Employment and supporting labour mobility

05 December 2016

Commission organises first European Vocational Skills Week

From 5 to 9 December 2016, the European Commission is organising a first European Vocational Skills Week to inspire people to discover, use and improve their talents and abilities through vocational training. It is one of the ten key actions proposed by t...

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23 November 2016

The Youth Guarantee in practice: a boost for David's employment chances

David Banović’s life and career was following a steady path. He was studying journalism and politics at university. He had a part-time job where he was learning basic administrative and accounting skills.

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07 September 2016

Erasmus for young entrepreneurs — support office

Published : Wed, 07 Sep 2016 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 EASME wishes to enter into a service contract. The purpose of this tender is to select an entity — the support office — that will coordinate and support the activities of the Europ...

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07 September 2016

Erasmus for young entrepreneurs — support office

Erasmus Entrepreneur Organization IOS Coherentism Employment

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30 September 2016

Workshop on the transition from the personal protective equipment Directive to a new Regulation

Published : Fri, 30 Sep 2016 Event: 16/11/2016 @ MADOU TOWER On 16 November 2016, the European Commission will organise a workshop in Brussels on the transition from the current Directive to the new Regulation on personal protective equipmen...

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01 September 2016

Entrepreneurial capacity building for young migrants

Published : Thu, 01 Sep 2016 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 The overall objective of this call aims at supporting the creation, the improvement and the wider dissemination of support schemes for migrant entrepreneurs.

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28 June 2016

SUPPORTING INITIATIVES IN THE FIELD OF DRUGS POLICY

Identifier: JUST-2016-AG-DRUGPillar: DrugsOpening Date: Deadline: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

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22 June 2016

Restructuring the Hungarian social protection system: Evaluation of the 2015 decision to deliver benefits locally

Last year, the Hungarian government introduced an extensive reform of the social protection system, notably separating provisions for income and expense compensation.

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01 June 2016

Young people and the labour market: a tale of two NEETs

Those suffering the most from the great recession of 2009 were arguably young people. Many of those leaving school to enter the world of work saw their chances on the labour market dramatically reduced. From 2008 to 2013, the employment rate for the 15-24...

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31 May 2016

Seminar on Making work pay

With still nearly 6 million more people unemployed in December 2015 than in March 2008, there is a wide consensus in the EU on the importance of expanding employment as the main means of reducing poverty among the population of working age.

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