Scania to receive public funding for employee
training
The European Commission − the executive branch of the
European Union (EU) − today announced its approval of the funding
for human resource development in the heavy vehicle industry that
the Stockholm County Administrative Board had applied for. The
European Social Fund has set aside SEK 125 million to partially
finance training programmes at the affected
companies.
“I welcome the announcement. This grant ensures that financial
resources are now in place for the large-scale training programme
that is a key element of our strategy to deal with the sharp
decline in market demand,” says Per Hallberg, Executive Vice
President and Head of Production and Procurement at Scania.
In planning its training programme, Scania has pursued a dialogue
with the Stockholm County Administrative Board, whose chief
executive − County Governor Per Unckel − has been assigned by the
Swedish government to coordinate efforts to ease the impact of the
financial crisis on the labour market. After thorough preparations
and a carefully crafted application, the County Administrative
Board has been granted resources from the European Social Fund. The
application is related to the coordination and implementation of
training efforts targeted to the heavy vehicle industry. The
European Commission has now approved these financial
resources.
Scania will now continue the employee training programme at its
production units in Luleå, Södertälje and Oskarshamn that has been
under way since early February. The programme includes generally
and individually adapted training in such fields as production
engineering, Scania’s working method based on continuous
improvements and the company’s common principles and values.
Employees are also offered the opportunity to supplement their
knowledge of languages and mathematics.
“For employees, human resource development not only means that they
will improve their potential within the company. They will also
strengthen their position in the labour market generally,” Mr
Hallberg says.