Boosting employment and access to training and skills for older workers and the young unemployed is one of the European Union's key objectives. |
Boosting employment and access to training and skills for older workers and the young unemployed is one of the European Union's key objectives. The European Commission's growth and jobs strategy aims to equip 20 million Europeans with new skills for new and better jobs by 2010. It is vital that the Members States and private companies work together to help make this happen. I'd like to commend CITEVE, Microsoft and the local and national government here in Portugal for this innovative partnership that creates a best-practice example for others. |
The main idea behind this fund is not to help companies or protect failing sectors but to help people get through a difficult situation. |
Three new countries have already announced that they will lift [restrictions], and others indicated pretty clearly that they will loosen the rules. |
Women in the EU are still not getting a fair deal, particularly in the workplace. One in three women is still confined to part-time work. |