Canary Islands announces 200,000 euros in grants for adapted vocational training

The Department of Education, Vocational Training, Physical Activity and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands has announced, through a non-competitive concurrence procedure, scholarships for students participating in the “Training Itineraries for Qualification +21” (IFC+21) project for adapted vocational training, with an approved expenditure of 200,000 euros. The call is formalized in the Order of October 27, 2026, signed in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria by the counselor Hipólito Alejandro Suárez Nuez, and published in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands no. 224, of November 10, 2026, in section III. Other Resolutions (document no. 3868, page 40590). Applications may be submitted during the 10 business days following the publication of the order.

The measure is aimed at students from non-university public educational centers in the archipelago enrolled in the 2025/2026 training action, a group that the order itself estimates at 118 people. The call incorporates its own regulatory bases in Annex I, a formula that the Department justifies by the “specificity” and non-recurring nature of the project, financed through the budget application 18.15.322D.4800200-4118007-184G2376-“SCE-Becas alumnado +21”.

Requirements: between 21 and 30 years old, unemployment, and 33% disability

According to base 2, beneficiary students must meet the following conditions:

• Be over 21 years old and under 30 years old.
• Have participated in a Training Itinerary for Qualification +21 in a Canarian public center during the 2025/2026 training action.
• Prove a recognized disability equal to or greater than 33%, with the degree registered both in the employment demand and at the educational center.
• Be unemployed and registered as a job seeker; the right is interrupted if this status is lost.
• Not have abandoned the training period and have attended at least 75% of the duration of the action.
• Possess a DNI or NIE.

Causes for exclusion will include accumulating more than three unjustified absences per month, failing to complete the training with proficiency, hindering its development, showing disrespect to teachers or classmates, or using the center’s facilities inappropriately.

Ten euros per day of attendance and processing via the electronic office

The amount of the scholarship is set at 10 euros per day of attendance at the training, in accordance with Order EFP/942/2022, of September 23, and Resolution no. 9339/2023, of December 12, of the Presidency of the Canarian Employment Service. Payment will be made by bank transfer to the account specified in the application.

Along with the Annex II model, the Employment Demand Registration and Renewal Document (DARDE), the DNI or NIE, the identification of the legal representative, and a banking document with an IBAN must be provided. Submission should preferably be made through the electronic office of the Government of the Canary Islands.

The General Directorate of Vocational Training and Special Regime Education (DGFPERE) will resolve by delegation. Following the provisional proposal, published on the department’s website, a period for allegations of 10 business days is opened; the maximum period to resolve and notify is three months from the end of the application period, with negative silence if there is no express resolution.

Financing from the Canary Islands Employment Service and extension until November

The source of the funds is the monetary contribution authorized by Resolution No. 10204/2025, of December 31, from the Presidency of the Canary Islands Employment Service, destined for the projects “Specific Training Itineraries +16 and Capacity Training Itineraries +21”, with an initial period of twelve months between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2026.

That period was first extended until October 31, 2026, by Resolution No. 6792/2026, of August 13, and later until November 30, 2026, by Resolution No. 8541/2026, of October 16, at the request of the DGFPERE.

The scholarships are compatible with other grants, aid, or income from any public or private administration, national or European, and are subject to Law 38/2003, General Law on Subsidies, and Decree 36/2009, which regulates the general subsidy regime of the Canary Islands. An optional appeal for reversal may be filed against the order within one month or, directly, a contentious-administrative appeal within two months before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands.

The scope of the call is limited—118 potential beneficiaries and a maximum of 200,000 euros—but its symbolic value is high: for the first time in this exercise, the travel costs of students with intellectual disabilities pursuing adapted vocational training in the Canary Islands are compensated, a right recognized by Organic Law 2/2006 and Organic Law 3/2022, which is now translated into an effective aid of ten euros for each day of class attended.

Source: Official Gazette of the Canary Islands, no. 224, of November 10, 2026, section III. Other Resolutions, page 40590 (official reference: document no. 3868).