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Establishment and operation of a private institute for vocational training (IIEK) – Natural person
Basic information
Institutional Body
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
Description
The procedure concerns the approval of the establishment and operation of a Institute for Vocational Training and is addressed to natural persons who have a permanent establishment in a Member State of the EU and whose purpose is also to provide education and training services.
At a glance
| Points of Service | Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ – EKE), National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Occupational Orientation, Section 2, Licensing for Private Entities for Vocational Training and Lifelong Learning, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS |
| Number of Documents | 0 |
| Cost | 3,000 € |
| Deadline of Implementation | 5 months |
| Process Diagram |
Conditions
The applicant shall be a TAXISnet code holder.
Disclosure of business start-up.
The submission of an application for the approval of the establishment and operation with all the administrative documents of the natural person shall not exceed the period of the previous quarter following the submission of the application for approval.
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The natural person must be at least 18 years of age.
The natural person must have his/her place of permanent residence in a Member State of the European Union.
The natural person shall not have the status of a civil servant, or work at a local authority or be a legal person governed by public law or have the status of a public official.
No administrative sanction shall have been imposed on the natural person for revocation of approval/management or termination of operation for the same person or other private educational and training body for the last two years.
A natural person must not have been declared bankrupt and must not have filed a petition for bankruptcy or a single certificate of legal solvency or an equivalent document of a competent authority of the Member State where such a document is provided under the law of the Member State of establishment; if such a document is not provided for, it shall be replaced by a sworn certificate of the natural person or, where the law of the Member State of establishment does not provide for such a statement, by a solemn declaration, submitted before the competent judicial or administrative authority or, where appropriate, by a notary of the Member State of establishment issuing a certificate of probation or official declaration.
The natural person shall not be irrevocably convicted of any sentence for a felony or to one of the offences, committed or attempted, theft, embezzlement, fraud, blackmail, forgery, counterfeiting, bribery, physical harm, infringement of the provisions on drugs or a crime against sexual freedom or a crime of economic exploitation of sexual life, as well as not convicted or misled by a final decree in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the Staff Code (Law 3528/2007, A’26).
For the building to be approved for the establishment and operation of a Private Institute of Vocational Training, a building licence is required for connection to public utility networks or as defined in Article 107 of Law 4495/2017 (A'167), a certificate of primary use by a private engineer, attached to the existing state and certificate of (energy) fire protection for the use of the relevant Firefighting Service.
The Private Institutes of Vocational Training (I.E.K.) implement programs from the list of approved qualifications and corresponding approved courses of study of the General Secretariat for Lifelong Learning. They can also implement programs for which there is no approved curriculum, but are based on certified professional profiles and program frameworks.
Fees / Imposts
- Initial approvalFee code8855Payment typeBank cashierDigital (web banking)Digital (debit / credit card)Hellenic PostTypee-Administrative Fee
- Financial paradox in favour of E.R.P.P.C.Payment typeDigital (debit / credit card)TypeAdministrative Fee (not provided by e-paravolo webpage)
What you will need
Identification and signature verification means
Digital signature, Identification with TAXISnet codes, Identification document
- Application – Solemn Declaration granting authorisation for the establishment and operation of a Private Institute of Vocational Training (Ι.I.E.K.) to a natural person.Filed bySubmitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)NoteThe Application – Solemn Declaration is accompanied by the required supporting documents, which are structured in two subfolders. The first subfolder includes administrative supporting documents and the second subfolder contains the supporting documents.Applicant statusPersons
Online request
Submit a new application for the selected procedure.
Useful links
- Information on the drafting of an opinion of the National Organisation for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance on the assistance of building conditions
- Applicability form for the approval of the establishment and operation of a Private Institute of Vocational Training (I.E.K.) to a natural person.
