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Stage of the Let's go green conference in Bełchatów

The region after coal needs new occupations and new companies. We help with both

Do you live or work in one of the 35 municipalities of the Transformation Area around Bełchatów? The mine and the power plant are being wound down by the middle of the 2030s, and since 2024 we have run Just Transition Fund programmes here: retraining vouchers for residents, support for new companies, and an observatory that studies how the region is changing.

What we do in the Transformation Area

We run three programmes here, each at a different stage: one is ending, one we are preparing, one has just started. What counts for you is which one fits you today.

  • 01

    We funded retraining for the people who live here

    In Strefa Transformacji, people from the 35 municipalities received vouchers of up to PLN 11,000 for training, courses, studies and examinations, with 93% funding. After sixteen application rounds, we are settling the last services by the end of September 2026.

  • 02

    We are preparing grants for starting a company

    In the Grant na start (Start-up Grant) programme, residents of the Transformation Area will receive a grant and advisory to set up their own company, and young and established companies from the region will get expert support. We will announce the call on this page.

  • 03

    We study the region and build a portal for companies

    In the Transformation Area Observatory, together with the Łódź Voivodeship, we are responsible for entrepreneurship: an investment portal with the region’s sites, a portal for companies, business mixers and consultations. The project runs until 2028.

  • 04

    We point you to where a call is open

    Vouchers for people from the Transformation Area are handed out by five operators in the voivodeship. When our call ends, we say plainly where to apply today.

How it works

We start with your situation. The account manager checks whether you are an individual, a company or a local authority, and says what is open to you.

Panel discussion of the Transformation Zone

  • What counts is living, working or studying in one of the 35 municipalities of the Piotrków and Sieradz subregions, Bełchatów, Piotrków Trybunalski, Radomsko and Wieluń among them. Workers from mining and energy come first.

  • A new occupation, a company of your own, or data about the regional labour market. The account manager points to a Zone programme, or to another operator whose call is open right now.

  • With vouchers that means an account in the Baza Usług Rozwojowych (the national Development Services Database), an application in a round, a 7% own contribution and the choice of a service. For the company grants we will publish the rules together with the call.

Projects we run in the transition

Three Zone projects in the Transformation Area, each at a different point in its cycle: finished, announced and under way.

Audience of the Let's go green conference in Bełchatów

Is this support for you?

In the transition we support people first, and companies and local authorities second. Check which group you are in.

Who
Adults from the Transformation Area, especially from mining and energy; people starting a company; young companies from the region
Where from
35 municipalities around Bełchatów, Piotrków Trybunalski, Radomsko and Wieluń
What you do not need
A company of your own, tax relief or the status of a Zone investor

We point companies that train their employees to the RozwoYou development vouchers. This page is about the people of the region after coal.

Before you book a consultation

  • With the other voucher operators for the Transformation Area, on the same terms: 93% funding and up to PLN 11,000 per person. The closest one to Bełchatów is “Zawodowa reaktywacja”, run by CRKWŁ and PGE. Your account manager will give you the current list.

  • 35 municipalities in Bełchatów, Łask, Pajęczno, Piotrków, Radomsko, Sieradz and Wieluń counties, plus the city of Piotrków Trybunalski. That is 20% of the voivodeship’s area and around 417,000 residents.

  • Yes. Programmes financed from the Just Transition Fund support people from the mining, energy and mining-related sectors first. In Strefa Transformacji we set aside more than a third of the places for that group.

  • We will announce the call date on the project page and in the Zone’s events. Leave your contact details and an account manager will get in touch before the call opens, so you have time to prepare the documents.

  • No, vouchers for companies are RozwoYou. The transformation programmes support individuals and new or young companies from the Transformation Area, not training for people already employed.

  • Data on the labour market, energy and the regional economy, analytical reports, and a portal with the municipalities’ investment sites. We are building that portal together with the local leaders.

Book a free consultation

Leave your contact details and an account manager from the transition team will call back and point to the programme that is open to you today, ours or another operator’s. The conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

The transition team

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+48 42 208 06 00

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