Commentaries: Art. 55

Specific activities that serve the public interest include the following:
1. measures to promote true gender equality as well as access to education and job-related CET for people with disabilities (Art. 3 let. c);
2. information and documentation (Art. 5 let. a);
3. the creation of teaching materials intended for linguistic minorities (Art. 5 let. b);
4. measures to improve understanding and exchange between the linguistic communities (Art. 6);
5. measures intended to help disadvantaged regions and groups (Art. 7);
6. measures to help young people confronted with academic, language or social barriers to gain greater access to VET programmes (Art. 7);
g measures to help people to remain economically active or find new employment (Art. 32 para. 2); h support measures designed to improve the coordination, transparency and quality of job-related CET (Art. 32 para. 3); i. measures to promote other qualification procedures (Art. 35); j. measures designed to maintain and expand the number of available apprenticeship positions (Art. 1 para. 1).
Subsidies for public-interest services shall only be paid if the services are planned for the long-term, and require particular financial support in order to be provided.
The Federal Council may decide that other services in the public interest qualify for subsidies.
The Federal Council shall establish the criteria for the granting of subsidies.