in the pes oaed launched a programme providing financial support and counselling for young people who wish to implement innovative business ideas primarily promoting the use of new technologies all unemployed yearolds not resident in the attica or island regions are eligible provided they fulfil the following requirements i they are registered as unemployed and have drawn up an individual action plan ii they have attended a seminar on entrepreneurship and iii they are greek or eu nationals and if male they have fulfilled their military obligations the programme targets doctors dentists veterinarians pharmacists lawyers engineers and graduates of polytechnic university faculties over the first four years after graduation or after completion of a medical specialisation course participants must be aged under with the exceptions of medical doctors and mothers of young children for whom the age limit is extended to and of those who have enroled in postgraduate studies before turning for whom the age limit is extended until completion of their postgraduate studies in addition youth are required to hold a certificate proving registration with oaed