Youth Employment Initiative: Commission adopts first programme with France to use €620 million to tackle unemployment

Summary:

The European Commission adopted on the 3 June 2014 the first Operational Programme with France to use the available funding from the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) to tackle youth unemployment.

France would receive €620m from the YEI and the European Social Fund (ESF) to help young people not in employment, education or training (the so-called NEETs) to find a job, in those regions with youth unemployment rates over 25%.

It is the first programme adopted in the EU for this €6bn initiative covering 20 Member States.

• Primary Source

News

EurActiv, 04.06.14: France to jumpstart Youth Unemployment Initiative funding http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/france-jumpstart-youth-unemployment-initiative-funding-302590

EurActiv, 05.06.14: Brussels cast doubts on French Youth Initiative http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/brussels-cast-doubts-french-youth-initiative-302622

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Official

European Commission: Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion: European Employment Strategy: Youth Employment: Youth Guarantee http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1079&langId=en

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ESO Records

Background information: Youth employment http://www.europeansources.info/record/youth-employment/

Background information: EU's ‘Youth Guarantee’ scheme slacking http://www.europeansources.info/record/eus-youth-guarantee-scheme-slacking/

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