(ANS – Brussels) – On Tuesday 17th November, at the Enterprise 2020 Summit, the European Commission and business leaders launched the 'European Pact for Youth' to improve partnerships between business and education to boost the chances of young people getting jobs. Don Bosco International has witnessed this historical moment.
The Pact, initiated by The European Business Network for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR Europe), is an appeal to
to develop or consolidate partnerships in support of youth employability and inclusion.
Together they will support the creation of 10,000 quality business-education partnerships, with the shared target to establish together at least 100,000 new good quality apprenticeships, traineeships or entry-level jobs.
The European Commission will provide technical support to the Pact and assist the participating stakeholders in its implementation. The outcomes of this joint work will be presented at the 1st Enterprise-Education Summit in December 2017.
The Pact aims to help build a pro-youth and pro-innovation Europe by creating a fair and equitable culture of partnerships between business, education and young people. These partnerships are designed to enhance the quality of training and skills that young people can acquire, including transversal digital, entrepreneurial, green and soft skills.
Some proposed examples are:
Finally, they will support Europe’s teachers and particularly, equip young teachers with the necessary skills to become leaders in the classroom. There are many spaces for commitment for the Salesian structures in helping young people within this Pact for Youth. Don Bosco International and Youth Ministry Department we will study the best way to be active at European level in this great initiative.
Published 19/11/2015
