348121417 – number of work weeks per month;
— Yearly rate: Adjusted SCO = Adjusted SCO x 52,177457
Monthly rate
52,177457 – number of weeks per year;
The unit costs set in Table 4b may be automatically adjusted by multiplying the adjusted unit costs in Table 4a by factor 1,10.
(7) In order to define the status of third-country nationals and refugees, the below definitions apply
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‘refugee’ means a third-country national who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, is outside
the country of nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country, or a stateless person, who, being outside of the country of former habitual
residence for the same reasons as mentioned above, is unable or, owing to such fear, unwilling to return to it, and to whom Article 12 does not apply;
‘country of origin’ means the country or countries of nationality or, for stateless persons, of former habitual residence.
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‘third-country national’ means any person, including a stateless person or a person with undetermined nationality, who is not a citizen of the Union as defined in Article 20(1) TFEU.
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Unit cost rates for provision of counselling services (in EUR) - 2021 price levels
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR* HU HR
Hourly rate (EUR) 48,30 46,74 7,36 34,64 17,51 54,69 62,57 24,43 23,60 23,59 51,47 53,77 22,24 13,18
Monthly (EUR) 8 904 8 352 1 306 6 266 3 158 9 750 10 446 4 303 4 504 4 164 8 997 9 469 3 916 2 338
Yearly rate (EUR) 106 844 100 228 15 666 75 189 37 892 116 998 125 347 51 639 54 044 49 973 107 957 113 632 46 992 28 064
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL* PL PT RO SI SK SE
Hourly rate (EUR) 38,54 35,37 15,62 20,03 41,63 16,84 42,49 11,66 31,71 21,12 38,32 14,72 60,79
Monthly (EUR) 6 838 6 260 2 739 3 484 7 349 3 082 7 519 2 116 5 751 3 701 6 896 2 637 10 757
Yearly rate (EUR) 82 053 75 120 32 861 41 791 88 195 36 984 90 235 25 387 69 011 44 403 82 757 31 634 129 094
Table 4b
Unit cost rates for provision of counselling services addressing the specific needs of third-country nationals or refugees, including people having fled the Russian aggression
against Ukraine (in EUR) - 2021 price levels
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU HR
Hourly rate (EUR) 53,13 51,42 8,10 38,10 19,26 60,16 68,82 26,88 25,95 25,95 56,62 59,15 24,46 14,50
Monthly (EUR) 9 794 9 188 1 437 6 892 3 474 10 725 11 491 4 733 4 954 4 581 9 896 10 416 4 308 2 572
Yearly rate (EUR) 117 528 110 250 17 232 82 708 41 681 128 697 137 882 56 803 59 448 54 970 118 753 124 995 51 691 30 870
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SI SK SE
Hourly rate (EUR) 42,40 38,91 17,18 22,03 45,80 18,52 46,74 12,83 34,88 23,23 42,15 16,19 66,87
Monthly (EUR) 7 522 6 886 3 013 3 832 8 084 3 390 8 271 2 328 6 326 4 071 7 585 2 901 11 833
Yearly rate (EUR) 90 258 82 632 36 148 45 970 97 014 40 682 99 259 27 925 75 912 48 844 91 033 34 798 142 004
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Table 5
Index to be applied for the amounts for the following regions
Belgium 1,00
Brussels Capital 1,26
Flanders 0,97
Wallonia 0,91
France 1,00
Île de France 1,32 Aquitaine 0,87
Champagne-Ardenne 0,88 Midi-Pyrénées 0,91
Picardie 0,91 Limousin 0,84
Haute-Normandie 0,96 Rhône-Alpes 0,97
Centre 0,89 Auvergne 0,86
Basse-Normandie 0,86 Languedoc-Roussillon 0,84
Bourgogne 0,87 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 0,93
Nord - Pas-de-Calais 0,95 Corse 0,93
Lorraine 0,90 Guadeloupe 1,01
Alsace 0,97 Martinique 0,90
Franche-Comté 0,89 Guyane 0,99
Pays de la Loire 0,90 La Réunion 0,83
Bretagne 0,86 Mayotte 0,64
Poitou-Charentes 0,83
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Baden-Württemberg 1,08 Niedersachsen 0,93
Bayern 1,05 Nordrhein-Westfalen 1,02
Berlin 0,98 Rheinland-Pfalz 0,96
Brandenburg 0,82 Saarland 0,98
