Commissioner Piebalgs attends debate on how to create jobs for young people in developing countries
The International Youth Job Creation Summit, hosted at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in London on Friday 13th September, is the springboard for action to engage young people in the challenge of solving the youth unemployment crisis over the next decade.
The International Youth Job Creation Summit, hosted at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in London on Friday 13th September, is the springboard for action to engage young people in the challenge of solving the youth unemployment crisis over the next decade. Helping trigger this debate will be Lord Young, David Cameron’s Enterprise Advisor and Andris Piebalgs, EU Development Commissioner, along with young panellists including Melody Hossaini, former participant of The Apprentice and entrepreneur TJ Morgan. Organised by Peace Child International (PCI) in partnership with Multiple Learning Solutions (MLS) and association with InspirEngage, this is the first in a series of high profile events where young people will meet and debate with policy makers, academics and leaders from the private, education and NGO sectors to find real solutions to the unemployment crisis which is affecting 73.4 million young people globally. Commissioner Piebalgs said: “We all recognise youth unemployment as one of the greatest challenges we face in Europe – if not the greatest. However, one major difference in many developing countries is that there, most people do not have access to any kind of social protection and even to basic services such as education, health or water and are often driven into extremely low-paid jobs, with unsafe or difficult conditions. We simply cannot accept that. Having a decent job, particularly for young people, is clearly linked with economic growth and poverty reduction, which is at the heart of EU’s development policy”.
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