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The EC reducing youth unemployment in Europe
Despite everything the EU and its member countries are doing, employment prospects for young people in the EU are bleak. One in five under-25's who are looking for work cannot find a job. 7.5 million 15-24 year-olds are neither working, nor in education or training. To respond to…
The UN's recent focus on youth
The United Nations have recently published a World Youth Report on youth employment and young people's perspectives on the pursuit of decent work in changing times. The context The transition of young people into work marks a critical period in the life cycle. In effect, the mann…
"Think Youth" news
"Think Youth" is the new monthly stakeholder newsletter of the Youth Department of the Council of Europe . Below is a digest of some current projects and events within the youth sector. New programme On 17 January 2012, the Council of Europe and the EU signed a € 4.8 million jo…
Youth e-participation conference, Berlin, June 2012
The project "youthpart" invites to an international conference on youth e-participation , gathering around 100 national and international experts from the field of youth e-participation! Together they want to exchange best-practice , discuss in high-quality working groups , netwo…
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Find out how to study and work abroad in Europe
Youth on the Move is an initiative of the European Commission, which aims to improve the education and employability of young people is touring Europe and attending different job and educational fairs. The Youth on the Move info booth helps visitors to find out how to study, lear…
E-skills competition to win a paid internship
The European e-Skills Week 2012 is a European campaign focused on showing people how to get jobs through e-skills in the digital age . Together with industry partners, education bodies and public authorities, the campaign will deliver an exciting programme of events and activitie…
Learn how to protect your identity online
Do you ever worry about the privacy settings of your Facebook account or have you considered your digital footprint online? The Safer Internet Day 2012 , which takes place on February 7 , is encouraging people of all ages to be responsible internet users. Besides national organis…