What does it mean being young in Europe today?

What does it mean being young in Europe today? And being young in the mountains then? In either case, the problem of employment and mobility are issues that concern us at every level: find a summer job (who has never had a hard time?) or find a job that falls within your area of expertise (which sometimes seems like jumping through a lot of hoops…!) .

And what if the solution was to increase our "employability"? What would you think about it? The programme "Youth on the Move" is part of the UE political strategies for 2014-2020 and provides some keys to understand the phenomenon…

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The new EU policy is based on the acknowledgment that young people have been hit especially hard by the economic crisis and that a rising number are facing unemployment in Europe, making them feel frustrated, fearful and hopeless. In response, the European Commission introduced the Youth Opportunities Initiative (YOI) – a set of measures aimed at increasing young people's employability. YOI is part of the Youth on the Move initiative and promotes EU programmes and resources such as Leonardo da Vinci, European Voluntary Service, Erasmus, Erasmus for Entrepreneurs and EURES, that are geared towards developing young people's skills, qualifications and training.

And you, what do you think?  Do you think going abroad for a short period is the key to come back to the mountains at the end of the experience? Or would you prefer to stay home, close to your friends, boyfriend/girlfriend and family?

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