Calls

With a maximum aid amount of EUR 7000, aid may be granted until 11 March

The Xunta de Galicia has opened the period for the presentation of applications for aid, under a non-competitive regime, to town councils declared as tourist municipalities and to geodestines in Galicia for the hiring of personnel in tourist offices, which in this call are extended from May to September, one month more than in the previous call.

The deadline for applying for this aid is open until 11 March and it will be an essential requirement that the local council has been declared a Galician tourist municipality and, if bodies representing geodestins apply for the subsidy, the local council in which the staff hired under these subsidies will work must be designated.

The personnel that is contracted must be in possession of one of the following titles or qualifications: superior technician in tourist information and commercialization or superior technician in guide, information and tourist assistance; technician in companies and tourist activities, degree or diploma/la in tourism or homologated equivalent, or have the qualification of tourist guide, or certificate of professionalism of local tourist promotion and information to the visitor. In addition, as a measure to promote employment, personnel who are hired must appear as having been dismissed or as having applied for a better job in the Galician Public Employment Service.

Budget of 450,000 euros
The grants covered by this call will have a global credit of 450,000 euros. Eligible actions may receive a maximum of 7,000 euros per beneficiary entity, provided that the eligible expenses are equal to or greater than this amount. If the expenses do not reach 7,000 euros, the amount of the aid will be, at most, the amount of the expenses.

• Consult the resolution in DOGA