NSRF: Inclusion of an action to acquire professional experience for unemployed young people – At 200 million euros the budget
The Minister of Labor and Social Security, Mr. Domna Michailidou, and the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, Mr. Nikos Papathanasis, announced the inclusion of action for the acquisition of professional experience-pre-work unemployed young people, budget 200 million euros, in the Program “Human Resources and Social Cohesion“, of ESPA 2021/27.
The action, which is co-financed by the European Social Fund, includes activities for preparation and the acquisition of professional experience, with the aim of promoting the integration into the labor market of up to 25,000 unemployed young people, and will be implemented within the framework of the open type of programs (open framework model), i.e. will remain open for the submission of applications, until the positions are filled or the budget is exhausted.
Beneficiaries of the action are unemployed people aged 18 – 29 years, registered in the unemployment registers of the DYPA2 of DYPA, graduates of at least compulsory education, who are out of employment, education and training. The duration of the program is 7 months full-time, in private enterprises throughout the country.
The beneficiaries are paid by DYPA, a monthly compensation equal to the legal minimum wage and a proportion of holiday gifts and leave allowance and for the time of their participation in the program they are subject to the mixed insurance of the e-EFKA. Providers of pre-work positions (enterprises) are not compensated.
The announcements for the start of submitting applications on the relevant electronic platform are made by DYPA, which is also the implementing body of the program.