DYPA pilot programme: remote-work jobs for unemployed people living in mountain municipalities
Announced, not yet passed: a new pilot programme under which businesses that hire unemployed people aged 18 or over who live in mountain municipalities, to work remotely, will be subsidised. The Labour Minister announced a subsidy of "90% of the wage and social-security contributions for 12 months". The joint ministerial decision and the call have not been issued.
Announcement (22/9/2026): the hiring business will receive "90% of the wage and social-security contributions for 12 months". The terms will be set by a joint ministerial decision.
Who can get it
Official evidence · ΔΥΠΑ, απόφαση ΔΣ 2414/81/29.09.2026 (ΑΔΑ ΡΨΣΟ4691Ω2-ΦΕ2): γνώμη για έκδοση ΚΥΑ για το «Πιλοτικό πρόγραμμα επιχορήγησης επιχειρήσεων για την απασχόληση με τηλεργασία, ανέργων που διαμένουν σε ορεινούς δήμους της χώρας, ηλικίας 18 ετών και άνω»
How to apply
Free: you don’t need to pay anyone.
The organisation sets how to apply and which documents are needed. See the official page.
Indicative information, not an official decision. myepidoma is not a government service: you apply to the competent authority, which also makes the final decision.
What it is
On 22/9/2026 the Minister of Labour and Social Security pre-announced, in an interview on ANT1 published by the ministry, a new subsidised-employment programme for businesses that hire people who live in mountain and remote areas. According to the announcement, "the work will be done remotely" and "90% of the wage and social-security contributions will be subsidised for 12 months". On 12/10/2026 (interview on SKAI) the Minister referred again to the programme "for remote work in remote municipalities of the country".
On 29/9/2026 the Board of DYPA (decision 2414/81/29.09.2026) gave its opinion that the Ministry of Labour should be asked to issue a joint ministerial decision (ΚΥΑ) for the "pilot programme subsidising businesses to employ, through remote work, unemployed people aged 18 and over who live in mountain municipalities of the country". As of 2/11/2026 the ΚΥΑ has not been issued and DYPA has not published a call.
It has not been announced which municipalities count as mountain municipalities for the programme, how many jobs will be subsidised, the budget, the start date or how to take part. The terms will be set by the ΚΥΑ; this page will be updated when it is published.
Lifecycle*
Time-limited programme
No fixed end date is currently recorded.
*Cycles, deadlines, and availability may change regularly. Always confirm with the official source before applying.
Benefit details
- Type of benefit
- Subsidy programme