DYPA Recovery-Fund hiring subsidy for long-term unemployed aged 45+ in high-unemployment pocket areas
Subsidised full-time jobs in private businesses for registered long-term unemployed people aged 45 and over, with priority for high-unemployment areas. Businesses applied; applications closed on 28/3/2025.
Employer subsidy (de minimis) 70% of wage and non-wage cost up to €666/month, 80% up to €762/month in pocket areas, for 18 months (up to €13,709 per job); GBER: 50% up to €700/month, 12 or 18 months
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This round has ended. If it reopens, it will appear here again. Ended on 28/3/2025.
Who can get it
Official evidence · ΔΥΠΑ — «Εγγεγραμμένοι μακροχρόνια άνεργοι ηλικίας 45 ετών και άνω.» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · «Εγγεγραμμένοι μακροχρόνια άνεργοι ηλικίας 45 ετών και άνω.» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · «Εγγεγραμμένοι μακροχρόνια άνεργοι ηλικίας 45 ετών και άνω.» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · Ενημερωτικό ΔΥΠΑ — «Εγγεγραμμένοι άνεργοι για 12 μήνες και άνω, ηλικίας άνω των 45 ετών» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · ΔΥΠΑ, Δημόσια Πρόσκληση προγράμματος 10.000 μακροχρόνια ανέργων 45+: «β. να είναι Έλληνες πολίτες ή πολίτες άλλου κράτους μέλους της ΕΕ ή να είναι 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 · «Οι εργασιακοί σύμβουλοι της ΔΥΠΑ υποδεικνύουν στην επιχείρηση υποψηφίους» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · «Την Παρασκευή, 28 Μαρτίου, λήγει η υποβολή αιτήσεων επιχειρήσεων» · Checked: 2026-09-28
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Required Documents
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Step by step
- 1
Sign in to gov.gr with your TAXISnet codes
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- 2
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- 3
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- 4
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What it is
This DYPA programme, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility, subsidised private businesses that hired registered long-term unemployed people aged 45 and over into new full-time jobs (target 10,000 jobs). Priority went to high-unemployment pocket areas, mainly in the regions of Western Macedonia, Western Greece, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Thessaly, Central Greece, Central Macedonia and Epirus.
The employer received the subsidy: under de minimis 70% of wage and non-wage cost up to €666 a month, or 80% up to €762 a month in pocket areas, for up to 18 months (up to €13,709 per new job); under the General Block Exemption Regulation 50% up to €700 a month, for 12 or 18 months. Unemployed people did not apply: the business applied on gov.gr and DYPA employment counsellors put candidates forward. Business applications ended on 28/03/2025, when the places were almost used up.
Lifecycle*
ClosedTime-limited programme
- Active from
- Application deadline
*Cycles, deadlines, and availability may change regularly. Always confirm with the official source before applying.
Benefit details
- Provider
- ΔΥΠΑ
- Category
- Work & Unemployment
- Status
- Ended
- Type of benefit
- Subsidy programme
Details last verified: 12/10/2026