DYPA integrated new-entrepreneurship programme for unemployed people aged 18-29 (emphasis on women, digital and green economy)

A DYPA programme that gives €17,500 to young unemployed people aged 18-29 to start and run their own business for 12 months. The 2026 round had 2,114 places and public funding of €37,000,000 (ESF+, programme «Human Resources and Social Cohesion 2021-2027»), with an emphasis on women and the digital and green economy. The grant is paid in three instalments: €4,700 after the business starts, €6,400 after the first six months and €6,400 after the second six months of operation, and it is de minimis aid. Applicants had to be registered as unemployed in the DYPA digital register, aged 18 to 29, not in employment, education or training, with a completed personalised approach and a Digital Individual Action Plan. They had to be Greek or EU citizens, ethnic Greeks with the right to live and work in Greece, or third-country nationals with a valid residence permit, and men had to have completed or been lawfully exempted from military service. The application, with the business plan, was made online on the OPSKE system. The 2026 applications ran from 18 February to 23 March 2026 (after an extension) and the results were posted on 3 June 2026. No new round has been announced.