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"The European Commission’s step to redirect the money still to be allocated under the EU Structural Funds into helping SMEs and combating youth unemployment is to be welcomed. It is likely that this EUR 82 million injection will help combat youth unemployment, finding ways that would help to rapidly reduce the level of unemployment among young people. It is excellent that we are discussing efforts to develop practical opportunities or incentives for employers to employ young people. However, this financial injection and momentary attention are far from being a panacea. Even now, when youth unemployment is a hot topic on the political agenda, we need to search for targeted measures that would be truly effective in the lively and dynamic EU market. For some years we have been saying that we need to strengthen links and promote cooperation between the business and education sectors in order to reduce the gap between them. This gap between business and education is precisely the main reason for the huge rate of youth unemployment: employers continually stress that young people lack specific abilities and practical skills, while their pay expectations do not reflect reality. It is also a concern that in the EU education system we do not put enough emphasis on entrepreneurship education and the abilities to create jobs as well as take them up. I would like to believe that the European Commission experts who have begun consultations with the Member States will not only pay due attention to putting out the current ‘fire’ of youth unemployment, but also to finding integrated solutions in education, social affairs and sectors of the economy."@en1
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