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1. Programmes for vulnerable young people

2. Funding

3. Quality assurance

Programmes specific for vulnerable young people

Programme: Vulnerable Social Groups/NSRF 2021 – 2027 (Υποτροφίες για Ευπαθείς Κοινωνικές Ομάδες (ΕΚΟ)/ΕΣΠΑ 2021-2027)

Implementation agency: The State Scholarships Foundation (IKY)

Description: The program is dedicated to awarding undergraduate scholarships to hard-working, low-income students, promoting on-time completion of their studies, and ensuring equal participation in higher education for people from vulnerable social groups, such as parents with three children or those from large families. The operation is co-funded by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund) under the Operational Programme "Human Resources and Social Cohesion" (NSRF 2021-2027).

The program also provides additional support for candidates with a disability of at least 50%, of any kind (physical, mental, intellectual, sensory) (Special Category A), and candidates who are parents of three or more children or members of such families, whether dependents or not (Special Category B).

This support consists of up to 100 scholarships, equally distributed between the two Special Categories: up to 50 scholarships for Category A and 50 scholarships for Category B.

To the best of our knowledge there are no published trends of participation in this programme according to official statistics.

Programme: HELIOS Project (Πρόγραμμα HELIOS) 2019 - 2024:

Implementation agency: Ministry of Migration and Asylum

Description: The purpose of the project is the integration of beneficiaries (including young people) of international and temporary protection and increase beneficiaries’ prospects towards self-reliance, by providing services or activities such as: 

• accommodation support,

• integration-related courses (e.g., learning the Greek language, courses in professional skills’ development, etc.).

• integration in the labor market, through work counseling sessions

• raise awareness in host communities and promote social cohesion.

Regarding Helios, 47,753 refugees enrolled since the beginning of the Project. This is the distribution of beneficiaries with lease agreements per region: 

Attica: 49,22%

Central Macedonia: 22,09%

Crete: 8,11%

Epirus: 4,81%

North Aegean: 2,77%

Western Greece: 2,70%

Thessaly: 2,20%

Central Greece: 2,11%

Peloponnese: 1,87%

South Aegean: 1,53%

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace: 1,40%

Western Macedonia: 1,07%

Ionian Islands: 0,12%

Funding

The measures and sub-actions are financed primarily from national and European Union resources, including the resources to be disbursed from the Recovery and Sustainability Fund. For the implementation of the actions that cause expense, both the resources of the regular budget and the public investment budget, as well as the resources of the European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 will be utilised. At the same time, resources of the Recovery Fund are utilized through the National Plan that has been prepared and channelled into actions.

To this end, at the national level, government planning utilises resources from the regular budget, but also of the other co-responsible, in matters of social policy, ministries and supervised bodies.

Sources of funding for the implementation of the measures and actions proposed in the framework of this National Strategy, as an example, can be the following:

 ▪ National resources both within the regular budget and within the Public Investment Programme

 ▪ Resources of the European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 (European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund ECB +, European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development)

▪ Resources of the European Asylum and Migration Fund

▪ Resources of the Fair Transition Fund (RTF)

▪ Resources available under the European Economic Area (EEA –E.A.A. Grants)

▪ Resources of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Mechanism

 ▪ Funds of the Integrated Border Management Fund

▪ Private resources from international organisations, etc.

Quality assurance

To the best of our knowledge, there is no other information published about the mechanisms in place to monitor and ensure the quality of the programmes implemented.