Bremen 1,06 Sachsen 0,81
Hamburg 1,21 Sachsen-Anhalt 0,82
Hessen 1,12 Schleswig-Holstein 0,87
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 0,79 Thüringen 0,82
Greece 1,00
Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 0,81 Sterea Ellada 0,90
Kentriki Makedonia 0,88 Peloponnisos 0,79
Dytiki Makedonia 1,12 Attiki 1,23
Ipeiros 0,79 Voreio Aigaio 0,90
Thessalia 0,83 Notio Aigaio 0,97
Ionia Nisia 0,82 Kriti 0,83
Dytiki Ellada 0,81
Italy 1,00
Piemonte 1,04 Marche 0,90
Valle d'Aosta 1,00 Lazio 1,07
Liguria 1,01 Abruzzo 0,89
Lombardia 1,16 Molise 0,82
Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 1,15 Campania 0,84
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Veneto 1,03 Basilicata 0,86
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 1,08 Calabria 0,75
Emilia-Romagna 1,06 Sicilia 0,86
Toscana 0,95 Sardegna 0,84
Umbria 0,87
Poland 1,00
Lódzkie 0,75 Wielkopolskie 1,16
Mazowieckie 1,26 Zachodniopomorskie 1,06
Malopolskie 1,05 Lubuskie 0,88
Slaskie 1,19 Dolnoslaskie 1,22
Lubelskie 0,60 Kujawsko-Pomorskie 0,91
Podkarpackie 0,81 Warminsko-Mazurskie 0,83
Swietokrzyskie 0,63 Pomorskie 0,78
Podlaskie 0,73
Portugal 1,00
Norte 0,86
Algarve 0,87
Centro 0,84
Área Metropolitana de Lisboa 1,33
Alentejo 0,91
Região Autónoma dos Açores 0,91
Região Autónoma da Madeira 0,95
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Galicia 0,88 Extremadura 0,84
Principado de Asturias 0,98 Cataluña 1,09
Cantabria 0,96 Comunidad Valenciana 0,91
País Vasco 1,17 Illes Balears 0,96
Comunidad Foral de Navarra 1,07 Andalucía 0,87
La Rioja 0,92 Región de Murcia 0,84
Aragón 0,98 Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta 1,07
Comunidad de Madrid 1,18 Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla 1,04
Castilla y León 0,91 Canarias 0,91
Castilla-la Mancha 0,88
6. IN-HOME CARE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY-BASED DAY CARE SERVICES
6.1. Types of operations
Any operation concerning the provision of in-home care services and community-based day care services for elderly people, adults with physical and mental disabilities, and children
with physical disabilities.
1. In-home care services are services delivered at the home of the care receiver to aid those persons who cannot take care of themselves, due to objective circumstances, in Activities
of Daily Living (ADLs), such as bathing, dressing and eating, or in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), such as preparing meals, managing money, shopping for
groceries or personal items. In-home care services also include mobile nursing care and home-based therapeutic services.
The following types of activities shall be eligible for reimbursement:
a) in-home personal assistance;
b) provision of personal hygiene services;
c) in-home respite care;
d) home-based therapeutic and rehabilitation services (only for physical disabilities);
e) home-based nursing care support for independent living (excluding purchase of equipment);
f) social rehabilitation services.
Member States are required to provide at least activities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) cumulatively, i.e. in order to be able to claim the related expenditure based on the unit
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centres are open structures for hospitality and care of people who cannot take full care of themselves, and usually have chronic illnesses. They enable participants to socialise and
enjoy planned activities in a group setting, while receiving care in a structured setting during daytime hours.
The following types of activities shall be eligible for reimbursement:
— nursing care;
— respite care;
— functional and social skills development services;
— group activities involving mental stimulation group exercise and wellness programmes.
Member States are required to provide the whole set of types of activities set above for the operations of community-based day care services to be eligible for reimbursement.
