“We respond in practice to the need for parents to take care of their children so that they can work and evolve professionally. We give the self -evident priority to the need for children to have access to quality preschool and creative employment services »The Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Domna Michailidou underlined by submitting the final results by EETA for 162.

This year, after the completion of the objections process, they were allocated:

  • 96.736 Voucher for Nursery, Nursery and Kindergartens
  • 52.908 Voucher for Children’s Creative Employment Centers (KDAP)
  • 12.668 Voucher for Creative Employment Centers for Disabled Creative Employment Centers

Concerning the course of the program, Domna Michaelidou initially pointed out that Ykissos maintained a budget of 379 million, the same as the previous year and stressed that, after a long negotiation with the European Commission, it secured Union funding for two more years. At the same time, it secured the same national resources for two additional years.

At the same time, the ministry has drasticly reduced bureaucratic procedures, as the program will now be implemented in two circles without the need for the annual JMD, but only the invitation to participation to the parents.

The minister also noted that Ykissos designed and planned, within the week, the publication of a second invitation to vouchers: “We are expanding income criteria to include higher income families. We invest in the well -being of children and parents. Budget and secure resources for the coming years so that no parent is lacking the opportunity to work and no child will not be accessed to quality preschool and creative employment services.

We prioritize the CDPS to fully meet their needs, while continuing to invest in structures that enhance social cohesion. Investing in our children is the biggest investment for the country’s future, ”said Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Domna Michaelidou.