Grant na start (Start-up Grant)
Grants of up to PLN 550,000 and advisory for people starting a company and for companies from the Transformation Area.
- Coming soon
- Individuals and young companies
- Transformation Area
A new occupation for the region after coal
- Completed
- Since 2024
- Regional transformation
Strefa Transformacji financed training, postgraduate studies and examinations for residents of the 35 municipalities of the Transformation Area around Bełchatów. The calls are closed, and we are settling the project by the end of September 2026.
Go to the programme site (opens in a new tab or window)
What Strefa Transformacji was
The mining and energy complex in Bełchatów is being wound down: extraction in the Bełchatów field ends in 2026, and the power plant’s units will be switched off by 2036. The European Union compensates regions like this through the Just Transition Fund, and the Zone was one of the operators of that money for people.
The project ran from 1 January 2024 and financed vouchers for training, postgraduate studies and examinations from the Baza Usług Rozwojowych (the national Development Services Database) for residents of the Transformation Area, the 35 municipalities of the Piotrków and Sieradz subregions. The support reached PLN 11,000 per person with 93% funding; the participant added 7%. Workers from the mining, energy and mining-related sectors came first, and in 2026 we opened a separate round for them.
Over two years we ran 16 application rounds; the last closed in April 2026, and the development services ended on 31 July 2026. The project, worth PLN 20.17 million, was designed to support 1,420 people, 497 of them from the mining and energy sector. The project office worked in Bełchatów at ul. Pabianicka 28. Formally the project ends on 30 September 2026, and its documentation stays on the programme website.
What now? Where to look for support
The Strefa Transformacji calls are closed, but there is still money for retraining in the Transformation Area. See where to go for it.
Other operators run calls under the same Just Transition Fund measure, among them the project “Zawodowa reaktywacja” (CRKWŁ and PGE). The terms are similar: a voucher of up to PLN 11,000, a 7% own contribution, services from the Database.
The Zone runs the start_UP project: grants and advisory for people starting a company and for young companies from the Transformation Area. You will find the details on the Grant na start (Start-up Grant) page.
Until the end of 2028 the Zone and the Łódź Voivodeship run the Observatory, which studies the region’s labour market and builds an entrepreneurship portal. That is where the next offers for residents will appear.
An employer from the Transformation Area can train its employees with RozwoYou vouchers. The programme covers the whole Łódź Voivodeship, with funding of up to 85%.
The rules, the contract templates and the archive of document versions stay at strefatransformacji.lodz.pl. Participants whose services have been settled will also find information there about audits and durability.
Strefa Transformacji in numbers
2024–2026
- 35municipalities of the Transformation Area
- PLN 11,000maximum support per person
- 93%of funding
- 16application rounds
- 1,420participants in the project’s target
Financed by the Just Transition Fund
The project “Strefa Transformacji” (FELD.09.02-IZ.00-0009/23) is financed by European Funds for Łódzkie 2021–2027 from the Just Transition Fund, under the measure “Społeczeństwo w transformacji”. The project is worth PLN 20,172,249.57. The Zone is the operator chosen by the Łódź Voivodeship.
Funded by the European Union.
Frequently asked questions
No. The last call, the sixteenth, closed in April 2026, and the development services ended on 31 July 2026. Check the calls of the other operators under measure FELD.09.02, the project “Zawodowa reaktywacja” for example.
Adults who studied, worked or lived in one of the 35 municipalities of the Transformation Area, with workers from mining, energy and mining-related companies first in line. People running their own business were excluded.
After the service you fill in the surveys in the Baza Usług Rozwojowych (the national Development Services Database), and you make your documents available if there is an audit. The project’s rules, on the project website, set this out.
35 municipalities in Bełchatów, Łask, Pajęczno, Piotrków, Radomsko, Sieradz and Wieluń counties, plus the city of Piotrków Trybunalski, designated in the Territorial Just Transition Plan for the Łódź Voivodeship. That is 20% of the voivodeship’s area and around 417,000 residents.
The decision on further calls under the “Społeczeństwo w transformacji” measure belongs to the Łódź Voivodeship. The Zone continues its work in the region through the start_UP project and the Transformation Area Observatory.
Questions about the settlement? Write to the project team
The Strefa Transformacji team answers participants’ questions about documents, surveys and audits until the project is settled.
Not sure who to call?
Call the hotline or go to the programme website.
Other Zone projects
The region’s transition is a lasting area of the Zone’s work. See what we run next.
Transformation Area Observatory
Studies how the region is changing after coal, and supports local authorities and residents through that change.
- Active
- Local authorities and residents
- Transformation Area
RozwoYou
Vouchers for training, courses and advisory for companies, with funding of up to 85%.
- Active
- Companies and employers
- Łódź Voivodeship
- Co-funded up to 85%
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