6.2. Definition of the indicator triggering payment of the unit costs
Indicator name:
1. Provision of in-home care services
2. Provision of community-based day care services
Measurement unit for the indicator:
1. Number of participant hours/days/months/years for all participants receiving in-home care services
2. Number of participant hours/days/months/years for all participants receiving community-based day care services
6.3. Amounts (in EUR)
The amounts set in Tables 6 and Table 7 below cover all eligible costs of the operation(8).
When devising a single operation for the provision of in-home care services and community-based day care services supported by ESF+, Member States are not allowed to pick and
choose from the list of eligible activities set out under points 6.1.1 and 6.1.2. Member States are required to provide the full set of standard activities set under point 6.1.2 for the
community-based day care service operations to be eligible for reimbursement, or in the case of in-home care at least the activities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of point 6.1.1
cumulatively.
Documents required to justify that relevant activities took place, and that all claimed outputs were realised, are those required in accordance with each Member State’s normal
practices and procedures. Managing authorities need to clearly define the audit trail.
Examples of justification documents
(8) For further details see study on ‘Simplified cost options and Financing not linked to costs in the area of social inclusion and youth’ for further details: Publications catalogue - Employment, Social Affairs &
Inclusion - European Commission (europa.eu).
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— Carer contract, records of self-reporting by carers; carers assessment by a general practitioner of a person provided with in-home care services or by local social services and/or
equivalent documentation
— Activity timesheets of carers (for use of the hourly rate) or other verifiable time management records
For community-based day care services:
— Participant enrolment and attendance records
— Activity timesheets of day care workers (for use of the hourly rate) or other verifiable time management records
If the managing authority or intermediate body in charge of implementing a programme applies these unit costs to establish the Union contribution to the programme for one
operation that falls under this Regulation, these amounts shall constitute the amount that the Commission reimburses for any operation concerning the provision of in-home care
services and community-based day care services under the same programme for the same type of beneficiary. Other programmes managed by different intermediate bodies or
managing authorities are not concerned by this restriction.
6.4. Adjustment method
Unit cost values for both types of care services can be adjusted annually on the basis of Eurostat’s Labour Cost Index (LCI) for the economic activity ‘human health and social work
services’. The adjusted values with index of year N will apply for all operations concerned as of Jan 1 of the year N+1
The formula for adjustment: Unit cost value of a Member State X * LCI index of Member State X
Table 6
Unit costs for the in-home care services – 2021 price levels
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU HR
Hourly rate - EUR 37,19 34,36 6,52 13,54 15,01 35,01 44,36 14,24 13,16 26,20 32,95 32,29 7,29 12,83
Daily rate - EUR(*) 297 275 52 108 120 280 355 114 105 210 264 258 58 103
Monthly rate - EUR(**) 5 950 5 498 1 044 2 166 2 401 5 602 7 098 2 279 2 105 4 193 5 271 5 167 1 166 2 053
Yearly rate - EUR(***) 71 399 65 971 12 526 25 992 28 810 67 224 85 178 27 349 25 261 50 314 63 257 62 005 13 988 24 635
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SI SK SE
Hourly rate - EUR 36,10 31,86 10,66 10,66 47,19 18,59 40,56 10,98 15,11 11,20 20,55 13,81 36,10
Daily rate - EUR(*) 289 255 85 85 378 149 324 88 121 90 164 110 289
Monthly rate - EUR(**) 5 776 5 097 1 705 1 705 7 551 2 975 6 489 1 757 2 418 1 792 3 288 2 209 5 776
Yearly rate - EUR(***) 69 312 61 170 20 459 20 459 90 606 35 700 77 871 21 086 29 019 21 503 39 458 26 514 69 312
(*) Based on eight contact hours
(**) Based on 160 contact hours
(***) Based on 1 720 contact hours
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Unit costs for the community-based day care services – 2021 price levels
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU HR
Hourly rate - EUR 28,78 26,59 5,05 10,48 11,61 27,10 34,34 11,02 10,18 20,28 25,50 24,99 5,64 9,93
Daily rate - EUR(*) 230 213 40 84 93 217 275 88 81 162 204 200 45 79
Monthly rate - EUR(**) 4 605 4 255 808 1 676 1 858 4 336 5 494 1 764 1 629 3 245 4 080 3 999 902 1 589
Yearly rate - EUR(***) 55 260 51 059 9 695 20 117 22 298 52 029 65 925 21 167 19 551 38 941 48 959 47 989 10 826 19 066
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SI SK SE
Hourly rate - EUR 27,94 24,66 8,25 8,25 36,52 14,39 31,39 8,50 11,70 8,67 15,91 10,69 27,94
Daily rate - EUR(*) 224 197 66 66 292 115 251 68 94 69 127 86 224
Monthly rate - EUR(**) 4 470 3 945 1 320 1 320 5 844 2 303 5 022 1 360 1 872 1 387 2 545 1 710 4 470
Yearly rate - EUR(***) 53 645 47 343 15 835 15 835 70 126 27 630 60 269 16 320 22 460 16 643 30 539 20 521 53 645
(*) Based on eight contact hours
(**) Based on 160 contact hours
(***) Based on 1 720 contact hours
7. FINANCING NOT LINKED TO COSTS FOR OPERATIONS PROVIDING SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (AND THEIR CHILDREN) AND FOR HOMELESS PERSONS
7.1. Types of operations
The operations covered by the financing not linked to costs solution in this service module include services for victims of domestic violence and persons experiencing short-term or
long-term homelessness provided as a service package of:
— Residential services, such as emergency accommodation for the participant; and
— Non-residential services, such as counselling and intervention through social work with the participant.
