The presidential adviser and Employment, José Gabriel Ruiz, today announced that the Region of Murcia will receive 45 million euros in EU funds intended for active employment policies, "as the promotion of employment among young people is one of priorities of administrations, both Spanish and European. "
"We are making available to young people a series of actions in order to improve their skills in new technologies and languages, mainly, in proporcionalres advice and guidance and to promote recruitment and entrepreneurship," said the adviser
"The regional administration has launched a range of tools to increase the accessibility to the labor market of young people, are already seeing the results according to the latest data from the Labour Force Survey which put Murcia community as less youth unemployment, "Ruiz said.
According to the data referred to by the counselor, the unemployment rate among under-25s has been a reduction of eleven points over the previous year.
In absolute terms, the first quarter ended with 9,600 fewer unemployed among those under 25 years Murcia than a year ago.
representing a reduction of 27.9% compared to the 10% drop experienced by the national average.
Ruiz made the remarks during the ceremony `Young European culture 'organized by the Regional Federation of Students Murcianos (Feremur), which aimed to publicly express the commitment of the youth in Murcia integration process involving the European Union.
"This European integration has resulted today in a territory of 28 states and over 500 million people, we set an extraordinary space of freedom and opportunity," Ruiz said.
In this institutional event, which brought together representatives of the main political and academic Region student movement-related institutions, the Minister stressed that "it is more a reflection of the young people feel excited to participate fully through channels and instruments that the European Union offers. "
José Gabriel Ruiz spoke about the 2020 strategy "that seeks to achieve smart growth through effective investment in education, research and innovation, sustainable growth, and inclusive or inclusive growth, which emphasizes creating employment and poverty reduction. "
It focuses on five ambitious goals including reducing dropout rates and increasing people who completed higher studies are included.
The EU and Youth
José Gabriel Ruiz recalled that the European Union plans to encourage the improvement of the knowledge and dissemination of the culture and history of the European peoples, and to achieve this, Murcia youth, like the rest of Europe's young population is available to the program Plus Erasmus (Erasmus +);
citizenship and justice programs;
programs such as European citizens and European cuisine;
or other framed in the innovation strategy Horizon 2020, "explained the director.
"In this context it should be noted the Youth Guarantee as a tool urgently made available to young people to improve their employability. This job promotion, and especially our youth, coincides with the regional government priority" said the head job.
The event held this morning in Albudeite supposed to start the celebrations on the occasion of Europe Day, wherein reading the manifesto `European Young also took place: culture link of Europe ', and the performance of the Quartet Orchestra University of Murcia.
Source: CARM