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Hiring subsidy for 2,000 unemployed people aged 18+ in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (DYPA)

DYPA resources · Active labour market policies

Δημόσια Υπηρεσία Απασχόλησης – ΔΥΠΑ, Υπουργείο Εργασίας και Κοινωνικής Ασφάλισης (Public Employment Service DYPA, Ministry of Labour and Social Security)

In plain words

If your business is in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace and you hire a local unemployed person aged 18+ full-time, DYPA pays up to €875 a month for 12 months (70% of the cost under de minimis or 50% under the EU block exemption rules) — up to €10,500 per job. Applications have been open since March 2026 until the 2,000 places are filled, so don't wait.

Who can apply

Private businesses and employers with regular activity in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace that create a new full-time job for an unemployed person aged 18+ registered with DYPA in the region. Primary-sector businesses (e.g. farms) can only join under the EU General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER).

What it pays for

Wage and employer-contribution subsidy for 12 months. Under de minimis: 70% of the cost, up to €875 a month (up to €10,500 per job). Under GBER: 50% of the cost, up to €875 a month, for disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged people (e.g. no regular paid job in the last 6 months, aged 18–24, over 50, no upper-secondary diploma).

What must be true for you

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  • Private business or employer with regular activity in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
  • A new full-time job for an unemployed person aged 18+ registered with DYPA in the region
  • Under de minimis: no staff cuts in the last month and no more than €300,000 of de minimis aid in the last 3 years
  • Under GBER: no staff cuts in the last 12 months and no more than €5.5m of state aid since 2014
  • Your activity code (ΚΑΔ) must not be excluded in the call's table; you hire from the candidates DYPA refers

How to apply

  1. Read the public call and the activity-code (ΚΑΔ) table on DYPA's programme page.
  2. Log in to the gov.gr employer-participation service (or DYPA e-services) with TAXISnet credentials.
  3. Choose the aid basis (de minimis or GBER) and state how many jobs, which specialties and which qualifications you need.
  4. DYPA checks that you qualify and its employment counsellors send you candidates.
  5. Choose and hire; follow DYPA's procedure to receive the subsidy.

Where to apply: gov.gr – Συμμετοχή επιχειρήσεων/εργοδοτών σε προγράμματα ανέργων: gov.gr/ipiresies/epikheirematike-drasterioteta…

Deadline

Applications since 13 Mar 2026 (13:00) via gov.gr or DYPA e-services, with no end date, until the 2,000 places are filled. On 17 Oct 2026 DYPA still listed it as an open programme but does not publish how many places are left.

Sources we read

Research notes: DYPA programme page (prosvasis.dypa.gov.gr) shows 'Ανοιχτό πρόγραμμα' on 17/10/2026; applications opened 13/03/2026 13:00 (DYPA announcement). 2,000 new full-time jobs; budget up to €21,000,000 from DYPA (announcement; funding source otherwise not stated). Amounts per DYPA page: de minimis 70% (unit-cost scale) up to €875/month; GBER 50% of wage and non-wage cost capped at €875/month; 12 months; amount_max = 12 × €875. No end date and no published count of remaining places, so the programme may fill up at any time. Any obligation to keep the worker after the subsidy is in the public call PDF, which our tools could not open (robots). Primary-sector firms only under GBER.

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