Share photos and videos on Twitter. w4mpjobs home page. Wall Photos. Across Europe. Europe's Most Tragic Graph: Greek Youth Unemployment Hits 55% - Derek Thompson. Ke7q7cuj Shared by tjspragg. State of the European Union Hangout. Youth contract 'insufficient' to tackle youth unemployment, MPs say. The Next Barroso… Notes from the EU Welcome.
If you have yet to register on FT.com you will be asked to do so before you begin to read FT blogs. However, our posts remain free. This blog covers everything from the European Union's foreign and economic policies to the fortunes of its political leaders - as well as the more light-hearted aspects of life in Europe. To comment, please register for free with FT.com and read our policy on submitting comments. ILO leader calls for urgent action on Youth unemployment. There are nearly 25 million unemployed in Europe, of whom more than 17 million are in the eurozone.
One in five young people in the EU cannot find a job, that is nearly five million youngsters. j2j9tpfj Shared by Youth_Forum. Photo by tjspragg. h8wbewldj Shared by Youth_Forum. o0dxyahbj Shared by tjspragg. Untitled. Youth Unemployment in Poland – Economic Growth is Not Enough. Petition Votes at 16 in all elections and referendums in the UK. Boris Johnson launches unpaid work scheme for young Londoners.
Young Londoners joining the dole queue will be forced to work unpaid for three months or lose their benefits under a new scheme announced by mayor of London Boris Johnson and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).
Funded from the European social fund, 6,000 Londoners aged 18-24 in 16 boroughs will be made to do 13 weeks' unpaid work as a condition of claiming their £56-a-week benefit if they have contributed less than six months of national insurance payments. As well as charities, some will be made to work for businesses that provide a clear "community benefit".
The scheme is expected to be running by the end of the year and the government hopes to extend it nationally. It will bring the total number of proposed or operational mandatory work schemes to three. One, the mandatory work activity scheme, which lasts for a month, was found by the DWP to have zero effect on chances of landing a job. Facebook. Time for the European Spring. Anti-austerity protest in Madrid, 27 November 2011.
One in every five young Europeans is out of a job, and even one in two in some countries. Chart of the day: Into the abyss? YO! #2 / 2012. The England Riots: One Year On. Sign the Petition! Secretary-General of the United Nations: Make Youth a Priority – Pay UN Interns a Fair Wage « hagueinternsassociation. Over the Hill: the European Youth Centre celebrates 40 years. Call for a Consultant: League of Young Voters / Membership mobilisation. The Crawl to the Bottom. Votes at 16: Welsh government backs change, debate told. 4 July 2012Last updated at 12:13 ET.
The crisis of youth representation in local government. A group of local councillors Photograph: Frank Baron for the Guardian You can normally draw some conclusions about an organisation by what they think is "young": 18-25 seems to be the default definition, while 18-30 pushes the box closer towards young adults growing up and settling down. In local government however, a young councillor is considered to be anyone under the age of 35. Ticking time bomb of youth unemployment ready to blow. In the 1990s the Third Place First campaign was at the heart of taking Labour into ‘unwinnable’ seats – and capturing them.
Now we are pleased to relaunch the campaign for the party to rebuild its presence throughout the country. The Labour party finished third in 211 seats in the 2010 election. For Ed Miliband’s party to regain power it must prove to the electorate that it is a truly national party and not just a party of the cities and industrial heartlands. Join Progress at the Third Place First conference in Reading on June 23, with keynote speakers Harriet Harman MP, Caroline Flint MP and Iain McNicol and debates and workshops on campaigning - and winning - with limited resources. A Taste of Intern Action Day // YO! Fest 2012.
Minister Fitzgerald launches Public Consultation “Improving the Lives of Children and Young People” Minister Fitzgerald speaking at the 'Improving the Lives of Children and Young People' public consultation launch Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald, today launched a public consultation on the forthcoming Children & Young People’s Policy Framework.
The consultation will be open for the 4 weeks from 11th June – 6th July. Speaking at today’s launch Minister Fitzgerald said: I am delighted to launch this public consultation. When drawing-up new policies and plans, I believe it is vitally-important that Government listens to and is led by those we serve. Scottish independence: Teaching union backs votes at 16. 31 May 2012Last updated at 19:40 ET The EIS believes senior pupils are mature enough to take part in elections Scotland's largest teaching union has said 16 and 17-year-olds should be allowed to vote in the referendum on independence.
In a submission to the Scottish government's consultation, the EIS said young voters should take part in all elections. It pointed out that 16-year-olds have many other rights and responsibilities, including marriage and paying taxes. Vacancies. Miss Selfridge interns finally get paid – a year late. The multibillion-pound clothing retail group Arcadia, which runs some of the UK high street's biggest names, including Topshop, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins, has sent retrospective payments worth hundreds of pounds to dozens of its former unpaid interns, the Guardian has learned.
