Training and retraining support for released Belarusian political prisoners and repressed persons (Round 3): Support for advanced learning and training (SALT III)

Important documents

Main objective

To provide education and employment related support to the released Belarusian political prisoners and persons who have suffered from political persecution and lost a source of income due to political repressions related with the presidential elections in Belarus in August 2020.

Specific objective

To support activities related to training and retraining, including distance learning, in pursuing individual learning and professional development in all sectors of economy.

LOTs

Lot 1: Ex-political prisoners

Lot2: Politically repressed persons

Eligible applicants

To be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:

be a natural person aged 18 and over, and
be a citizen of the Republic of Belarus, and
at the time of submitting of application reside in an EU member state, EEA countries, or one of the Eastern partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine). In case of residence outside Belarus, it should not start before August 2020, and
for LOT 1 only: an applicant should be included in the List of political prisoners and persons convicted in political criminal cases published by the Viasna Human Rights Centre at the website here, and
for LOT 2 only: to demonstrate that the applicant has been under threats by Belarusian regime and suffered from actual persecution/repression, or risks of threatening, persecution, repressions on political grounds/civil position/peaceful protests (based on official protocols or other documents, such as reference letters issued by independent human rights organisations, news articles, etc.) and lose opportunity to continue their studies or work, and
having no signed support agreement under this support scheme.

Note: In case of awarding a support, the beneficiary must reside in the EU from the moment of signing a support agreement with Implementing Authority regardless a form of the activities (remote mode or in-person). The Implementing Authority cannot guarantee or provide legalisation support such as Visa or Residence Permit, and it should be sole responsibility of the applicant.

Eligible activities

The activities that can be included into application:

Vocational education (up to 12 months),
Training and retraining courses,
Certified language courses and exams,
Nostrification of diploma, academic degree or education certificates,
Driving licence courses (all categories starting with C and above. Category B is eligible if it is required to get the category C and above),
Qualification certificates and exams.

All education and training activities include all type of modes: in person, online and blended.

All the activities must be targeted to the career and professional development pursuit and take place in the EU.

Eligible costs

The following costs may be financed for implementation of training and retraining activities:

Tuition and fees (for vocational education, training and retraining courses, language courses, driving courses, certification, nostrification, and exams),
Documents translation costs,
Public transport costs (for in person trainings not less than 1 month duration),
Subscriptions to software and digital platforms necessary for training and retraining,
Living costs (in a dormitory for vocational education up to 12 months).

Note: Only costs incurred (procured and paid) by the Implementing Authority are considered eligible. The Implementing Authority will not pay or compensate for the costs incurred by the beneficiary (an awarded applicant).

Application deadlines

Round 3: 1^st April 2026 – 31^st May 2026 at 23:59 EET/UTC+ 2 / 2 months

Round 4: 1^st Oct 2026 – 30^th Nov 2027 at 17:00 EET/UTC+ 2 / 2 months

The Programme Implementing Authority reserves the right to review and update the guidelines for applicants before each round.

Indicative budget of the calls

Round 3: EUR 70.000

Round 4: EUR 40.000

The Programme Implementing Authority reserves the right to redistribute the budget of calls between the rounds upon the requested amount in the selection round.

Submission of project applications

HERE

Information about the call at EU4Belarus (in Belarus and Russian)