Tried and tested "Youth Guarantee" must now be applied throughout the EU

Europe's cities and regions have called on EU ministers to swiftly agree to plans to guarantee all young people up to 30 years old quality employment, education or training opportunities to boost growth and avoid creating a "lost generation". They stress that a lack of investment and proper local and regional authority involvement could seriously jeopardise the scheme’s success.
Europe's cities and regions have called on EU ministers to swiftly agree to plans to guarantee all young people up to 30 years old quality employment, education or training opportunities to boost growth and avoid creating a "lost generation". They stress that a lack of investment and proper local and regional authority involvement could seriously jeopardise the scheme’s success.
The EU's Committee of the Regions (CoR) has backed plans to offer a "Youth Guarantee" for all young Europeans which will be co-financed by EU cohesion funds. With unemployment among young people in Europe standing at 5.7 million, the European Commission was asked by the Council to propose a Youth Employment Package which included a recommendation to introduce a Youth Guarantee - an assurance that no young person up to the age of 25 will be left without employment, training or education for more than four months. Read more...