ENAIRE launches its third round of grants for labour integration and job creation for people with disabilities

ENAIRE, the national air navigation service provider, is launching its third round of grants aimed at supporting job placement and creation activities for people with disabilities, both in the aeronautical sector and in other industries.

Foundations and associations of public interest that wish to be considered must apply through ENAIRE's Electronic Office

On July 16, the Basic Order that regulates subsidies was published in the Official State Gazette and on October 22, the extract of the Resolution of the call was published.

The call is directed at foundations and associations of public interest whose social purpose includes vocational training, job placement or job creation for people with disabilities, and who present a project aimed at developing labour insertion and job creation activities that allow these individuals to be integrated into the labour market.

The subsidies will be awarded in keeping with the principles of openness, transparency, objectivity, equality and non-discrimination through a competitive tendering procedure and taking into account the assessment criteria laid out in Order TRM/729/2024 of 30 June, published in the Official State Gazette on 16 July 2024, with a correction of errors published in the Official State Gazette on 10 October 2024, which sets out the regulatory bases for awarding ENAIRE grants aimed at supporting job placement and creation activities for people with disabilities.

In addition to other information, applicants will be required to provide a detailed description of the project proposed for the subsidy that includes the technical aspects, activities to be carried out, objectives, feasibility, dissemination plan, innovative elements, project budget, etc.

The grants, the maximum amount of which is 708,805.16 euros, will be financed from ENAIRE's general budget. The maximum amount that may be awarded to each beneficiary individually will be 100,000 euros. Under no circumstances can the cost of the activity that is presented be exceeded, nor the total amount of aids awarded to a single company, as laid out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013.

The deadline for submitting applications is 23 November 2024.

Foundations and associations of public interest that wish to be considered for the grants must apply through ENAIRE's Electronic Office.

Commitment to corporate social responsibility

ENAIRE, as a state-owned corporate entity belonging to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, reinforces its contribution to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact (which it joined in 2018), which entails the application of universal values and ethical principles to its entire strategy and to all its operations, and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out in the 2030 Agenda; specifically, to SDG 10, Reduce Inequality, which in goal 10.2 promotes "the social, economic and political inclusion of all irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status".

[José Antonio Santano, Secretary of State for Transport and Sustainable Mobility and president of ENAIRE].

About ENAIRE

ENAIRE is the air navigation service provider in Spain.

As a company of the Ministry of Sustainable Transport and Mobility, it provides en route control services for all flights and overflights from five control centres in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Gran Canaria and Palma, as well as approach services to every airport in the country.

In addition, 46 airports receive communication, navigation and surveillance services from ENAIRE, which also maintains their air traffic control systems, and 21 of them, including the country's busiest airports, rely on its aerodrome air traffic control services.

ENAIRE is Europe's fourth largest air traffic manager and participates in the A6 Alliance, a coalition of air navigation providers responsible for over 80% of European air traffic, and which is seeking to modernise the air traffic management system. It is also a member of other international alliances promoting the Single European sky, such as SESAR Joint Undertaking, SESAR Deployment Manager, iTEC, CANSO and ICAO.

ENAIRE, as the responsible agency identified by the Ministry of Sustainable Transport and Mobility to implement the U-Space system in Spain, will, through its digital platform, provide the Common Information Services (CIS), which are essential to facilitate U-space services to drones and Urban Air Mobility in cooperation with local air traffic services, so that all types of aircraft can fly safely in the same airspace.

ENAIRE has received the highest score in Europe on the aviation safety key performance indicator for four years in a row. It has also been awarded the EFQM 600 Seal for its safe, efficient, innovative and sustainable management of air navigation services.