Charities and businesses will be given cash incentives to get jobless under-18s ‘earning or learning’, Nick Clegg announced today. The Deputy Prime Minister hopes to defuse the ‘ticking time bomb’ of youth unemployment with a £126million scheme across England Organisations will receive up to £2,200 for every young person they help. They will receive an … Continue reading
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY IN THE 14 EU MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERS: FACING THE CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE LABOUR MARKET The two key constraints to employment in the Mediterranean partner countries (MPCs) are insufficient labour demand (in particular for qualified labour), i.e., job creation, and skills mismatches due to failures in the education system, … Continue reading
Viola Caon left her Italian home to find work. Now she returns to see how her former classmates are faring… and in the week that shocking figures showed how badly Europe’s youth is being hit by the unemployment crisis, we also talk to hard-hit twentysomethings in Athens and Madrid Maybe being young is never easy. … Continue reading