The platform for business applications for the second cycle of the action is open: Programme of grants to enterprises for the employment of unemployed persons aged 30 years and over in the Regions in Transition (MTE), with emphasis on women. Specifically, the subsidy concerns the recruitment of 5,000 unemployed people in the Regions of Western Macedonia, Central Greece, Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, North Aegean and Crete. Applications will be submitted until 17 January 2022 at 15:00.

The amounts of the wage subsidy and insurance contributions for hiring unemployed people in new full-time positions are as follows:

• €466.5 monthly / €5,598 annually for unemployed people aged 30-49
• €559.8 per month / €6,717.6 per year for unemployed people aged 50 and over
• €606.45 per month / €7,277.4 per year for long-term unemployed aged 30 and over
• €653.1 monthly / €7,837.2 annually for long-term unemployed aged 50 and over
• €699.75 monthly / €8,397 annually for unemployed women aged 30 and over

Businesses interested in participating, submit their application exclusively online through the State Aid Information System of the Ministry of Development & Investments, at the following address: http://www.ependyseis.gr/mis . Thereafter, the employment advisors of the OAED will nominate candidates to the company, according to:

• the unemployed category,
• the specialty and required qualifications,

Then the company will choose among the candidates for recruitment.

A necessary condition is that the company has not reduced its staff during the three months prior to the application. Also not to have received funding from state aid of more than €200,000 in the previous 3 years (current and two previous). The grant includes the corresponding Christmas and Easter gifts and leave allowances.

Subsidy - Budget with a focus on women

The grant, with a total budget of €32.000.000, is co-financed by Greece and the European Union ( European Social Fund ), through the Operational Programme "Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020".

For the Public Call and for more information, interested parties can visit the OAED website at: www.oaed.gr.