Tag Archives: YOUTH

Digital Inclusion Initiative: Orange Digital Center Partners with Coursera to Provide Essential Digital Skills Training to Youth in Africa and the Middle East

(IN BRIEF) Orange Digital Center has partnered with Coursera to launch a free high-level certification training program for youth in Africa and the Middle East. The initiative aims to provide essential digital skills training, including areas such as AI, cybersecurity, … Read the full press release

M&S and YoungMinds Partner to Tackle Youth Mental Health Issues

(IN BRIEF) Marks & Spencer (M&S) and YoungMinds, a leading youth mental health charity, have joined forces to address the mental health challenges faced by young people. A new partnership has been formed to raise awareness and funding for resources … Read the full press release

EBRD Launches Youth in Business Programme in Albania, Aims to Empower Young Entrepreneurs for Financial Inclusion

(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching its Youth in Business Programme in Albania, aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs’ financial inclusion. The program will provide a €1 million loan to Union Bank for lending to … Read the full press release

BBVA Microfinance Foundation extends scholarship program to help 100 vulnerable youth in Colombia

(IN BRIEF) BBVA in Colombia and Bancamía, an entity of the BBVA Microfinance Foundation, have announced that the Transforming Realities Scholarship will support 100 vulnerable young people in Colombia to pursue university studies. The initiative benefits the children of Bancamía’s … Read the full press release

A new, creativity-based educational method increases the ability to solve problems with young people, in the social field, or when building a team in the company

The Kinetic Method was developed by experts from 6 EU countries, who present it in the book The Kinetic Method – A Playbook for Solving Problems (PRESS RELEASE) PRAGUE, 26-Aug-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — In the 21st century, creativity is a … Read the full press release

Five new programmes worth over EUR 141 million under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for the Sahel and Lake Chad region in Africa

BRUSSELS, 20-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has adopted five new programmes worth over €141 million under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica said: “Our new EU programmes, worth €141 million, are particularly focusing … Read the full press release

Credit Suisse Youth Barometer: the effects of digitalization are at the root of uncertainties surrounding people’s working lives

ZURICH, 29-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Credit Suisse publishes its 2018 Youth Barometer — a representative survey in Switzerland, the US, Singapore and Brazil As the latest Credit Suisse Youth Barometer indicates, the effects of digitalization are at the root of … Read the full press release

Electrolux and AIESEC to mobilize youth for global volunteering projects in support of the UN SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production

STOCKHOLM, 26-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Electrolux and AIESEC today announced a joint initiative to mobilize youth for global volunteering projects in communities around the world, in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goal number 12, Responsible consumption and production. Electrolux and … Read the full press release

EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou supports Lithuanian EU Presidency’s push for quality education and opportunities for young people

04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will visit Lithuania on 5-10 September to support the Lithuanian EU Presidency’s push to ensure that quality education and opportunities for young people are at the top of … Read the full press release

European Youth Week – 25 years of EU support for Youth

Androulla VASSILIOU Speech CHARLEMAGNE Building/Brussels, 31-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends, Thank you for joining me to celebrate the 25 years of EU Youth Programmes: Youth for Europe, Youth and, now, Youth in Action. 25 years, roughly a generation … Read the full press release

Androulla Vassiliou: EU funding for research and education – inspiring science today and in the future

Androulla Vassiliou – Member of the European Education in charge of Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth CERN visit / Geneva, 15-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — It is a great pleasure to be here with you this morning in one of the leading institutions of … Read the full press release

Androulla Vassiliou: Opening up higher education to the world and the new university ranking, U-Multirank

Androulla Vassiliou – Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth European University Association Annual Conference/Ghent (Belgium) Ghent, Belgium, 12-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Dear President Nazaré, Dear Rector of the Ghent University Ladies and gentlemen, It’s a pleasure to … Read the full press release

Migrant children are more likely to face segregation and end up in schools with fewer resources, new European Commission study says

Brussels, 12-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — This leads to under-performance and a high probability that the children will drop out of school early. The study suggests that Member States should provide targeted educational support for migrant children such as specialist teachers and systematic involvement … Read the full press release

Youth employment: Commission proposes package of measures

Brussels, 6-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Measures to help Member States tackle unacceptable levels of youth unemployment and social exclusion by giving young people offers of jobs, education and training have been proposed by the European Commission. “High youth unemployment has dramatic consequences … Read the full press release

Education Council: Commissioner Vassiliou issues stark warning on funding for Erasmus

Brussels, 28-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ —   Education Council: Commissioner Vassiliou issues stark warning on funding for Erasmus Statement by Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, at the meeting of the EU Education Ministers in Brussels on 26 November. “The … Read the full press release