The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has published an open PUBLIC CALL on its website for participation in the Program for encouraging the education of personnel in hospitality and tourism.SCHOLARSHIPS".
These are scholarships that the ministry implements in cooperation with companies in tourism, that is, hotels, camps, restaurants, travel agencies.
On the basis of the mentioned program, pupils and students who are getting an education for work in tourism and catering is approved in the school/academic year EUR 266,00 monthly scholarship in the period from September 1 to June 30 of the current school/academic year.
Each stakeholder participates in the total amount of the scholarship 266,00 EUR, and the employer with a minimum of 30 percent or 80,00 EUR, while the Ministry maximum 70 percent of the total scholarship or sa 186 EUR scholarships.
Immediately upon completion of regular schooling, i.e. studies, the company has the obligation to ensure the scholarship holder's work for at least three months continuously in one season. While receiving the scholarship, the scholarship holder has the obligation to regularly perform professional practice, to enroll in classes/year in the regular period and to work in the company after completing the education for a duration of at least three months continuously.
The scholarship period of the scholarship holder covers the school year lasting 10 months, from September 1 to June 30 of the current school year.
More than 2.870 scholarship holders have been co-financed so far
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports implements the student scholarship program since 2008 and has been co-financed to date over 2.870 scholars for which it was paid over 5.604.563,71 EUR.
Public call open until the beginning of November 2024.
The public invitation was published on February 26 of this year, and it also applies to the 2024/25 school year. year, and it is open until November 2 of this year or until the funds are used up.
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It is important to emphasize that applications can only be made through the eTurizam portal. The application can only be filled out by a person authorized to represent the Applicant in the eCitizens system, for TuRiznica (FINA e-authorization service), otherwise the application will not be valid.
Note: On the website of the Ministry Public calls information about the open Public Call and recording was published online workshops i Power Point presentation which contain important information about the student scholarship program.
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