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Commission urges Member States to recognise skills gained outside school and university – Press Release

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http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/936&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

EU Youth Report calls for employment and social inclusion to be top priority – Press Release

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/948&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Youth unemployment expected to worsen with spread of euro crisis – UN labour agency

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42797&Cr=Youth&Cr1#.UEt-yUZ6Ffl

Jobs 4 Europe: The Employment Policy Conference

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=88&eventsId=641

OECD Idea Factory: How can we develop better skill...

We must invest in jobs for people, says Parliament

MEPs call for investment measures to tap the potential for jobs and growth in the
green economy, health and social services and the new technologies, in a resolution
passed on Thursday, They welcome the Commission’s recent policy paper on a job-
rich recovery, which advocates setting minimum wages to help the working poor.

Read the press release here

# Web: http://alumnibusinesscamp.net

Hello alumni around the world!

Ready for another edition of the networking and entrepreneurship event?
Last year 45 alumni met for the first ABC and had interesting presentations, discussions, networking opportunities and some serious fun. And since they all agreed that ABC should be organised again, we decided to take the challenge and do it, this time in amazing Barcelona.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of this year’s edition!

——– What ————————–

Alumni Business Camp (ABC) is an event organized by alumni for alumni. The idea is to meet for few days in one location to discuss different business ideas, start new projects, develop ourselves, share experiences and build a stronger network.

——– Where & When ————-

Place: Barcelona, Spain
Working days: 26th...

Youth UnEmployment project and its initiative European School of Entrepreneurship featured on Road to Rio+20 Blog

Thanks!

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Youth unemployment: everybody’s talking about it.Everyone has an idea, a solution, a plan, but… who actually asks your opinion?

ThinkYoung, the first European think tank made by young people for young people, wants to hear you, and have launched a Pan-European survey!

Are you between 18 & 30 years old, living in any European country, inside or outside EU? Help ThinkYoung by sharing your opinion!

• Click here, you will find details and the links to 15 languages!

It will take 8 minutes and it can help make a difference for young Europeans!

In October, ThinkYoung will be presenting the results of the survey to key decision makers in Brussels. Your opinions will be heard!

[From SALTO Inclusion RC]

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 2007. Medium-term projections (2012–16) suggest little improvement in youth labour markets. By 2016, the youth unemployment rate is projected to remain at the same high level.

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[Source: The EU-CoE youth partnership]

The European Parliament today reaffirmed their call for a European Youth Guarantee and regulation for Quality Internships in the EU.

During the discussions MEPs affirmed that they didn’t feel there was enough sense of urgency behind the EU’s actions and that the Member States should adopt a youth guarantee as soon as possible. View the Press Release.

Moreover, check the photos from YO! Fest 2012 | Intern Action Day here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanyouthforum

YO! Fest 2012

Dear all,

I thought I would let you know that the latest employment stats came out from Eurostat today, and unemployment (including youth unemployment) is marginally up in the EU.

In both Spain and Greece the youth unemployment rates have gone over 50% (50.5% and 50.4%) respectively.

Further details below.

Dear all,

As an update of our work on Internships, I am pleased to announce that we now have the translation of the Youth Forum’s Internship and Apprenticeship Charter into 4 new languages (DE, FR, IT, PL) and we have also had it nicely formatted in English.