On Friday 12 May 2023 at 15:00, the deadline for the deadline for the submission of applications by businesses in high unemployment areas of Attica - and in particular on Regional Units of the Western Sector of Athens, Western Attica and Piraeus - for 3.000 places of the fourth cycle of the Business Grant Programme for the employment of unemployed people aged 30 and over in the Most Developed Regions (MDR) of the country, with emphasis on women, of PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.

The amounts of the wage subsidy and insurance contributions for hiring unemployed people in new full-time positions for 12 months are as follows:

- 467 € per month / 5.598 € per year for unemployed persons aged 30-49 years old
- 560 € monthly / 6.718 € annually for unemployed persons aged 50 and over
- 606 € monthly / 7.277 € annually for long-term unemployed 30 years old and over
- 653 € monthly / 7.837 € annually for long-term unemployed persons aged 50 and over
- 700 € monthly / 8.397 € annually for unemployed women aged 30 and over

Businesses interested in participating will submit their application exclusively online through the State Aid Information System of the Ministry of Development & Investments at the following address: www.ependyseis.gr/mis.

Afterwards, the employment advisors of the DYPA will nominate candidates to the company, according to:

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

Then the company will choose among the candidates for recruitment.

Conditions Participation in the ISPA programme

The company must not have reduced its staff in the quarter before the application. Also, it must not have received more than €200,000 of state aid in the previous 3 years (current and two previous years). The grant includes the corresponding Christmas and Easter gifts and holiday allowances.

The program, with a total budget of €26,000,000, is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund), through the EP. "Human Resource Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020".

For the Call for Proposals and for more information, interested parties can visit the website of the CIFA: www.dypa.gov.gr.