On Great Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 11:00 a.m., the submission of electronic applications of beneficiaries and providers for their participation in the “2024 children’s accommodation program in children’s camps” of the Public Employment Service (DYPA) will begin.

The program concerns 70,000 checks for children aged 6-16 and will be implemented from June 15, 2024 to September 10, 2024 for children with typical development, and until September 20, 2024 for children with a disability of 50% or more.

The total budget amounts to 35 million euros.

The maximum length of stay is 15 consecutive days, including the days of arrival and departure, while in the camps operating in the fire-affected municipalities of Istiaia-Edipsos and Mantoudi-Limni-Ag. Annas, but also in camps in the Region of Thessaly, the stay can last up to 30 consecutive days.

Vulnerable groups are being strengthened in the camp program again this year, as points are provided for people with disabilities and single parents, while for the first time those who have not participated in the program in the past and those who applied in the last two years, but did not receive a check, are given points.

Beneficiaries are the parents or guardians (guardians, guardians, etc.) of beneficiary children, who:

– are employees with a dependent employment relationship under private law at the end of the deadline for submitting applications or

– they are insured in the e-EFKA, in their professional category, with contributions in favor of the unemployment branch of DYPA at any time between 01/01/2023 and the day before the application deadline or

– are unemployed with a continuous period of unemployment of at least three months, on the date of the deadline for submitting applications.

The income of the beneficiaries of all categories must not exceed 30,000 euros, except for the long-term unemployed, who, if divorced or married, must have an income of up to 16,000 euros or 24,000 euros respectively, increased by 5,000 euros per child, while if they are single parents, they must have an income of up to 29,000 euros, increased by 5,000 euros per child, after the first.

Applications will be submitted exclusively online, through the Unified Digital Portal of the Public Administration (gov.gr), with TAXISnet codes, at the online address: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-asphalise/kataskenoseis/ programmata-kataskenoseon-oaed.

Specifically, the route is: Home – Work and insurance – Camps – Public Employment Service DYPA camp programs.

The platform will be open for beneficiary applications until 12 May 2024 at 23:59.

As stated in the relevant announcement, the selection of the beneficiaries is based on the scoring of specific criteria (disabled, single parent, number of children, income, non-participation in previous programs), in an objective and transparent manner, through the Integrated Information System (ISIS) of DYPA. It is noted that employees and unemployed people who are subsidized for the participation of their children in a camp program of any other organization for the year 2024 cannot participate in the program.

Beneficiaries are subsidized for the accommodation of their beneficiary children in a children’s camp of the DYPA provider register, by issuing a check for accommodation in children’s camps, which takes the form of a unique electronic code number.

The supporting documents related to the conditions of participation or the scoring of the beneficiaries are sought ex officio. In those cases where supporting documents are required due to the impossibility of an ex officio search, these are attached to the applications. In the applications, the beneficiaries declare all their minor children and not only those for whom they request a check to participate in the program for scoring purposes.

Providers of the program are natural or legal persons of public or private law, who carry out business activity and maintain a children’s camp business in Greece, in accordance with the current legislation.

From this year, providers from the previous year will automatically be included in the register of providers, as long as they update their participation documents.

Applications for participation and updating supporting documents are submitted exclusively online, through the Unified Digital Portal of the Public Administration (gov.gr), with TAXISnet codes, at the online address: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-asphalise /kataskenoseis/parokhoi-kataskenoses. Specifically, the route is: Home – Work and insurance – Camps – Public Employment Service DYPA camp providers.

For more information about the terms and conditions, those interested can visit the DYPA website: https://www.dypa.gov.gr/paidikes-kataskinwseis.