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If you would like to offer training leave as a further education provider, you must have this recognized.

An important component of continuing education is educational leave, also known as Bildungsurlaub or Bildungszeit in other federal states.

Employees in Rhineland-Palatinate are entitled to paid leave from work if they wish to take advantage of recognized further training.

As an educational institution, you have the opportunity to have your further training courses recognized.

• Uniform federal application for recognition of a further training event
• Detailed program showing the training content and times
• proof of the public announcement of the event - flyer, screenshot of the homepage
• If applicable, proof of previous recognition in other federal states

• It must be a vocational or socio-political training course or a combination thereof.
• The event must comprise at least three days - in block or interval form - and at least four teaching hours before 8 p.m. and an average of six teaching hours per day.
• As the applicant, you are responsible for the organizational and technical/educational implementation of the event. You plan, organize and implement the event yourself.
• The event must be openly accessible. The announcement must be published.
• Participation in the event must not be dependent on membership of a religious community, party, trade union, other association or institution. Target group-specific offers, for example for special professional groups, are possible.
• Participation in the event must be voluntary.

Online events:

Events in online or hybrid format can be recognized if the requirements for recognition in face-to-face format are met. The following additional regulations apply:

• Online teaching may only be held as synchronous teaching, i.e. with the course leader and participants present at the same time.
• Attendance must be compulsory.
• Online teaching days must be listed in a separate teaching program. In the case of hybrid courses, you must also report the days of face-to-face teaching.

You cannot have e-learning or asynchronous online courses recognized.

free of charge

You must apply to the relevant office for recognition of an event as an educational leave measure using the appropriate form.

• Submit the application documents by e-mail or post.
• The responsible office will check the application documents and decide on the application.
• You will receive a decision from the responsible office.
• You submit a report form at the end of the validity of the recognition.

The processing time depends on the completeness of your documents and the start of the training.

As a rule, you must submit the recognition three months before the start of the first training day.

• Event recognition for providers of educational leave Granting
• Educational institutions can have their training recognized
• Certain requirements must be met
• Required documents:
  • Uniform federal application for recognition of a continuing education event
  • Detailed program showing the training content and times
  • Proof of the public announcement of the event, such as flyer, screenshot of the homepage
  • If applicable, proof of previous recognition in other federal states
  • Details of the organizer
  • Form "Annex to the application for recognition Rhineland-Palatinate"
• Application must be submitted to the competent authority with the relevant documents.
• As a rule, the application must be submitted three months before the start of the first training day.
• Responsible: State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Care

For general questions and applications, please contact the State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Care.