Funding

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Skillnets receives funding from the National Training Fund (NTF) through the Department of Education and Skills (DES).

Funding is made available through grants to approved networks enabling network member companies to avail of significant discounts on market training rates. The member companies also contribute match funding to a ratio agreed by the network and Skillnets. Under the current Training Networks Programme (TNP) 2012/13, up to 50% of the cost of all eligible network activities is provided.

A new aspect of the current programme’s funding model is the expansion of the trainee profile to include job-seekers, who can attend selected training courses run by the networks at no cost to themselves.

There is no funding available at present for the creation of new networks. However you can join one of our networks at any time and if you would like to be notified when new funding is available you can also sign up for updates.

For your information the application form and guidelines for the last call of proposals (closing date - 3 May 2011) are below:
TNP 2011 Information and Application Guidelines
TNP 2011 Application Form