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The European Youth Forum (YFJ) is an independent, democratic, youth-led platform, representing 99 National Youth Councils and International Youth Organisations from across Europe. The YFJ works to empower young people to participate actively in society to improve their own lives, by representing and advocating their needs and interests and those of their organisations towards the European Institutions, the Council of Europe and the United Nations.
EU Spanish Presidency: a strong European Youth Pact should be in the EU2020 strategy
2 February 2010, EU Presidency Youth Press Conference, Madrid, SpainSpain started on January 1 its six-month term in the rotating EU Presidency in a strategic moment for Europe: under the new Lisbon Treaty and marked by efforts to bring Europe out of its worst recession in decades. In a Press Conference organised in Madrid in cooperation with CJE, Spanish National Youth Council and INJUVE, the Spanish National Youth Institute, the European Youth Forum and CJE expressed their expectation towards the Spanish Presidency. "With 21.4% of young people aged 15-24 unemployed in Europe," declared Giuseppe Porcaro, European Youth Forum Secretary General, "the European Youth Forum believes that the new EU 2020 strategy should have a strong youth dimension by including concrete measures to tackle the urgent issue of youth employment and a renewed and updated European Youth Pact." The Spanish Presidency, in cooperation with CJE, will promote a full programme of events tackling the main challenges for youth: employment, equality, participation, education. In order to address the issue of youth employment, and in view of a post-Lisbon Strategy with a stronger social dimension, the new EU 2020 strategy should in particular push forward smooth transition from education to employment in the EU, offering a clear stand to improving young people's access to the labour market, fostering increased youth autonomy, mobility, and involvement in shaping European citizenship. On February 3, Giuseppe Porcaro, European Youth Forum Secretary General, met with Mr Celestino Corbacho, Spanish Minister for Labour and Immigration, together with a delegation of the Spanish Youth Council, guided by Daniel Lostao Sanjuan, CJE President. In their meeting, they discussed the inclusion of a strong youth dimension in the EU2020 strategy, especially focusing on youth employment. Mr Corbacho committed to bring these views to the Spanish Prime Minister in view of the discussions in the next Informal European Summit taking place in Brussels on February 11. Read the European Youth Forum contribution to the EU2020 Consultation |
Youth Policy Watch bulletin: always updated about youth issues
2010 promises to be a decisive year for young people in Europe and in the world more generally. At the same time, there seem not to be enough information about youth available! To fill the gap, the European Youth Forum has designed a new tool that aims to keep track of the latest news concerning young people, and provide a new easily accessible source of information on any recent youth policies at a European level. This new bulletin will monitor and relate any political decisions and events that have particular significance for youth, as well as provide an overview of the European media's coverage of the latest most relevant news topics. The Youth Policy Watch will arrive directly in your inbox every two weeks on Tuesday. Subscribe to it on www.youthforum.org and get the first issue TODAY! In the first issue: while the UN has proclaimed 2010 to be the International year of Youth, unemployment rates of young people are at their highest since the late 1990s, and European leaders seem to believe that the answer to the financial crisis in Europe is more investment in education. To read the first issue of the Youth Policy Watch, click here. |
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