Government funding · Enterprise Ireland
Build Capability
Enterprise Ireland’s Build Capability grant co-funds training that builds the capability to transform your business, including Lean, continuous improvement, and digital, AI and automation. It replaced LeanPlus.
Approved provider of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland Lean programmes · Lean Service Provider of the Year 2019, Lean Business Ireland
Check the agency’s own page. Enterprise Ireland: Build Capability is the definitive version of this support. This page is our summary, and rates and eligibility change from time to time. Your Enterprise Ireland Development Adviser is the definitive source on what applies to your company.
What it funds
- Non-routine, strategic training for management and staff.
- Operations, process improvement and technology adoption: Lean and continuous improvement methods that embed an operational excellence mindset, systems and behaviours, and adoption of digital, AI and automation systems.
- Three further areas: leadership and organisational development, market development, and product and service innovation.
Who it is for
- Enterprise Ireland client companies investing in non-routine training that builds the capability and capacity to transform, adapt, innovate and compete internationally.
- Companies that would previously have used LeanPlus. Enterprise Ireland has closed LeanPlus and says Build Capability should be used instead.
Support and costs
- Grants from €5,000 to €70,000 per project.
- The grant rate is a percentage of eligible project costs and depends on the size of your business.
- Enterprise Ireland sets the amount approved by the impact on your business and the return to the State.
How we work with you on it
- Conversation and scoping. We help you shape the training plan with your Development Adviser, starting from where Lean and better ways of working will make the biggest difference.
- Proposal. We prepare a proposal that fits the agency’s requirements, which you submit with your application.
- Delivery. We deliver it with your team on your own processes, and report measured results against the targets in the application.
Common questions
Is Build Capability the replacement for LeanPlus?
Yes. Enterprise Ireland says LeanPlus has been discontinued and Build Capability should be used instead.
What can it fund?
Non-routine, strategic training for management and staff in four areas. The first covers Lean, continuous improvement, and digital, AI and automation.
How much is the grant?
From €5,000 to €70,000 per project, at a rate that depends on the size of your business.
Not sure which support fits?
A short conversation is usually the quickest way to see where to start.