Youth Employment Support: a Bridge to Jobs for the Next Generation
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Date
2020-07-01View/
Subject headings
Social Rights ; European Institutions ; COVID-19 pandemic ; CommissionAbstract
Guided by the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Commission laid out its programme
for a Social Europe right at the beginning of its mandate2
, with people at its heart. Since
then, the Commission has prioritised work to help young people and is delivering on its
promise. It is strengthening education and training, fostering youth employment, ensuring fair
working conditions and improving access to social protection for all, because young people
are the next generation and deserve all the opportunities to develop their full potential to
shape the future of our continent
Number of pages
15p.Language
EnglishDescription
“No Member State should have to choose between responding to the crisis or investing in our people. Therefore, Next Generation EU increases […] youth employment support. It makes sure that people get the skills and the training and the education they need to adapt to this rapidly changing world1 .” President Ursula von der LeyenCOM(2020) 276 final