It’s running out today, Monday, September 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.mthe application deadline for the new acquisition and upgrade program green skills for 75,000 workers private sector employees.

To date, 83,835 applications have already been submitted, confirming the great interest of workers in new skills.

As stated in a related announcement, the Public Employment Service (DYPA) implements the largest-scale Continuous Vocational Training program ever carried out in the country, with the aim of training and certifying 500,000 unemployed and employed people in digital and green skills, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0”.

The new action is implemented with the funding of the European Union-Next Generation EU and aims to upgrade the knowledge, abilities and skills of private sector employees, in accordance with the needs of the labor market, in the context of the green transition of the economy .

Continuing Professional Training programs will be implemented through the process of the training voucher system.

Each trainee will attend a theoretical training program, with a total duration of 80 hours, of which 12 hours will be carried out with live training, at least 48 hours with synchronous distance training and up to 20 hours with asynchronous distance training.

The training will be followed by certification of knowledge and skills, through certification vouchers, and those who succeed will receive the entire educational allowance, which amounts to 400 euros (gross).

Those interested can submit an application at: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ekpaideuse/katartise/katartisi-ergazomenon.

Those who meet the conditions for participation will be added to the beneficiary register and, after the register is announced, they will be able to choose the training program they wish to attend from a list of more than 600 training programs offered by more than 200 CPD providers. .

For more information, interested parties can visit the following addresses:

https://www.dypa.gov.gr/proghrammata-katartisis-ghia-to-tamio-anakampsis

https://www.voucher.gov.gr/