Legislation
- DescriptionEstablishment of a procedure, content and supporting documents, infringements, sums and penalties for the approval of the establishment and operation and for the notification of the operation of training activities.Legal references
- DescriptionDetermination of the specialties provided by the Institute for Vocational Training.Legal references
- DescriptionSimplification of the establishment and operation of activities in the field of education, addition of Chapter LΗ to Law 4442/2016.Legal references
- DescriptionNational System of Vocational Education, Training, Lifelong Learning and Youth of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and other provisions.Legal references
- DescriptionSimplification of framework for the establishment and operation of private institutions for Vocational Training (I.E.K.), schools for foreign languages and colleges.Legal references
- DescriptionParagraphs I3 and I15 (licensing framework, conditions) Amendments: - Law 4547/2018, (FEK 102/A), no. Article 88, para. 1a, amendment of paragraph I3 of Law 4093/2012, para. 8, replacement of item a, addition of item f and addition of item h, (building requirements), (building conditions). - Law 4495/2017, (FEK 167/A) No. 107, par. 6,7 and 8, amendment of paragraph I3 of Law 4093/2012, para. 8a (building permit, conditions) - Law 4485/2017, (FEK 114/A), no. 82, par. 8, amendment of paragraph I3 of paragraph I of Law 4093/2012, par. 16 (curricula) - Law 4386/2016 (FEK 83/A), no. 42 par. 5, amendment of paragraph I3, N.4093/2012 par. 14. - Law 4229/2014, (FEK 8/A), no. 1, para. 3, amendment para. 1 of paragraph I3 of N.4093/2012, (licensing framework), no. 11, par. 1, para. 1, addition of par. 21 to paragraph I3 of Law 4093/2012, (ex officio search for insurance and tax information) - Law 4264/2014, (FEK 118/A), no. 48, par. 5. 3 (time of submission of applications) - Law 4218/2013, (FEK 268/A), no. 6, par. 3, para. 4, mod. paragraph I3, par. 17 of Law 4093/2012, (requirements - distinctive title) - Law 4186/2013, (FEK 193/A), no. 33, par. 2, addition of item g, in par. I3 para. 8 of Law 4093/2012, (building requirements), no. 38, par. 3.a, amendment of paragraph I.15 of Para. 4 (certification system for initial vocational training of IEK) - Law 4152/2013, FEK 107/A, paragraph I, sub-paragraph I1, amendment paragraph I3 and I6 of Law 4093/2012 (supporting documents, co-location) - Law 4172/2013, (FEK 167/A), art. 7, amendment of paragraph I15, Law 4093/2012, (public IEK). - Law 4132/2013, (FEK 59/A), no. 3, amendment paragraph I3, paragraph I.18, of Law 4093/2012, (supporting documents) - L.4111/2013, (FEK 18/A), no. 30, par. 1, supplement para. 1 of paragraph I3 of Law 4093/2012, (licensing framework), no. 30, par. 4a, mod. of paragraph I3 of paragraph I3 of Law 4093/2012, par. 4, para. g., (conditions), Art. 30, para. 10, repeal para. 9 of paragraph I3 of Law 4093/2012, (building conditions), Art. 30, par. 18a, addition of par. 19 to paragraph I3 of Law 4093/2012, (conditions, possession of several licenses).Legal references
- DescriptionEstablishment of a procedure for the submission of private school and secondary education, college, private Institute for Vocational Training (I.E.K.), Centre for Lifelong Learning of Level One and Centre for Lifelong Learning of Level Two.Legal references
- DescriptionAssignment of the right of signature to the Heads of General Directorates of Ministries.Legal references
About
Process code
884241
NACE code
85.59
Description of NACE code
Other education n.e.c.
Legal means of protection or appeal
Hierarchical appeal/recourse
Rules for non-response by the competent authority and legal consequences
Tacit approval
Application for a treatment or a hierarchical action pursuant to Article 24 of Law No 2690/1999; the person concerned may apply, either by the administrative authority which issued the act, for the withdrawal or modification of it (demand for a treatment) or, by the authority which is the head of the act, for the annulment of the act (contentious appeal). The administrative authority to which the application is submitted shall notify the person concerned of its decision in respect of that application no later than thirty (30) days, unless otherwise provided for.
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