EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme - Germany
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The German EURES TMS projects "Your EURES Job 4" (YEJ 4) and "Your EURES Job 5" (YEJ 5) aim to support jobseekers in exercising their right to free movement of workers and at the same time help companies across the EU to tackle skills shortages.
The German EURES projects support both employees whose destination country is Germany and employees who are looking for work EU-wide.
A particular focus of the German EURES TMS projects is on supporting people who are at high risk of unemployment and for whom transnational labour mobility represents a particular challenge. These include the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities, single parents and people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETS).
Workers who return to their country of origin or a country in which they have already lived for a longer period of time cannot be supported, as there are significantly fewer obstacles to overcome.
Eligibility criteria
- Are you a national of one of the EU Member States, Norway or Iceland and legally resident in one of the 27 EU Member States, Norway or Iceland or are you a third-country national with an EU permanent residence permit in accordance with the EU Directive 2003/109/EC?
- Are you at least 18 years old but have not yet reached retirement age?
- Are you looking for employment subject to social security contributions, an internship or an apprenticeship in Germany or in another EU member state, Norway or Iceland? Or maybe you have already found a suitable position or already have one in prospect?
If so, you can find information, advice and support to guide you along your further professional journey via the network of EURES advisers or, in the case of Germany as your destination country, via the advisers at the ZAV Customer Centre.
Depending on the individual requirements at the time of application, you can apply for the following types of support from the YEJ 4 project:
- Travel expenses: you can apply for one-off financial support for your travel expenses for one or more job interviews at companies in another EU country, Norway or Iceland. The funds can also be used for work shadowing.
- Preparatory language course in the country of origin or in the destination country (‘in-service’): You can apply for financial support for language learning in the context of taking up a job in one of the EU member states, Norway or Iceland. You are free to choose the language course provider. However, the quality of the provider must be verifiable by means of official certificates. We ask that you submit two independent offers together with your application for funding. Please use the appropriate form (Language course offer form).
- Relocation costs: After a successful placement, you can apply for one-off financial support for your relocation prior to your move.
- Recognition costs: You can apply for financial support for the recognition of academic and professional qualifications.
- Additional travel assistance: In the context of your application for travel expenses or relocation costs, you can apply for additional travel assistance if your place of residence or your target country is in a peripheral EU-European country and if this is the reason for significant additional costs. This grant is also available if you need a special form of support (e.g. travel assistance) due to an impairment.
- Family support: In the case of a family move, you can apply for financial support if you are the legal carer of at least one child under the age of 18 or are responsible for a person who is verifiably in need of care and who is moving with you.
Please keep in mind: Interested candidates should contact a EURES adviser at least 20 working days before the planned move to ensure that they receive targeted advice, discuss the eligibility requirements and provide all relevant documents (application documents, employment contracts, language course offers, etc.) in good time.
More information on the individual funding modules and the respective funding conditions can be found in the respective, following listed information sheets:
- Information leaflet Language course
- Information leaflet Travel expenses
- Information leaflet Relocation allowance
- Information leaflet Recognition
- Information leaflet Supplementary trip allowance
- Information leaflet Family allowance
- Information for Language Course Providers
All information on the German TMS program is available on the official EURES Germany web page: EURES Deutschland - EURES TMS: Basic information (EN).
For more information you can contact us on: TMS@hzz.hr.