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New EU strategy for youth policy
The EU Commission adopted the new cross-sectoral strategy entitled "Youth – Investing and Empowering". The actions involve key policy areas that affect Europe's young people, particularly youth education, employment, creativity and entrepreneurship, social inclusion, health and sport, civic participation, and volunteering.The new strategy also emphasises the importance of youth work and defines reinforced measures for a better implementation of youth policies at the EU level.
The strategy "Youth – Investing and Empowering" has the following goals:
- to create more opportunities for youth in education and employment,
- to improve access and full participation of all young people in society, and
- to foster solidarity between youth and society.
Source The full text of this Communication
More information European youth portal
linked programmes:
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YOUTH IN ACTION - ACTION 1 - YOUTH FOR EUROPE :
Grants for projects promoting civil participation under the youth by exchanges, mobilit...
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YOUTH IN ACTION - ACTION 2 - EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE :
Grants for any informal youth initiative by means of a transnational European voluntary...
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YOUTH IN ACTION - ACTION 5 - SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN THE YOUTH FIELD :
Grants for seminars and specific projects to improve dialogue and cooperation in the yo...
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YOUTH IN ACTION - ACTION 4 - YOUTH SUPPORT SYSTEMS :
Grants developing the quality of support structures and to support the role of those ac...
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EUROMED YOUTH IV :
Grants for stimulating the integration of young people in social and working life in or...
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