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.