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  You are looking for a job whether in your own country or abroad? You need to be able to present your qualifications and skills in a way that employers can correctly understand and appreciate? Europass is a great tool that you can use during your job research.  It’s a direct public service to make qualifications [...]

We are looking for partners from Eu Countries for our Action 1.1 Project which will taken part in Yalova-TURKEY       This project aims through its activities, such as workshops, group-discussions and presentations, to approach and propose solutions to unemployment. The current economic depression deeply affects especially the youngsters’ employment opportunities.  Thus, our main [...]

What are the social challenges in urban areas and how can youth work interventions help overcome these. Join in our online discussions. from 29 May to 2 Jun 2012 – live seminar in Birmingham, UK – virtually on blog and Twitter. Join the discussions about urban youth Follow the programme live via thehttp://urbansolutions.posterous.com/ blog. Enrich the debate with [...]

“The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a video contest for young people (from 18 to 29 years) to show how the global jobs crisis is affecting their lives. Three winners will be invited to Geneva (all expenses paid) to attend the ILO Youth Employment Forum, to be held from 23-25 May 2012, where they [...]

The report was released on 6th February 2012 by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Released on 6th February 2012 by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the UN World Report on Youth reveals that across regions, young people are disproportionately affected by unemployment, underemployment, vulnerable employment and working [...]

“At the European Council, Member States endorsed the five priorities set out in the Annual Growth Survey, published by the Commission. This included the aims that at EU and national level, action should be taken to pursue growth friendly fiscal consolidation, restore normal lending to the economy, promote growth and competitiveness, tackle unemployment and the [...]

Today we would like to propose you an article from the european youth forum we thought might be of interest for our readers talking about the topic of the youth unemployment and the involvment of the United Nations upon this worldwide concer! An event has been launched in order to debate about solution and establish [...]

Youth in crisis? Linking research, policy and practice Call for papers Manresa (near Barcelona, Spain) September 20th-23rd 2012 The current economic and financial crisis has had a double impact on young people: firstly, they have absorbed a significant part of the unemployment and the worsening of labour market conditions. Secondly, there is emerging evidence that social [...]

“On 30th January, an informal EU summit gathered EU heads of state and governments in Brussels. EU leaders focused heavily on the issues of jobs and growth, with particular attention paid to youth unemployment. President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, proposed using non-allocated EU structural funds, €82 billion from 2007-2013, to create jobs [...]

The European Commission via Eurostat has just released the indicators concerning the rate of enemployment in Europe. In december 2010 the rate was at 10,4%. Although the rate of unemployment fell in few countries of the euro zone it stays quite high in many others.     According to the report: Another good reason to [...]