[Update] YO! Fest 2012- Intern Action Day
May 7, 2012
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YO! Fest 2012
YO!FEST 2012
INTERN ACTION DAY
For a European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships
16 May, EP Esplanade, Brussels, Belgium
THE INITIATIVE: the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships
Since 2010 the European Youth Forum has been leading the work of numerous civil society organisations, including the European Trade Union Confederation, in drafting Europe-wide quality standards for internships and apprenticeships. This initiative has been strongly supported by MEP Emilie Turunen who in 2010 wrote the European Paliament’s report on youth access to the labour market.
The European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships is a set of basic quality principles to ensure that internships and apprenticeships become a valuable and quality experience across Europe and beyond.
BRIEF PRESENTATION OF YO! Fest 2012
The European Youth Forum aims to organise a 3rd YO! Fest on the topic of the European Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships: an Intern Action Day!
The YO! Fest will be held on the Esplanade of the European Parliament in Brussels on 16th of May 2012. It will be a moment for publicity of the initiative and it will be a moment for officially handing over the Charter with all its signatures to the EU decision makers.
This edition is going to be conceived as a dynamic open space with many different activities linked to and flowing through each other. It will include public debates, open mic sessions, street theatre performance and slam poetry with musical intervals from Belgium and International bands.
The YO! Fest will gather European Youth Forum member organisations and partners, different institutions and organisations, interns and apprentices themselves and general public to have a day of activities that raises the awareness about the intern situation in Europ
INTERN ACTION DAY
For a European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships
16 May, EP Esplanade, Brussels, Belgium
THE INITIATIVE: the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships
Since 2010 the European Youth Forum has been leading the work of numerous civil society organisations, including the European Trade Union Confederation, in drafting Europe-wide quality standards for internships and apprenticeships. This initiative has been strongly supported by MEP Emilie Turunen who in 2010 wrote the European Paliament’s report on youth access to the labour market.
The European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships is a set of basic quality principles to ensure that internships and apprenticeships become a valuable and quality experience across Europe and beyond. [Continue reading]
In preparation of the event we propose you to watch INTERNVIEW ans THE INTERNS
Please find the programme of the day here
** The European Commission has published a staff working document to explore the views of stakeholders for a Quality Framework on Traineeships. This should result in Council Recommendation by the end of this year, which means that all the EU member states will have to at least think about this topic for once. This is certainly a success because in many countries on their own initiative nothing is done about abusive internships. The document is attached and the deadline to respond to European Commission is 11 July. It will be important that many responses are supportive of this work so we would very much like to encourage you to take part! The European Youth Forum will respond to the consultation based on the content of the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships.
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Join us in Brussels to support the European Charter on Quality Internships