7.2. Description of conditions to be fulfilled or results to be achieved with a timeline
The release of funds is linked to the fulfilment of the following conditions:
1. Verified provision of residential and/or non-residential services for a pre-defined fixed-size cohort of participants, to be clearly set by each Member State in the call for operations.
Released funds also include payments for achievement of the following outcomes:
2. Homeless people and victims of domestic violence and their children moving from emergency or temporary accommodation into conventional housing accommodation of
adequate quality as regards health and safety and adapted to the specific family structure with long-term(9)tenancies.
(9) Long-term is defined as one year and more (according to ETHOS – European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion).
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a) triggering payment of the unit cost for the provision of services
Indicator name: Provision of one hour/day/month of eligible services for a fixed-size cohort of participants, pre-defined by the managing authority.
Measurement unit for the indicator: Number of service hours/days/months spent providing eligible services for a fixed-size cohort of participants, pre-defined by the managing
authority.
b) triggering reimbursement of successful outcomes
Indicator name:
1. Positive change in housing status by a participant receiving eligible services(10).
2. Sustained outcome in housing by a participant receiving eligible services.
Measurement unit for the indicator:
1. Number of homeless persons and victims of domestic violence moving into conventional housing accommodation of adequate quality as regards health and safety and adapted to
the specific family structure with long-term tenancy.
2. Number of homeless persons and victims of domestic violence who, after successfully moving into conventional housing accommodation of adequate quality as regards health and
safety and adapted to the specific family structure with long-term tenancy, have sustained this outcome for a fixed duration.
1. Intermediate deliverables triggering reimbursement of sustained outcomes in housing (b)(11)
1. Number of achieved entries to permanent housing.
2. Number of sustained movements to conventional housing accommodation of adequate quality as regards health and safety and adapted to the specific family structure with long-
term tenancy for 3 months after entry.
3. Number of sustained movements to conventional housing accommodation of adequate quality as regards health and safety and adapted to the specific family structure with long-
term tenancy for 6 months after entry.
4. Number of sustained movements to conventional housing accommodation of adequate quality as regards health and safety and adapted to the specific family structure with long-
term tenancy for 12 months after entry.
5. Number of sustained movements to conventional housing accommodation of adequate quality as regards health and safety and adapted to the specific family structure with long-
term tenancy for 18 months after entry.
The values defined in Tables 8 and Table 9 cover all eligible costs of the operation.
Documents required to justify that relevant activities took place, and that all claimed outcomes were realised are those required in accordance with each Member State’s normal
practices and procedures. Managing authorities need to clearly define the audit trail.
(10) Positive change in housing status means moving from emergency/temporary accommodation into conventional housing accommodation of adequate quality as regards health and safety and adapted to the
specific family structure with long-term tenancies.
(11) These deliverables are cumulative milestones and their related unit cost may be claimed for each milestone (i.e. 3, 6, 12, 18 months), once it has been achieved.
