DYPA pilot work-experience programme for 250 unemployed people in Thessaly's livestock sector
A six-month placement of registered unemployed people in Thessaly with livestock businesses, with €748 net a month from DYPA and e-EFKA insurance. Only for those who completed the «Biosecurity Principles» training of the Larissa DYPA lifelong-learning centre with ELGO-DIMITRA.
€748 net a month (€34 a day for 22 days) for 6 months, paid directly by DYPA, with e-EFKA insurance
Who can get it
Official evidence · ΔΥΠΑ, Δημόσια Πρόσκληση 4/2026 (αρ. πρωτ. 198161/05.03.2026): «4.2.1. Ωφελούμενοι του προγράμματος είναι συνολικά διακόσιοι πενήντα (250) άνεργοι, εγγεγραμμένοι στο ψηφιακό μητρώο της Δ.ΥΠ.Α. της Περιφέρειας Θεσσαλίας, ηλικίας άνω των δεκαοκτώ (18) ετών, απόφοιτοι τουλάχιστον υποχρεωτικής εκπαίδευσης» · Checked: 2026-09-30
Official evidence · «Άνεργοι, εγγεγραμμένοι στο ψηφιακό μητρώο της Δ.ΥΠ.Α. της Περιφέρειας Θεσσαλίας, ηλικίας άνω των 18 ετών» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · «ηλικίας άνω των 18 ετών» (Δημόσια Πρόσκληση 4/2026) · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · «εγγεγραμμένοι στο ψηφιακό μητρώο της Δ.ΥΠ.Α. της Περιφέρειας Θεσσαλίας» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · ΔΥΠΑ, Δημόσια Πρόσκληση 4/2026 (αρ. πρωτ. 198161/05.03.2026): «4.2.1. Ωφελούμενοι του προγράμματος είναι συνολικά διακόσιοι πενήντα (250) άνεργοι, εγγεγραμμένοι στο ψηφιακό μητρώο της Δ.ΥΠ.Α. της Περιφέρειας Θεσσαλίας, ηλικίας άνω των δεκαοκτώ (18) ετών, απόφοιτοι τουλάχιστον υποχρεωτικής εκπαίδευσης» · Checked: 2026-09-30
Official evidence · ΔΥΠΑ, Δημόσια Πρόσκληση 4/2026 (αρ. πρωτ. 198161/05.03.2026): «δ) είναι Έλληνες πολίτες ή πολίτες άλλου κράτους μέλους της Ε.Ε. ή ομογενείς που έχουν δικαίωμα διαμονής και απασχόλησης στη χώρα μας ή πολίτες τρίτων χωρών που έχουν άδεια διαμονής για εξαρτημένη εργασία» · Checked: 2026-09-30
Official evidence · ΔΥΠΑ, «ΩΦΕΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ» · Checked: 2026-09-28
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Required Documents
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Step by step
- 1
Contact your DYPA employment centre
Livestock businesses apply through gov.gr. DYPA work counsellors propose candidates to them from those who completed the biosecurity training; the business chooses and an agreement is signed.
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What it is
A DYPA pilot programme for 250 unemployed people in the Thessaly Region, who gain work experience with livestock businesses for 6 months (6 hours a day, 5 days a week). DYPA pays participants €748 net a month directly (€34 a day for 22 days) and insures them with e-EFKA for healthcare and occupational risk. It is for people registered as unemployed in the DYPA digital register of the Thessaly Region, over 18, who finished at least compulsory education and successfully completed the training «Biosecurity Principles and Application of Appropriate Practices in Livestock Farms» (50 hours) of the Larissa DYPA lifelong-learning centre with ELGO-DIMITRA. Businesses apply; DYPA work counsellors propose candidates to them. The programme started on 6 March 2026 and DYPA shows it as open (checked 28/9/2026), with no published end date.
Lifecycle*
ActiveTime-limited programme
- Active from
*Cycles, deadlines, and availability may change regularly. Always confirm with the official source before applying.
Benefit details
- Provider
- ΔΥΠΑ
- Category
- Work & Unemployment
- Status
- Active
- Type of benefit
- Allowance
Details last verified: 12/10/2026