The Intergroup on Youth of the European Parliament welcomed today Mrs. Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Youth and Culture to discuss ‘Youth on the Move', the European Commission's flagship initiative launched in September 2010 in the framework of the Europe 2020 Strategy.
This initiative includes actions in the field of education, training and the mobility of young people, proposing 28 key actions and concrete measures, such as the creation of a European system of student loans, a European Youth Mobility Card, and a Youth Guarantee.
Commissioner Vassiliou stressed that the European Commission is always keen to work towards improving the lives of young people in Europe. With the flagship initiative 'Youth on the move', the Commission aims at increasing mobility opportunities for all young people and improving skills and qualifications so as to facilitate access to the labour market. In the future months, she committed to strongly support a Recommendation on Non-Formal and Informal Education and in promoting a European skills Passport.
Miklós Soltesz, Hungarian Minister for Social, Family and Youth Affairs, highlighted how the Hungarian Presidency has great interest in bringing forward to the European Council strong conclusions in the framework of the work done with the Spanish and Belgian Presidencies within the Structured Dialogue, while taking the opportunity to invite all the present to the upcoming EU Youth Conference in Budapest on 1-4 March.
"Today's debate highlighted the need for Member States to act and commit enough financial resources and propose concrete plans for the implementation of these proposals. The ambitious objectives of YOTM can only be reached by respecting the rights of young people and involving them in the decision-making that directly concerns them. Europe needs to listen to and invest in young people!" says Peter Matjašič, President of the European Youth Forum.
"We have to be very happy about the ambition of the European Commission in making Europe more accessible to young people, with a great enlargement of youth mobility programmes for all. The Europe of mobility is the Europe of concrete actions!" concluded Damien Abad after the debate with young people, MEPs and the Commissioner.
The Youth Intergroup is an informal group made up by around 40 MEPs from across political parties and parliamentary committees and aims to discuss and encourage youth employment, mobility and active citizenship for young people. It was launched for the first time in the European Parliament history in the 2009-2014 and had its constitutive meeting in February 2010 in Strasbourg.
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