News
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27/11/2018
Juncker Plan: €10 million for micro-entrepreneurs in Italy
The European Investment Fund and Banca Popolare Sant'Angelo (BPSA) have signed an agreement in Italy under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) to provide €10 million in loans to micro-entrepreneurs.
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21/11/2018
European Semester Autumn Package: Bolstering inclusive and sustainable growth
The 2019 European Semester cycle of economic and social policy coordination begins against a backdrop of sustained but less dynamic growth in a climate of high uncertainty. A lot has been achieved since 2014 but more must be done to support inclusive and sustainable growth and job creation while enhancing the resilience of Member States' economies.
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20/11/2018
Juncker Plan: €50 million to support youth employment in Spain
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Spanish bank Bankia have signed a €50 million agreement to encourage small and medium businesses to hire young unemployed people in Spain.
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19/11/2018
EPIC celebrates Universal Children’s Day
Today, the European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) celebrates the United Nations’ Universal Children’s Day by providing an overview of resources and information available for European practitioners and policymakers to support positive child wellbeing and development.
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19/11/2018
Seminar: Sectoral skills for the future – Blueprint in the spotlight
The seminar, which took place on 15 November in Brussels, was the first opportunity to discuss the implementation and policy messages of the five ongoing Blueprint projects.
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16/11/2018
New report released on combating child poverty across the European Union
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has published a report which underlines the long-term consequences of poverty and how this can affect the realisation of children’s fundamental rights.
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15/11/2018
Mutual Learning Seminars highlight challenges of bringing young people into employment, education or training
Mutual learning fosters the implementation of the Youth Guarantee in EU Member States
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14/11/2018
European Vocational Skills Week 2018 helps millions to discover benefits of vocational education and training
The 2018 edition of the European Vocational Skills Week, organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the Austrian Presidency, came to an end but many more associated activities and events are being organised across Europe until December 2018.
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14/11/2018
2018 Annual Report of the Social Protection Committee now available
The 2018 Annual Report of the Social Protection Committee (SPC) delivers on the Committee’s core task to monitor the social situation in the EU and the developments in social protection policies in the Member States.
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14/11/2018
FEAD successfully complements national initiatives to combat poverty
The Commission adopted a summary report on the implementation of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) in 2016, based on the reports submitted by EU countries.