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project info
Start date: 1 November 2016
End date: 31 October 2019
funding
Fund: European Social Fund (ESF)
Total budget: 2 323 068,26 €
EU contribution: 1 974 608,02 € (85%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: Zarząd Województwa Pomorskiego/departamenty właściwe wskazane w Regulaminie Organizacyjnym UMWP
European Commission Topic

Support for entrepreneurship in Kashubia

The project is aimed at 336 (236 women and 100 men) persons who are unemployed (excluding persons before the age of 30) belonging to at least one of the following groups: people aged 50 and over, women, persons with disabilities, long-term unemployed, low-skilled people. The aim of the project is to create and increase the sustainability of the newly created 270 microenterprises in the area of 3 powiats: Wejherowski, Puck and Carthusian. Specific objectives: — creation of 285 new jobs (including at least 15 additional jobs in the context of the undertaken economic activities), – eliminating the effects of discrimination (in particular on gender and age) on the labour market in 3 powiats. Project activities: training and advisory support, one-off investment grant, financial bridge support, training and advisory bridging support. The most important result of the project will be sustainable jobs for those from the most disadvantaged groups on the labour market and an increase in the number of micro-enterprises. Achieving a durability effect will ensure: comprehensiveness of support, high quality of services, extensive experience in implementing similar projects (6 drafts from Dz.6.2), bottom-up approach, application of universal design concept, scale of project impact due to the territorial scope and size of the target group. The project will be implemented in a multisectoral partnership consisting of local government units, employers’ association and social cooperative. Due to the fact that the project is implemented in 3 districts, to prevent the barrier of lack of accessibility, residents of border municipalities will be able to participate in the project in the district of their choice, regardless of where they live.

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