President Barroso supports Nestlé’s employment initiative in Lisbon
Today in Lisbon, the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, joins the Prime Minister of Portugal, Pedro Passos Coelho, the Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal, Paulo Portas, the Nestlé Europe CEO Laurent Freixe and Nestlé’s business partners to sign up to the European Commission’s European Alliance for Apprenticeships.
The European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) aims to bring together public authorities, businesses, social partners, vocational education and training providers, youth representatives, and other key actors in order to promote apprenticeship schemes and initiatives across Europe.
Nestlé is building on the success of its Nestlé Needs YOUth employment initiative - designed to help tackle youth unemployment in Europe - by creating a new scheme with its business partners called Alliance for YOUth. The Alliance for YOUth will help to mobilise companies who are determined to play a positive role in getting the young people of Europe into work.
Ahead of this event, President Barroso said: "I commend this initiative in supporting the European Commission’s European Alliance for Apprenticeships by substantially increasing the efforts on promoting vocational training and offering apprenticeships/traineeships across Europe".
