NSRF: Approved by the EU new program of € 4.16 billion

The European Commission approved the first Program in the EU with funding from the European Social Fund (ECB +) of the new programming period 2021-27 and at the same time the largest budget program of the NSRF 2021-2027 entitled “Human Resources & Social Cohesion 2021-2027 “, public expenditure of 4.16 billion euros, of which 3.3 billion euros come from European Social Fund (ECB +) resources and the rest is a national contribution.

The Program will support the country’s human resources, especially where increased needs are identified, serving national strategies and priorities in the fields of employment, education and social fields, as well as the policies of the European Pillar of Social Rights, according to the Ministry of Development and Investment. relevant announcement.

The key goal is to make a decisive contribution in the coming years to reducing unemployment and especially young, women and vulnerable groups of the population, as well as to upgrade the quality of educational work at all levels of education, to enhance the skills of the school / student / student population.

The strategy of the Program “Human Resources & Social Cohesion 2021-2027” is based on the following priorities:

• Horizontal / Systemic Interventions to strengthen labor market institutions and services, social inclusion and health, governance at all levels of education and improve the participation capacity of the social partners and civil society actors
• Employment & Labor Market
• Education & Lifelong Learning
• Promotion of Social Innovation
• Youth employment
• Food Aid & Dealing with Material Deprivation.

The new Program emphasizes actions especially for young people up to 29 years old who are out of employment, education and training, with a budget of 1 billion Euros.

The new Program includes innovations aimed at simplification, acceleration of implementation and timely planning. The invitations will be made with wide information of the citizens and beneficiaries, they will be less in number and bigger in budget (open invitations). Finally, for the first time, the possibility of developing a financial tool through the European Social Fund in the fields of social innovation, social economy and social entrepreneurship is envisaged.

Indicative actions of the Program:

• Extension of the opening hours of all-day kindergartens and primary schools, to facilitate the participation of parents-guardians in the labor market, support of family income and access of all students to a free and quality school program with equal learning opportunities. (The action will start with a pilot application, initially in schools in Athens and Thessaloniki).
• Open type labor market integration programs with emphasis on the long-term unemployed, women (DYPA)
• Gender Equality and Demographic Policy Observatory
• Support of Skills Workshops for Primary and Secondary students
• ‘Nanny’ of the neighborhood (full development of the pilot application)
• Inclusive education for students with disabilities: adapting the education system towards the full development of inclusive education
• Greek language and culture culture program for beneficiaries of international protection in order to strengthen their accession process
• Support programs for young entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on the green, digital, and blue economy and high-growth sectors
• Operation of Professional Development & Career Offices – GEAS
• Apprenticeship Support for young people up to 29 years old (post-secondary year of EPAL)
• Open Program for the first integration of young people aged 18-29 in the labor market for the acquisition of work experience and the creation of new jobs in the private sector (AD seal).

The Minister of Development and Investment, Mr. Adonis Georgiadis, stated characteristically: Fund (ECB +), the Program “Human Resources & Social Cohesion 2021-2027”, which provides us with important financial tools to help our vulnerable fellow citizens, and we are very proud that in our effort to move the Greek economy forward we manage to secure resources not only for businesses but also for employees, the unemployed and all those who really need it “.

On the occasion of the approval of the Program, the Deputy Minister of Development and Investment Mr. Giannis Tsakiris stressed: “The European Social Fund, the first fund created in the Eurozone with Community funds, has supported Greek society for many years, with emphasis on employment The main goal of the new NSRF is to create a safe environment for all independent citizens and especially for the most vulnerable social groups and the sectoral program “Human Resources and Social Cohesion” confirms this very goal. “It is, after all, the largest budget program of the NSRF, since it reaches 4.2 billion euros, listening exactly to the needs of society. Our commitment is that the NSRF will concern all Greek women and all Greeks.”

The Secretary General of Public Investments and NSRF Mr. Dimitris Skalkos stated: “The approval of the new NSRF Program for Human Resources and Social Cohesion, as the main financial lever of the new European Social Fund (ESF +), will allow the funding of our country’s strategies in a number of national priorities for social development, and which include skills upgrading and employee support, education and training, child guarantee policies, public health and mental health “The promotion of gender equality. The development we seek is inclusive, with the benefits of prosperity affecting all and sundry, and the new Program will make a decisive contribution to this.”