Share photos and videos on Twitter. w4mpjobs home page. Wall Photos. Youth Forum | Youth Forum | Across Europe | State of Play. 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. 19 September 2012Last updated at 10:59 ET The youth contract is expected to create an additional 430,000 work opportunities by 2015 The government's youth contract is not enough to tackle the scale of youth unemployment, a group of MPs has said. The youth contract provides £1bn for a range of schemes aimed at getting young people into work.
The Work and Pensions Select Committee said the contract was "a good start" but alone would not be enough to tackle the high level of youth unemployment. Ministers said thousands of young people had already benefited from the contract and many more would in future. Labour said the report showed the government should "change course fast". The government's youth contract brings together £1bn of funding for a number of schemes, up until 2015, to help get young people into work. 'Black hole' If all targets are met, the contract is expected to create an additional 430,000 work opportunities over the next three years. 'Wake-up call' The Next Barroso… | Brussels blog. 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.
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See the full list of FT blogs. ILO leader calls for urgent action on Youth unemployment | euronews, interview. 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. In some countries the rate of youth unemployment exceeds 40 percent. To open the interview euronews reporter Fariba Mavaddat reminded Guy Ryder, the newly elected Director of the United Nation’s International Labour Organisation, the ILO, of what he said in his inaugural speech in May: “It is a tremendous opportunity in the middle of this global crisis to make a difference to the lives of millions of people.’‘ So, how does he intend to do that? Guy Ryder: “Well, you have described the drama of the European unemployment crisis and I really believe it is dramatic.
What I said in my inaugural speech was that the ILO, if it is to be a success, has to touch the lives of these people. “We can do it in very different ways. Euronews: “That’s all very well, but it is the ideal world. 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 | Society. 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. "Other countries take a much tougher approach. He described the scheme as a punishment. 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. Numbers like these were enough to have the young generation rebel against governments in the Arab world, remarks a Polish columnist. What will happen if our social model deprives young people of all hope? Greece may opt to leave the eurozone in September, Spain is planning on requesting a bailout from Europe, while the European Central Bank is preparing to buy more Italian bonds. From the island paradises where they spend their holidays, our leaders are as usual pledging to prevent the breakup of the Eurozone.
Mario Monti appears to be the only one with an honest word to say: “We will have to wait a few years before we can address a message of hope to the young generation”. Young generation should march on Brussels The rate of youth unemployment in Europe now stands at 20%, and has ballooned to 52% in Spain and Greece. 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 Although the Welsh assembly has no power to change the law, the Welsh government has called on the Electoral Commission to consider making a change The Welsh government is in favour of lowering the voting age to 16, a debate in the Welsh assembly has been told. Although the assembly has no powers to change the law, AMs in favour of votes at 16 say the institution should send a positive message about young people's involvement in the democratic process.
The debate was tabled with cross-party support from the main parties and was welcomed by youth leaders. Any decision to alter the voting age would rest at Westminster. Business Minister Jane Hutt told the Senedd that 16-year-olds were old enough to get married and pay taxes and should be allowed to vote. She said it was time for the Electoral Commission to look again at the issue after it recommended that the voting age stay at 18 in 2004.
Continue reading the main story “Start Quote 'Indicator of opinion' The crisis of youth representation in local government | Local government network | Guardian Professional. 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. Since 2007 it's been possible to become a councillor from the age of 18. The problem is that fewer young people are being elected onto local councils. As a supporter of electoral reform, I'm happy to lay some of the blame on the electoral system.
When a young person is elected, there's a reasonable chance that because of work, career, children, or family, they will not be able to serve a full four years, or could only do so with a minimal level of engagement. At its worst, there can be a hostile attitude towards younger candidates and councillors. This content is brought to you by Guardian Professional.
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. Book your place today In conversation with Peter Mandelson, Monday 2 July, LondonProgress is pleased to announce that we will be hosting an in-conversation event with Peter Mandelson followed by a drinks reception.
The event will be held at a central London location from 6.30-9pm on 2 July. Class dismissed? 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.
In this case I want to hear from children, young people and parents but also from those practitioners and organisations who work so hard for Ireland’s children and young people. The Framework will succeed the previous National Children’s Strategy and will set out the Government’s high level policy priorities for children and young people for the next 5 years.
Minister Fitzgerald continued: 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. The union represents 80% of Scotland's teachers and lecturers. EIS General Secretary Larry Flanagan said: "The EIS believes that 16 and 17-year-olds should have the vote in the referendum on Scotland's future, which is their future. "Extending the franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds will help to foster active citizenship by giving young people a greater say in the decisions that will affect them now and in the future.
" The Scottish government has already said it would like the minimum voting age to be 16. Vacancies. Miss Selfridge interns finally get paid – a year late | Business. 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. • This article was amended on 31st May. 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.
If you want to hear about the problem from the ILO itself just watch the video below: Youth unemployment rates in the EU 27 and the Eurozone. Youth Forum | 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. There is a great need for such educational practices to be reinforced and acknowledged as an essential part of the educational process. 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. "For a family whose living standards are being squeezed, this speech offers nothing. "For the millions of people who think the Government isn't on their side, this speech offers nothing. " He said the Government had created "the worst unemployment for 16 years, a million young people out of work and the first double-dip recession for 37 years".
"They promised recovery but they delivered recession - a recession made in Downing Street. "No change, no hope - that is the real message of this Queen's Speech. " He said electors deserted the coalition parties at last week's poll because they understood ministers' economic policy "only too well". Facebook. Liberal Democrats admit interns will not receive salary | Politics. 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. "The rules of the scheme do provide for proper remuneration in that they provide for lunch and travel expenses," a Lib Dem spokesperson said.
Creasy said she was all for internships as long as they were structured properly. National Youth Council of Latvia | Youth Employment Action. Youth Policies in the EU. Facebook. David Miliband on Britain's unemployment crisis. Headline News / EU unemployment hits record high. Sinn Féin table motion on reducing minimum voting age MPs may be breaking law in offering work to unpaid interns | Politics. Tomas Spragg: Finally arrived in Braga,... Interns work – and should be paid, lawyers warn ministers | Money. 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 | UK news. Volunteer for the II YCV. Alvin Hall: The generation poorer than their parents. Foursquare.
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