Interns who worked at Arcadia's head office in London said they have received cheques for their labour up to a year after their placement with the company's PR department ended. Arcadia had been using dozens of unpaid interns to ship clothing back and forth to media contacts from a "windowless" stockroom, former interns told the Guardian. Arcadia's move comes as HM Revenue and Customs has been putting pressure on the fashion industry to enforce the minimum wage and rid the sector of a culture of unpaid labour. Miss Selfridge intern Emily Wong said she spent a month, starting in April 2011, doing what she called "dogsbody work" for the company. Tackling Europe’s Youth Unemployment Scandal. Since the start of the Great Recession of 2007, youth unemployment has been on the rise across the globe, a new report by the International Labor Office (ILO) has found out, and austerity policies are making the situation worse.
The FT reports: Dr Ekkehard Ernst, head of the ILO’s Employment Trends Unit, said countries with the most acute problems such as Spain and Greece must try to stimulate their economies rather than reduce government spending. “What is quite obvious with youth unemployment rates of over 50 per cent in these countries is the first thing that needs to be done is get jobs back … and that can only be done if you stimulate the economy, for instance through infrastructure programmes, which are very job rich,” he said.Fiscal retrenchment in these countries is exacerbating youth unemployment, he argued. Vote@16 Campaign. Giuseppe Porcaro: ending #YO!Fest!2012 with... #YFJ // It's Intern. Facebook. YO! Fest 2012 // INTERN ACTION DAY! // 16 MAY. Education: Can closing the skills gap pave the way to greater equality?
Formal education curriculums across Europe have for some time now chanted to the same mantra: maths, sciences and humanities should be at the core of all education practice.
Whilst such areas of study provide the student with a good basis of understanding for most in life, this approach however, does leave great gaps in skills needed later in life to enter job markets across Europe. With this, educational systems throughout Europe continue to struggle to bridge the transitional gap between education and employment. It’s clear that formal educational systems alone cannot respond to such challenges of modern society. Non-formal education and vocational training has provided a wealth of opportunities to explore paths that formal education can, or has yet not been able to.
Ed Miliband leads Queen's Speech criticism - UK Politics - UK. Speaking in the Commons, he accused the Government of failing to offer proposals to boost growth, telling MPs: "They still don't get it. " The Labour leader said the Tories and Liberal Democrats had taken no notice of the voters' message at last Thursday's local elections. He said: "For a young person looking for work, the speech offers nothing. Facebook. Liberal Democrats admit interns will not receive salary. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg promised that all party interns would be 'properly remunerated'. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The Liberal Democrat party has admitted that it will not pay its interns a wage, more than a year after leader Nick Clegg promised that all party interns would be "properly remunerated" .
The admission from party staff comes after Lib Dem headquarters in Westminster advertised for a further slew of unpaid interns. Each position is expected to last three months at a time and slots have been advertised until May 2013. A spokesperson for the party said that selection for places would be name and school blind but argued that they were "properly remunerated" as Clegg had promised, because expenses and lunch were being paid.
National Youth Council of Latvia. Youth Policies in the EU. Facebook. David Miliband on Britain's unemployment crisis. Headline News / EU unemployment hits record high. BRUSSELS - The number of unemployed people in Europe is reaching record highs as the economic crisis unfolds into one with significant social consequences. Sinn Féin table motion on reducing minimum voting age MPs may be breaking law in offering work to unpaid interns. Tomas Spragg: Finally arrived in Braga,... Interns work – and should be paid, lawyers warn ministers. Call for an Intern in Policy Monitoring and Communication. Foursquare. Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe. Photos de European Youth Forum. Call for an accountant. Foursquare. Farewell youth clubs, hello street life – and gang warfare. 'There will be riots over youth club closures' Link to video: Haringey youth club closures: 'There'll be riots' On a warm afternoon in Wood Green, north London, Aaron, 15, weaved on his bike through harassed pedestrians, a hat – worn under a hood – pulled low over his eyes, despite the sunshine.
He was out here, he said, because his local youth club had closed. Volunteer for the II YCV. Alvin Hall: The generation poorer than their parents. 29 July 2011Last updated at 00:26 By Alvin Hall Poorer Than Their Parents, BBC Radio 4 Thousands of young people have protested against rising tuition fees and poor job prospects Many young people in Britain are set to be in a worse economic position than their parents, but is there any sympathy among older generations and is their cause gaining support from politicians? Foursquare. #YFJ are proud to present: Young Volunteers Stand... Career-boosting internships for sale. About a decade ago the word internships was barely used in a British context. There was work experience, but that was something you did for a couple of weeks while you were at school and was more than likely to involve an unfulfilling stint fumbling with the photocopier at a local business. If you had dreams of a career that required you to get some practice, you might devote some of your summer holidays to it.
Questionnaire for youth and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Intranet.youthforum. Mobile. Mobile. Jobless to be offered low-paid placements under Govt jobs initiative. YO! #1 / 2011. Internship Experience in Europe Survey. European Youth Forum. Youth Employment Action.