Today, Wednesday 30 November at 15:00, expires the deadline for submitting business applications of the South Aegean Region for the 3.000 places of the third 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 euros monthly / 5,598 euros annually for unemployed people aged 30-49
• 560 euros monthly / 6,718 euros annually for unemployed people aged 50 and over
• 606 euros monthly / 7,277 euros annually for long-term unemployed aged 30 and over
• 653 euros monthly / 7,837 euros annually for long-term unemployed aged 50 and over
• 700 euros monthly / 8,397 euros annually for unemployed women aged 30 and over

Companies 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 .

Then, the employment advisers of the DYPA will nominate candidates to the company, according to:

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

The company will then choose from among the candidates to recruit.

The company must not have reduced its staff in the quarter before the application. It must also not have received more than EUR 200,000 in State aid in the previous 3 years.

The grant includes the corresponding Christmas and Easter gifts and leave allowances.

The programme has a total budget of €26.000.000. It 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 Call for Proposals and for more information, interested parties can visit the website of the CIFA: www.dypa.gov.gr.