[ARTICLE] Youth unemployment

In order to understand the importance of youth workers mobility, it is a must to be familiar with all the factors, that have an impact on the mobility. One of those essential things is youth unemployment. It is necessary to be aware of how youth unemployment is measured in the European Union, how those rates are affected by the transition period when young adults leave education and enter the labour market. What is considered to be employed and unemployed youth? Feel invited to check out the article below, displaying the data in clear statistical figures.

This article explains how youth unemployment in the European Union (EU) is measured and how youth unemployment rates are affected by the transition of young adults from education to the labour market. Two factors are particularly relevant. First, there is a steep rise in participation in the labour market between the ages of 15 and 24. Second, young people in education are often also employed or unemployed, so there is an overlap between the labour market and education.

The article is part of a set of two: while this one focuses on measures of youth unemployment, a second one called 'Participation of young people in education and the labour market' further develops the interplay between education and labour market participation.

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[ARTICLE] Youth organisations have role to play in tackling violent radicalisation

Youth workers in the European Union is a great mean of building communities to include and support young people into the society and labour market. There are many ways to reach this goal and in his article published back in May before the European Youth Forum, Tibor Navracsics explains his views and suggestions in detail. Mr. Navracsics is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from June to September 2014. Currently, he is the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. Find his informative and useful article bellow:

Over the coming days, thousands of young people from across Europe will come together for this year’s European Youth Event and YO!Fest to discuss how to bring about change. And indeed, Europe needs the energy and creativity of its young generations to overcome the big challenges it is facing, and to build strong, open societies.

This is critical today, as our fundamental values of freedom, democracy, human dignity and mutual respect are under attack. Terrible terrorist attacks, most recently in Brussels, have been a shocking demonstration of how exclusion and radicalisation can lead to violent extremism.

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The Project

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The context and the origin of the project is the need of Europe to have young people actively engaged in the EU youth activities and the social need to empower them to do so. Solidarity of young people is an important goal of the European Union and this project aspires to cultivate just that. Moreover, collaboration with youth organizations enables people responsible for the activities of this project to understand the present situation of youth and its potential to influence policy-makers in the future.

“Enter Unity – EU4U” youth initiative project will focus on boosting awareness tools among youth workers, present challenges that candidate countries to EU face at the moment and sharing good practices from current member states. The enlargement of the European Union has increased the potential for mobility in education and training, as well as in the labour market, thereby creating the need to prepare EU citizens to develop their learning and professional pathways in a broader geographical context (Council of the European Union, 2008). Practical workshops will focus on promotion tools about youth opportunities that European Union is giving, importance of cultural exchange in young people’s life. Creative practical methods will encourage having dialogue on European Union, civic participation in nowadays challenges as migration, social crisis concerning refugees massive movement. Hence, the project aims to provide the necessary information and knowledge for the participants on the issue.

The specific objectives of the project are:

• To explore current situation regarding EU values, social challenges and youth participation in civic society
• To search the good practices in programme and partner countries
• To create a strong and sustainable network of partners and associated partners
• To train youth workers about EU concept and principles
• To promote and advocate about youth civic participation on local and European level
• To increase the knowledge, skills and capacities of the partners to continue supporting youth even after the EU4U project is over.

THE PARTNERSHIP

Cyprus (Limassol) 
DOREA Educational Institute WTF

Turkey (Usak) 
Usak University - Computer Sciences Application and Research Center

Bulgaria (Sofia) 
WalkTogether

Croatia (Cakovec) 
Association Strive!

Italy (Bologna) 
YouNet

Lithuania (Kaunas) 
Active Youth Association

Italy (Belmonte Mezzagno) 
AC VOLERE VOLARE

Slovakia (Vranov nad Topiou) 
Youthfully Yours

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Stip) 
Municipality of Stip (Youth council)

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Strumica)
SOU "Jane Sandanski"

Romania (Bacau)
APELL

Montenegro (Podgorica)
Adria Research & Educational Centre (AREC)