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European employment & social policy Ministers to meet in Dublin tomorrow to focus on getting people into work

February 7, 2013 Posted in  Home, News

Today and tomorrow employment, social affairs and health (EPSCO) Ministers will meet at an ‘Informal’ EPSCO in Dublin.
As expected the youth guarantee will be on the agenda, along with the issues of addressing social exclusion and addressing inequality on the labour market. The Youth Guarantee will be specifically addressed tomorrow at 10:00 – 12:30 (Irish time) in an meeting chaired by the Irish Minister of Social Protection, Joan Burton TD.Please find below a press release from the Irish Presidency (kindly forwarded by NYCI)

European employment & social policy Ministers to meet in Dublin tomorrow to focus on getting people into work

DUBLIN, 6 February – Employment and Social Policy Ministers are convening in Dublin tomorrow for a two day informal meeting focusing on one of the most difficult social problems facing Europe. The theme of the informal meeting is “getting people into work”. Ministers will share views and experiences on a number of policy areas, ranging from jobs and skills development in ICT, youth unemployment and activating jobless households that will feed into the process of developing services and supporting European people back into work.

The first plenary session will be co-chaired by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton TD and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD. The second plenary session on youth employment will be chaired by Minister Joan Burton.

Minister Joan Burton will al...

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Irish Presidency of the EU: overview of priorities

January 9, 2013 Posted in  Home, News

Here you will find the Irish Presidency of the EU overview of priorities: youth unemployment is one of the main features.

In the EU Article attached Irish MEPs have defined their different hopes for the Irish Presidency, two of the MEPs listed the youth unemployment issue as their top priority and another focused on austerity measures:

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