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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 [...]

Recently, the European Union acknowledged the youth unemployment problem as a result of the recent crisis and proposed the use of structural funds under concrete measures aiming at driving down youth unemployment. For this purpose, in December 2011, the European Commission presented “Youth Opportunities Initiative” which set out the measures that would address the youth [...]

The dramatically high youth unemployment rates in Europe call for immediate action by Member States. One of the priorities for action is to ensure a smooth school-to-work transition for young people. Two studies undertaken for the European Commission on apprenticeships and traineeships in all EU Member States recommend that these schemes should be more responsive to labour market requirements, [...]

The ILO study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends. Nearly 75 million youth are unemployed around the world, an increase of more than 4 million since [...]

A pilot project to help young people find a job in another EU country has been launched by the European Commission. In its initial phase ‘Your first EURES job‘ will aim to improve cross-border mobility for 5,000 people. It will also serve as a testing ground for transforming EURES – the network of Member States’ employment services – [...]

What role can youth entrepreneurship play in meeting the current youth unemployment challenge? What barriers do young people face when starting a business? How do the challenges vary across different groups of young people? – The Policy Brief on Youth Entrepreneurship, prepared by OECD with the financial support of the European Commission, tries to provide [...]

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 [...]

The 30th of January 2012, at the informal meeting of European leaders of the European Council, Member states calls for actions to drive down youth unemployment! “In his remarks after the informal meeting of the members of the European Council on 30 January, the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said that Heads of State and Government recognise [...]