The Official Gazette of the Regional Government of Andalusia (BOJA) has published a resolution by the Ministry of Employment, Enterprise and Self-Employment increasing by €8.4 million the funding allocated to the 2026 Employment and Training programme. The additional funds will support projects submitted by public entities in Andalusia to improve unemployed people’s prospects of finding work by combining training with practical professional experience.
The resolution says that, after the application period closed on 11 September, 639 applications had been received, seeking more than €232 million in total—more than the funding initially available. Of these applications, 595 were submitted by public entities and 44 by non-profit organisations.
The increase is allocated across six Andalusian provinces: Almería, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Málaga and Seville. Cádiz and Huelva will retain their initially planned allocations, as a preliminary review of applications found no need for additional funding there. With the change, funding for projects run by public entities under the programme rises to €112 million. The increase is financed by the Spanish central government through annual allocations in the State Public Employment Service’s expenditure budget. It was provided for in the original call, published in July, and does not open a new application period or change the deadlines for decisions.
**One year of employment and training**
Participants are to be hired by the entities from the first day for 12 months and will receive the salary corresponding to the work they perform. The entities define and submit their own projects. Public entities may submit applications according to population size: those serving populations under 8,000 may submit up to two, while those serving more than 50,000 may submit up to six. For local entities covering several municipalities, population is calculated by adding together the populations of those municipalities.
Projects will last one year and take place in person. Their main aim is to improve unemployed people’s employability through activities that serve a public purpose or the general and social interest. Training must account for at least 35% and no more than 50% of the hours in each contract, based on a reference total of 1,920 hours.
Successful applicants will be responsible for carrying out the entire subsidised project, based on the territory’s labour-market qualification needs and the training provision listed in Annex IV of the call. Each project’s training plan must include at least the content required to obtain a professional certificate, alongside activities such as employment guidance, job-search advice, labour and career information, or entrepreneurship training. Each project must have at least ten participants.