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For services provided to victims of domestic violence and their children:
— Letter from a domestic violence advocate, social service agency, emergency accommodation provider or medical assistance provider on letterhead, or other supporting
documentation, such as police report, restraining order or similar documents, medical report of injuries to justify the eligibility of the participant.
— Individual participant file containing date of entry into the operation, name of social worker/counsellor (or similar staff) in the emergency accommodation, details of provided
services, signed by the participant and co-signed by the responsible staff member.
For services provided to homeless persons:
— Letter or other form of documentation (such as court order of eviction, letter from local fire or police department, insurance company, former landlord) signed by an outreach
worker or service worker from an organisation able to verify that the person in question is, in fact, homeless, or written statement prepared by the participant about the
participant’s previous living place (if unable to verify by an outreach worker or service worker).
— Individual participant file containing date of entry into the operation, name of social worker/counsellor (or similar staff) in the emergency accommodation, details of provided
services, signed by the participant and co-signed by the responsible staff member.
For outcome-based payments provided to victims of domestic violence and/or homeless persons:
— Copy of tenancy agreements of the permanent accommodation including clear indication of start date and end date of said tenancy (to be signed by the participant and co-signed
by the housing agency or equivalent).
If the managing authority or intermediate body in charge of implementing a programme applies these unit costs to establish the Union contribution to the programme for one
operation that falls under this Regulation, these amounts shall constitute the amount that the Commission reimburses for any operation providing support to services for victims of
domestic violence (and their children) and for homeless persons under the same programme for the same type of beneficiary. Other programmes managed by different intermediary
bodies or managing authorities are not concerned by this restriction.
7.4. Adjustment method
The amounts calculated for the provision of services (Table 8) can be adjusted annually based on Eurostat labour costs and HICP inflation on services and accommodation costs.
The adjusted values with index of year N will apply for all operations concerned as of Jan 1 of the year N+1.
The formula for adjustment: Unit value for Member State X * LCI and HICP combined index for Member State X
The amounts calculated for outcome-based payments (Table 9) can be adjusted annually, based on the HICP inflation on services and accommodation costs. The adjusted values
with index of year N will apply for all operations concerned as of Jan 1 of the year N+1
The formula for adjustment: Unit value for Member State X * HICP index for Member State X
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Unit values for the provision of services within the module ‘Crises and emergencies’(12)– 2021 price levels
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU HR
Hourly rate - EUR 57,90 55,81 24,96 43,47 38,59 56,73 62,22 37,45 37,75 44,62 56,31 52,80 31,66 31,17
Daily rate - EUR(*) 463 447 200 348 309 454 498 300 302 357 450 422 253 249
Monthly rate - EUR(**) 9 264 8 930 3 994 6 955 6 175 9 077 9 955 5 991 6 040 7 139 9 010 8 447 5 065 4 988
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SI SK SE
Hourly rate - EUR 64,66 48,27 33,65 37,07 85,48 41,87 57,77 32,83 39,99 29,52 40,27 35,84 58,60
Daily rate - EUR(*) 517 386 269 297 684 335 462 263 320 236 322 287 469
Monthly rate - EUR(**) 10 346 7 722 5 384 5 931 13 676 6 699 9 244 5 253 6 398 4 723 6 443 5 735 9 376
(*) Based on eight service hours
(**) Based on 160 service hours
Table 9
Outcome financing through fixed lump sums for the service module 'Crises and emergencies'(13)– 2021 price levels
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE EL ES FI FR HU HR
Entry into accommodation – 611 589 263 458 407 598 656 395 398 470 594 557 334 329
EUR (a)
Sustained accommodation for 1 832 1 766 790 1 375 1 221 1 795 1 968 1 185 1 194 1 411 1 781 1 670 1 001 986
3, 6, 12, 18 months – EUR (b)
IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SI SK SE
Entry into accommodation – 682 509 355 391 901 441 609 346 422 311 425 378 618
EUR (a)
Sustained accommodation for 2 045 1 527 1 065 1 173 2 704 1 324 1 828 1 039 1 265 934 1 274 1 134 1 854
3, 6, 12, 18 months – EUR (b)
(12) These are fixed amounts for the overall delivery of the service to a fixed-size cohort of participants. They are not amounts per individual participant.
(13) The amounts are disbursed per individual participant achieving the successful outcome.
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