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AVGS Guide: All Questions About the Activation and Placement Voucher

The AVGS (Activation and Placement Voucher, Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein) is a voucher from the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) under § 45 SGB III. With it, the Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit) or the Jobcenter funds coaching with an approved provider. The same questions come up again and again around this voucher: who gets it, how to apply for it, what the coaching costs, and whether it can also be done online. We have put the answers on separate pages so that each question sits where it belongs and you do not have to scroll through a long block of text. This overview leads you to the right page. If you would rather talk directly: in the free initial consultation, we clarify your situation in 30 minutes.

Basics and Entitlement

AVGS voucher: the 10 most important answers

What the AVGS is, how MAT, MPAV, and MAG differ, and how long a voucher is valid. Plus the question of who is eligible.

AVGS at the Employment Agency and Jobcenter

Where the difference between the two offices lies and what the entitlement to a placement voucher under § 45 para. 7 SGB III means.

Application and Costs

Apply for an AVGS: step by step

The path to the voucher from booking the appointment to approval, with preparation for the caseworker meeting and the documents you need.

AVGS coaching without a personal contribution: what the approved voucher covers

Why you pay nothing with a voucher approved in writing beforehand, who bears the costs, and what options there are if the application is rejected.

Delivery

AVGS coaching online

How the program works by video, why it is possible nationwide, and what you need technically.

BusinessWeg program: content and process

The modules, the process in five steps, and the up to 120 teaching units of the program with the provider UW Unternehmensweg GmbH.

Start Your Coaching

Apply for AVGS coaching

Check the requirements, book an initial consultation, and redeem the voucher. The central page on AVGS coaching through UW Unternehmensweg GmbH.

Pavel Deuble, start-up consultant and specialist author

About the author

Pavel Deuble

Start-up consultant & BAFA-registered business consultant · Owner of Unternehmenswerk

Pavel Deuble is the owner of unternehmenswerk and managing director of UW Unternehmensweg GmbH. He is listed in the BAFA register of consultants (consultant ID 191790); the AVGS programs run through the AZAV-certified UW Unternehmensweg GmbH (provider approval Z-000392-2). Since 2018 more than 750 business plans, 4.88 out of 5 on ProvenExpert from 92 reviews.

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