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The Community Programme for the Unemployed Starts in June

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The invitation for participation in the second phase of the Community Programme for the unemployed, 20.385 unemployed to be exact, will be published during the first 10 days of June.

The Office of the Greek Ministry for Combating Unemployment announced the continuation of the Programme, as since the recession hit the country with its culmination in 2011, the unemployment has reached unprecedented levels. Particularly amongst youth, the unemployment rates are striking, often reaching the highest numbers in Europe; sometimes as high as 1 in 2 young persons are unemployed, according to statistics published by the country and Eurostat.

The country has been directing efforts in active labour measures, through the introduction of schemes to (re)integrate people in the labour market and increase their long-term employability. The Community Programme in question is such a measure, entailing job creation parameters which both boost productivity and labour market movement and re-skill the workforce.

The announcement for the start of the Programme relates to meeting needs in all Ministries of the Greek government, apart from the Ministry of Education, in the different regions and decentralised administrations of the country. According to the planning programme of the Ministry, the call for 5.407 positions at the Ministry of Education will be announced in late summer so the hiring of unemployed people will coincide with the start of the new school year.

After consultation with the relevant bodies and authorities, the allocation of positions for the second phase of the Community programme is as follows:

• 16.415 positions are divided among the Ministries and to supervised entities. Most of the positions available concern the Ministries of Education, Heath, Culture and Labour.
• 3.500 positions are allocated to the regions. Specifically, the Programme stipulates 280 places in the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, 180 in the northern Aegean Region, 300 in the region of Western Greece, 220 in the region of Western Macedonia, 300 in the region of Epirus, 440 are allocated for Thessaly, 180 in the periphery of the Ionian Islands, 550 in the region of Central Macedonia, 300 in the region of Crete, 200 in the South Aegean region, 270 in the Peloponnesus region and 280 in the region of Central Greece.
• 470 positions are allocated to the decentralised administrations. Specifically, about 50 positions will be delegated to the decentralised administration of the Aegean, 60 positions in the decentralised administration of Attica, 50 positions in the decentralised administration of Epirus-West Macedonia, 50 positions in the decentralised administration of Sterea Ellada-Thessalia, 40 in the decentralized administration of Attica, 70 in the decentralized administration of Macedonia-Thrace and 150 in the decentralized administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Sea.