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Wednesday, 2012-05-02
21:12 - Chemistry resources for secondary school teachers
Managed by European Schoolnet on behalf of the European Petrochemical Association (EPCA).
Thursday, 2012-05-03
17:08 - Bologna Ministerial Conference (Bucharest, 26 April 2012): a renewed collective commitment towards a fully functioning European Higher Education Area
Education Ministers from the 47 countries participating in the Bologna Process met in Bucharest at the end of last week to review progress in Higher Education reforms and set prior...
Friday, 2012-05-04
21:54 - Youth entrepreneurship versus youth unemployment - Policy Brief on Youth Entrepreneurship
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 va...
Tuesday, 2012-05-08
10:57 - Youth on the Move in Maribor
A four day Youth on the Move event was launched today in the Slovenian town of Maribor, which is the European Capital of Culture in 2012
11:01 - Comenius: Teachers work on ideas for future school partnerships
On 3-4 May, 270 teachers, headmasters and policy-makers from across Europe met in Brussels to discuss how teaming up with partners in other countries can help schools boost teachin...
16:39 - Erasmus hits new record with 8.5% increase in student exchanges
Twenty-five years after its launch, Erasmus has become the best known EU programme and the most successful student exchange scheme in the world. More than 231 000 students received...
21:00 - Call for Participation: Cultural Innovators Network
Goethe Institute in cooperation with Anna Lindh Foundation and the German Federal Foreign Office
Wednesday, 2012-05-09
16:43 - EUN online focus groups in May 2012, topic: Consumer Education in the curriculum
Teachers from post primary schools needed, from: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Spain, and The Netherlands.
Thursday, 2012-05-10
11:18 - Call for proposals: Cultural partnerships between Asia and Europe
An initiative that aims to support collaborative artistic and networking projects in the framework of the Asia-Europe dialogue. Art and culture organisations and networks of Asia ...
Friday, 2012-05-11
13:49 - Language Industry Conference: LIND-WEB Professionals in action
24 May 2012, Brussels — "Share, cooperate, grow"
Monday, 2012-05-14
13:48 - 'Generation 1992' campaign – you in the European single market
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the European single market decision, the European Commission launched an online communication campaign “Generation 1992".
Tuesday, 2012-05-15
10:46 - Council adopts a general approach on Erasmus for All
On Thursday 11 May, the Council of the EU adopted a general approach on the new integrated Erasmus for All programme proposed by the European Commission. This will replace the curr...
Wednesday, 2012-05-16
11:44 - De la Loire au Danube : traverser l’Europe à vélo !
Cycling across Europe along the Danube, the Rhine and the Loire valleys! Promoted by AEDE-France
Friday, 2012-05-18
07:58 - AEDE Extraordinary congress
15 - 18 November 2012.
Friday, 2012-05-25
10:24 - The EU and South Africa intensify cooperation in education and training
On 17 May South Africa and the EU signed their Joint Declaration on Cooperation in Education and Training. The Declaration is the formal endorsement of years of rapidly intensifyin...

EU leaders focus on youth unemployment

Stimulating employment among young people is the first priority to spur economic growth in a recession-hit Europe, according to discussions of EU leaders at the informal European Council Summit yesterday, 30 January.

President Barosso said: "Today I want to focus on youth unemployment. It is reaching very high levels in some Member States. This can have long term consequences with young people becoming alienated from the world of work".
More than 23 million people are unemployed in Europe today. Unless we can improve our growth rates, unemployment will remain high. We need to keep people in work and create new jobs, including in the "green economy". This means taking concrete action to overcome the "skills mismatch" and the "geographic mismatch". It also means reforming labour markets and addressing the cost of labour in relation to productivity", the statement of EU leaders says.
More than 5.5 million young people in the EU are unemployed - about 22.3% of the entire youth workforce, according to the latest statistics published in January. Spain is the hardest hit, with youth unemployment there edging close to 50%. And the trend does not seem to improve as the economic doldrums push more and more young Europeans to line up for social benefits.
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