Summary
The European Parliament approves financial support for 1,200 redundant computer programming workers in Finland to help them reintegrate into the labor market. 10 24.12.2015
Other
economy
social policy
european union
public finance and budget policy
employment and working conditions
Key points
- The European Parliament has approved the mobilization of funds to support workers in Finland's computer programming sector.
- The total financial contribution from the EU is set at approximately 2.6 million euros.
- The redundancies were primarily caused by structural changes in the ICT sector, including shifts in mobile operating system development away from Europe.
- Support measures include coaching, training, pay subsidies, and grants to help people start their own businesses.
Documents (PDFs)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2015/005 - FI/Computer Programming, from Finland)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application from Finland - EGF/2015/005 FI/Computer Programming
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