MGERB took part in the creation of a White Book for overcoming youth unemployment in Europe

15/05/2012

The Chairwoman of MGERB Monika Panayotova and the International Secretary of MGERB Hristo Gadzhev took part in a conference of the representatives of the organizations members of YEPP (the youth organization of the EPP, which includes 57 organizations from 38 countries in Europe), on the topic: “Overcoming youth unemployment” and was held from the 10th to the 13th of May 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal. During the conference the representatives of MGERB had helpful discussions with the Prime Minister of Portugal Pedro Coelho, with the ministers of finance and the economy, representatives of the World Bank, of organizations helping youth entrepreneurship and others.

In the whole of Europe the youth unemployment is a serious problem, as in some countries it reaches up to 50% and the member countries should follow to undertake a series of measures for making easier employability in the ages between 18 and 29 years. Unemployment is a burden, which is hard to overcome and the unemployment in the youths is a waste of human capital in a long term plan, because after years there will be a lack of prepared and experienced employees. Youth unemployment is not part of the cycle of the economy and is not so much influenced by the crisis, as much as the structure of the economy of the EU. This is why the focus of efforts of the countries needs to be giving opportunities for making easier youth entrepreneurship, the start in the career, the guaranteeing of the investments of “the business angels”, which help young entrepreneurs and most of all the deepening of the European integration. The best way for overcoming the problems of employability is in the creation of new job places and not in the perfection of the social systems, as the socialists are proposing.

The organizations members of YEPP accepted unanimously a White Book for overcoming youth unemployment, which will be proposed and based in the political documents of the European People’s Party, in the work of the European Parliament and the European Commission. From its side MGERB will continue its work in supporting the Bulgarian government in its actions for overcoming this problem.

Tsvetan Tsvetanov and MGERB Sofia cleaned the "Boris Garden"

12/05/2012

Not everything can be cleaned for one day, only if everyone cleans around themselves during all days can we permanently clean Bulgaria. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Chairperson of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who along with MGERB took part in the initiative of BTV “Let’s Clean Bulgaria for a Day”. Tsvetanov and the youths from MGERB Sofia took part in the cleaning of the Boris Garden in Sofia. He encouraged all citizens from all over the country to turn the campaign into their lifestyle and in this way to make Bulgaria such, as we all want her to be – clean, cheerful, beautiful and comfortable for living. “Only when we all together put forth efforts and guard the regions in which we live, the comfort and the calmness will make everything around us beautiful”, turned towards the youths of GERB the Deputy Chairperson of the party. Together with Tsvetanov in the cleaning took part his daughter Veselina, which expressed hope that all of us together can clean Bulgaria for one day. Equipped with bags and gloves the youths from GERB and Tsvetanov cleaned the region between the open theatre and the Arianna Lake. The cleaning youths were also joined by the Administrative Secretary of PP GERB Tsvetomir Paunov, the Regional Coordinator of Sofia Region – Andrey Ivanov and the Chairperson of the Group of Councilors from GERB in SMC Malina Edreva.

In the frame of the cleaning Tsvetanov and the youths of GERB Sofia opened the renovated alcove near the summer theatre in the Boris Garden. Whole components of the alcove have been replaced with personal funds of the youths and it has been completely repainted. On the site were placed labels of famous Europeans. The renovated alcove turned into an attraction for the playing around kids and their parents.