Through your employer
Many employers invest in the language and basic skills of their people, from a training budget or through O&O and sector funds. There are also national schemes for language in the workplace.
Funding & subsidies
Learning a language can sometimes be (partly) funded
Investing in language at work or a complete Vak + Nederlands programme doesn't always have to come entirely out of your own pocket. Depending on your situation and the applicable scheme, (partial) funding may be possible through your employer, your local council or UWV. We know the routes and are happy to think along about what is possible in your situation. Civic integration is the exception: for that we work with self-paying students.
The routes
Where the funding can come from
Which route fits depends on your situation: are you learning for your work, are you a newcomer, or are you an employer looking for something for your team? These are the most common directions.
Through your local council
Local councils fund adult education and the tackling of low literacy (WEB), and use language programmes for residents entering work. Civic integration at Bogaers is for self-paying students: a council programme or a DUO loan does not run through us.
Through UWV
Working towards your return to employment? Then there's sometimes room within reintegration and training budgets to fund language or a vocational course.
Vocational training + Dutch
Depending on your situation and the applicable scheme, our vocational courses with Dutch built in may be fully or partly funded through an employer, local council or UWV, precisely because they help people into lasting work.
Schemes by sector or situation
Alongside the general routes there are sector funds and national schemes. These are the best known; we help you determine what applies in your situation.
Dutch Language Budget & training vouchers — temporary agency workers (Doorzaam)
For temporary agency workers, through the Doorzaam foundation. The Dutch Language Budget reimburses up to € 1,500 (excl. VAT) per person in training costs; there are also training vouchers of up to € 500. Bogaers offers language courses that fit exactly within the Language Budget.
SLIM subsidy — learning and development in SMEs
An incentive scheme for learning and development in SMEs, with an additional variant for socially crucial sectors such as engineering, healthcare and education. Language training can be eligible as part of a job-oriented training package.
Brabant Leert — subsidy for career switchers (technology, healthcare and IT)
For employers in the Brabant shortage sectors technology, healthcare and IT who hire a career switcher who is not yet fully qualified. The application runs through Brabant Leert with a two-part registration form: part A is completed by the employer, part B by the employee, both signed. Combines well with our Vak + Nederlands programmes in technology.
RAS subsidy — cleaning industry
For cleaning staff: a contribution of up to € 3,950 per participant for a language programme of up to 70 hours, with one programme per person per calendar year.
Handel Groeit — fruit and vegetable wholesale
Reimburses 40% of course costs, up to € 1,000 per employee per year.
Colland Arbeidsmarkt — agricultural and green sector
Training vouchers and education budgets for employees in the agricultural and green sector, which can also be used for language training.
SOOB — transport and logistics
The training fund for transport and logistics; applications go through the SOOB Subsidiepunt.
OOM — metalworking
Personal training allowances and development budgets for employees in the metal industry.
SZ Pluimvee — poultry industry
A training scheme for employees in the poultry sector, which can also be used for language in the workplace.
The Taalakkoord — language in the workplace
Not a subsidy but a national initiative of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, carried out by the regional Leerwerkloketten. Employers who invest in language skills can join and receive support.
Schemes, conditions and amounts change regularly and differ per situation. The maximum amounts mentioned are therefore indicative; we always advise you on the basis of what applies right now.
How we help
We provide the substantiation, you apply with focus
An application stands or falls on a clear story. We determine your starting level, put together a suitable programme and provide a clear quote setting out the learning goals and levels. That gives you exactly the substantiation your employer, local council or UWV needs.
- Intake and advice on the best-fitting route
- A quote with learning goals, levels and hours
- Member of the NRTO, active since 1986