Boosting Pre-financing for Youth Employment

Summary

The proposal increases the initial pre-financing rate for the Youth Employment Initiative from 1% to 30%. This aims to provide Member States with faster access to EUR 1 billion to combat high youth unemployment.
10 21.05.2015
Other
finance
education
young person
social policy
employment and working conditions

Key points

  • The proposal seeks to increase the initial pre-financing amount for programs supported by the Youth Employment Initiative.
  • The pre-financing rate is proposed to be raised from 1% to 30%.
  • The initiative specifically targets regions where the unemployment rate among young people exceeds 25%.
  • This measure will release approximately EUR 1 billion in existing funds to be used as early as 2015.
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