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Seminars for staff councils from public administration recognized by the Federal Agency for Civic Education as suitable for educational leave

Service Description

According to the Federal Staff Representation Act, staff council members from public administration are entitled to educational leave for training and educational events if the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB) recognizes your educational offer as suitable.
To be recognized by the BpB, your training event should focus on one of the following topics, for example:

  • Employment and labor law
  • social law
  • personnel planning
  • Assembly practice

If staff council members are released from work for your training program, this can have a positive effect on the number of participants.
The BpB's recognition relates exclusively to the training event itself, not to you as a training institution in general.

Process flow

You can apply for recognition of your educational event by the BpB in writing:

  • There is no form. You can apply for recognition informally.
  • Send your application with all the necessary documents by post to the Federal Agency for Civic Education.
  • The BpB will review the application and the program of your educational event.
  • The BpB will send you a certificate of recognition or a notice of rejection by post.

Requirements

For your training event to be recognized as suitable, it must meet the following requirements:

  • Its content and program must be useful for work on the staff council. In other words, it must help participants to carry out their tasks on the staff council properly and professionally.

Your educational event cannot be recognized if it deals with topics that

  • party political
  • trade union or
  • ecclesiastical in nature or
  • are not tailored to the work of the Staff Council.

Which documents are required?

  • Cover letter with
    • Name and address of the responsible educational institution
    • Specification of the legal basis on which you are relying
  • Program of the event, e.g. seminar or travel program with
    • Overview of the content covered
    • Schedule
    • Dates and
    • Venue or destination

What are the fees?

There are no costs for you.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

If possible, you should apply for recognition 6 weeks before the start of the training measure.

Processing duration

It usually takes 2 to 3 weeks to process your application.

Legal basis

Applications / forms

You can lodge an appeal against the rejection notice with the Federal Agency for Civic Education within 1 month.

Appeal

Forms: no

Online procedure possible: no

Written form required: yes

Personal appearance required: no

Confidence level: low

Further Information

Author

Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community

Professionally released on

16.08.2021

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

Competent Authority

Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB)

Address
Adenauerallee 86
53113 Bonn, Stadt
Telephone
+49 228 99515-0
Fax
+49 228 99515-113
E-Mail
Contact us
WWW
Website of the BpB
Opening times

Monday to Friday: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm