SEPE opens 1.18 million for social entities to hire unemployed people in Ceuta

The State Public Employment Service (SEPE) has opened the 2026 call for grants in Ceuta aimed at non-profit entities that hire unemployed workers for works and services of general and social interest. The call was approved by SEPE Resolution of October 23, 2026, and its summary was published in the Official Gazette of the Autonomous City of Ceuta (BOCCE) No. 6,665, of October 30, 2026, under announcement number 721 and identification BDNS 937703.

Figures and Multi-year Distribution

The total amount of the call is 1,185,085.03 euros, committed on a multi-year basis under Article 47 of the General Budget Law 47/2003, of November 26. The breakdown by fiscal year is as follows:

• Fiscal year 2026: 948,068.02 euros.
• Fiscal year 2027: 237,017.01 euros.

The grant will be used to finance the salary and Social Security costs for all concepts of the hired persons, in the same amount fixed for the salary according to the current collective agreement. The amount granted to each entity will be increased by 2% to cover possible agreement increases in 2026, with an obligation to reimburse the difference if the increase does not occur or is lower than predicted. To these amounts, the residence allowance, including the employer’s contribution, will be added when the entity is obliged to pay it by legal or conventional provision.

Requirements and Project Evaluation

Non-profit entities that hire unemployed persons for services of general and social interest and that prove sufficient technical and management capacity to execute the project, under the terms of Article 42 of Royal Decree 818/2021, of September 28, may be beneficiaries. The regulatory bases are Order TES/1077/2023, of September 28, modified by Order TES/234/2025, of March 7.

Only projects that, applying the established evaluation criteria, obtain a minimum score of 14 points will be approved. The requirements for the workers are referred to Article 46.1 and Article 39.d) of the aforementioned royal decree, as well as Articles 4, 5, and 20 and the annex of the order of bases.

Ten Days to Submit the Application

The deadline for submitting applications is 10 calendar days starting from the day following the publication of the resolution in the BOCCE, that is, from October 31, 2026, until November 9, 2026. Applications submitted after the deadline will be inadmissible.

Along with the application, according to the model in Annex II of the call, the reports for the works or services projects and the documentation provided for in Article 7 of the resolution must be submitted. The resolution is signed by the Director General of the SEPE with delegation to the Provincial Director of the SEPE in Ceuta, in accordance with section Seven.3.1.a) of the Resolution of October 6, 2008, as amended by the Resolution of November 23, 2023.

More SEPE activity in the same bulletin

The call coincides in the same issue of the BOCCE with another resolution from the agency in the city: announcement 723, which definitively awards a grant of 124,195.66 euros to the University of Granada (CIF Q1818002F) to finance the salary costs of 4 young workers under 30 years of age within the “First Experience Projects in Public Administrations.” In that case, the projects must start between the day following publication and December 16, 2026.

The call for social entities is the one with the largest economic volume of the two and directly affects the city’s associative fabric, which will have just over a week to formalize projects and gather the required documentation. For Ceuta’s non-profit entities, it represents a funding route to hire unemployed personnel within a context of very tight deadlines.

Source: BOCCE, no. 6,665, of October 30, 2026, State Public Employment Service. Provincial Directorate in Ceuta, p. 3738 (official reference: announcement no. 721; BDNS 937703).