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EAfA toolkit on apprentice mobility now available!

L’approche collaborative des « Territoires zéro chômeur de longue durée », financée par le Fond Social Européen, favorise son succès. En travaillant étroitement avec les entreprises locales, les municipalités, les organismes pour l’emploi et les chômeurs, l’initiative française permet d’identifier de nouvelles possibilités d’emploi.

All beneficiaries of cohesion policy-funded projects, including those from the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), are encouraged to submit applications to the annual REGIOSTARS competition, which rewards the best projects.

Serbia and Montenegro have joined the ESF+ as associated countries, allowing organisations from these countries to participate in projects funded by the ESF+ Employment and Social Innovation strand.

The survey also shows how the 20 large-scale skills partnerships created under the Pact so far have helped improve the skills of workers in strategic sectors, such as micro-electronics, renewable energy, maritime technology, textiles, agri-food and digital ecosystems. Together, all large-scale skills partnerships have pledged to upskill and reskill over 25 million people by 2030.

On the occasion of the European Blind Union (EBU)’s 40th Anniversary, the organisation shared a press release to underline its main achievements throughout its four decades of existence.

The report ‘Towards zero long-term unemployment in the EU’ highlights promising initiatives across Europe that could be expanded to tackle long-term unemployment.

The workshops 'Enhancing Accessibility and Inclusion: Innovative Solutions for Persons with Disabilities in Public Services in Slovenia' took place in February 2024.

The Commission has approved two legal measures facilitating Poland's access to €137 billion in EU funding. These acts acknowledge Poland's rule of law reforms and recent efforts to bolster judicial independence.

Find more about this month´s AccessibleEU events taking place in Bulgaria, Germany, Luxemburg, Malta and Poland.

AccessibleEU surpassed all its objectives in 2023. The AccessibleEU Final Report 2023, which covers the launching year of the Centre, is available for consultation.

La «conciergerie sociale» de Liège fait partie des 17 projets soutenus par le Fonds social européen plus qui visent à créer des territoires zéro chomeurs de longue durée. Inspiré des modèles français, autrichien et néerlandais, il implique les autorités locales, les associations, les entreprises et les résidents.

More than €11 million have been awarded to 28 ALMA (Aim-Learn-Master-Achieve) projects that help disadvantaged young people.

The proposals adopted by the Commission at the end of 2023 will strengthen the rights of passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility.

The European network of employment services (EURES) connects jobseekers with employers and provides information on living and working conditions across the EU. In 2022, over 3.4 million people used EURES.

Four AccessibleEU workshops were organised within the Zero Project Conference 2024 to support the implementation of European accessibility policies and legislation.

The proposals adopted by the European Comission at the end of 2023 to strengthen the rights of passengers and travellers pay special attention to passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility.