Employee development within the European Social Fund in Poland in the 2007-2013 programming period from the perspective of the final beneficiary – research findings

Katarzyna Tracz-Krupa

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to explore the intervention of the European Social Fund in Poland in organizations that benefited from the funding in the 2007-2013 programming period. The study was conducted from the perspective of the final beneficiary. The study was carried out in 2017, based on the CATI method, in the group of two hundred employees of both private and public institutions that received financial support from the ESF to implement training and development activities. The results of the study describe both the expectations of the employees regarding development at the workplace, the possibilities offered by employers, and the types and forms of training financed by ESF in which they participated. Drawing on D. Kirkpatrick’s model the paper refers to the effectiveness of the training. It also highlights the benefits from participation in the EU project from the employee perspective and ways to make use of the acquired qualifications by employers.