While the EU agreed in April to re-target 6 billion euro to offer a “guarantee” of a job, training or apprenticeship within four months of someone becoming unemployed or leaving formal education, many think the measure alone isn’t sufficient enough Continue reading
Quebec / The Summit on Higher Education: The losers are youth holders of vocational and technical degrees
Labour leader Ed Miliband will become the first senior British politician to visit French president François Hollande at the Élysée Palace on Tuesday, when tackling youth unemployment will top the agenda. Hollande made his first presidential visit to the UK earlier this month, meeting David Cameron for talks following his election victory in May … Continue reading
World leaders and business chiefs have accepted there are no jobs on a dead planet, at the end of a three-day environment summit in Rio de Janeiro. Prime Minister Julia Gillard will play a key role in driving reforms agreed to by more than 190 nations at the Rio+20 conference, which comes 20 years after … Continue reading
It depends on whom you’re asking the question it seems ! Europe’s Latest Treaty No Cause For Celebration – Forbes Leaders of 25 of the 27 European Union countries have signed a new Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance. The United Kingdom and the Czech Republic did not sign. The treaty is designed to put … Continue reading
The European social partners (ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, CEEP and UEAPME) agreed on the need for an urgent focus on growth and jobs and strong investments to support recovery. During their meeting preceding European Union summit in Brussels on Thursday, the European social partners presented their joint work program for 2012-2014, which includes, among others, a joint … Continue reading