INTRODUCING THE ETUC

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THE ETUC YOUTH COMMITTEE

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SITUATION OF TRADE UNIONS

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ETUC - YOUTH; RECENT ACTIONS

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• Conference on “Quality education for quality jobs” Cracow, 2011 – publication available

• Negotiation of the “Framework of Actions on Youth Employment” (September 2012 – June 2013) available with Annexes on ETUC website

• Alternative Summits at the occasion of Inter-Ministerial Summits: Berlin – July 2013; Paris – November 2013;

• Negotiation of the Joint Analysis on the Labour Market in Europe (ongoing)

• European Youth Event – European elections (Strasbourg; May 2014)

• Next Youth Committee Meeting – Brussels, 24 June 2014

SOCIAL DIALOGUE: FRAMEWORK OF ACTIONS ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT

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ETUC YOUTH POSITION ON APPRENTICESHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS

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ETUC POSITION ON THE YOUTH GUARANTEE

•Guarantee the high quality of job offers, trainings, traineeships and apprenticeships, particularly in those sectors where job creation will be most important in the future.•Full implementation of the main aspects of the EYG: a guaranteed offer and intervention within 4 months.•Ensure full participation of social partners, civil society and young people.•Guarantee appropriate social protection for young people to avoid the increasing risk of poverty and precariousness.•Right target youth population and provide tailored approaches in order to respond to the heterogeneity of the target groups.•Extend it to 29 y.o.; link with ESF programming and already existing measures (where applicable)

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A NEW PATH FOR EUROPE: ETUC PLAN FOR INVESTMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND QUALITY JOBS

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VIDEO

ETUC YOUTH CONFERENCE 2014 – ROME date TBC

State of the art of Youth Guarantee implementation in Europe

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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Salvatore Marra, s.marra@lazio.cgil.itIgnacio Doreste Hernàndez, i.doreste@etuc.org

ETUC Youth page on Facebook

www.etuc.org/youth@etuc_ces

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