This report was prepared by Stewart Butler, Valentina Contreras and Damiano Pregaldini in the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, under the supervision of Anne Lauringson (Team Leader) and Theodora Xenogiani (Head of Division). Statistical assistance was provided by Dana Blumin, with editorial support from Natalie Corry and Hanna Varkki. Additional feedback from Ioanna Pantelaiou is gratefully acknowledged.
The report greatly benefited from the information and insights shared by the stakeholders in Greece whom the OECD team met during fact-finding missions in May and November 2024. These included representatives from the Greek Public Employment Service (DYPA), DYPA counsellors in the EKO office for vulnerable social groups in Athens, the Margarita Vocational Training Centre, the General Secretariat of Social Solidarity and Fighting Poverty, the Greek Company of Supported Employment, DYPA’s School of Vocational Training of People with Disabilities, the Office of the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and the National Referral Mechanism for the Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking, the National Conference of People with Disability, the General Secretariat for Equality and Human Rights, the Cabinet of the Deputy Minister of Social Cohesion and the Family, OKANA, EPANODOS, the Federation of Deaf People of Greece and 18 ANO.
Particular thanks go to Gianna Chormova, Dimitra Protopsalti and Aliki Anitsi from DYPA for their feedback on preliminary versions of the report, which substantially improved its quality. Crucial and ongoing support with the data by Aliki Anitsi is also gratefully acknowledged.
The report was produced as part of the OECD – DYPA project “Strengthening support to vulnerable clients via modern digital tools and supplementary services”, funded by DYPA.