The EESC welcomes the Youth Employment Package. It recommends, whenever possible, the age limit for access to the scheme be increased to 30, to cover young people who leave university later or those who are still in a transition phase from education to employment and are still at risk of losing contact with the labour market. There is also need to improve the conditions for offering traineeships and ensure their quality.
The opinion "Job creation through apprenticeships and lifelong vocational training: the role of business in education in the EU" welcomes the active approach of employers and businesses to the development of skills and their adaptation to the needs of the labour market in order to rekindle growth, create jobs and improve the situation of young people on the labour market.
Download — EESC opinion: The role of business in relation to education in the EU
