The Agricultural Employment Promotion Program allocates more than six million euros for the hiring of workers from depressed rural areas of the Region of Murcia

• The amount of the grant, which has not experienced cuts since 2011, has increased by 5% compared to last year
• Between 2012 and 2023, the Region of Murcia has received about 60 million euros, which has allowed to hire 15,445 workers
• The objective of this program is to improve the situation of the group of temporary workers in depressed rural areas

March 29, 2023. The Agricultural Employment Promotion Program will allocate 6,055,379.36 euros in its call of 2023 for the hiring of about 1,207 temporary workers in depressed rural areas of twenty-two municipalities of the Region of Murcia.

The Regional Monitoring Commission, chaired by the government delegate, José Vélez, has approved the distribution of some funds, provided entirely by the State Public Employment Service, which increase by 5% compared to last year and whose increase since 2016 rises to 31.9%.

The objective of this program is to improve the situation of the group of temporary workers of the Special System of Agricultural Workers with the dual purpose of improving their training and employability and, in addition, to promote rooting in depressed rural areas.

This money is used to finance salary costs and company contributions for carrying out work on projects of general and social interest managed and contracted by the Local Corporations.

The start of the works varies according to the municipalities, as it is a condition that the execution of the project coincides with periods of low agricultural activity. For this year it is planned that the municipalities can start the projects during the second half of July or the beginning of August.

During the meeting of the Regional Monitoring Commission, the distribution of credit among the beneficiary municipalities has been agreed based on the market indicator and the historical criterion, according to the following table.

The twenty-two municipalities, grouped in four regional councils, Mula, Caravaca, Cieza and Lorca, must now submit their respective reports and request the necessary grants for the implementation of projects of general interest.

“During all these years, this program has demonstrated its efficiency as a social and economic revulsive in our most depressed rural areas, and that is why the commitment of the SEPE and the Government of Spain has led to a significant increase every year in the credits destined for it,” explained the government delegate.