GR-vi.2 Measures to promote the employment of women ("NOW" Programme)
3.6.2.GR-vi.2 Measures to promote the employment of women ("NOW" Programme)
Within the framework of the programmes for job creation and the promotion of young entrepreneurs there exist programmes specially tailored to the needs of women that offer easier conditions of access. A condition of entitlement to such programmes is, however, that women interested in the programmes have attended the appropriate NOW training scheme. The aim of the programme was to offer support to a total of 200 women in 1994. In 50 cases this support involved a grant to the employer for employing women aged between 18 and 60 who had been recruited by firms or cooperatives founded by women within the framework of the NOW Programme. In 150 cases the support was made available to women to set up their own enterprise.
In the case of waged/salaried employment the grant amounted to a daily allowance of GRD 3,000; in the case of self-employment the value of the grant was GRD 800,000.
Between July and the end of the programme in December 1994, a total of 25 women were admitted to the self-employment scheme; the total volume of support amounted to GRD 20,000,000. Bodies such as INE (GSEE), EOMMEX and ELPEKA have contributed to the establishment of a database and regional employment networks for women in 10 of the 13 administrative regions. Various other public- and private-sector organisations also implement measures under the NOW Programme.
A programme was developed for the year 1997 by virtue of Ministerial Resolution 33233 of 15.4.97. This concerned an employment subsidy (442 placements) for women who were trained within the framework of the NOW Programme during 1995 and 1996.
Actions within this framework will be taken up to the year 2000 (EU "Employment" Initiative, NOW Programme).
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