YO-WO Project
The Town Council of la Pobla Llarga leads the project "Young Workforce (YO-WO) - Youth and Gender Equality for Europe's Welfare."
This project aims to promote the retention of young talent, specifically those who are highly skilled and often victims of social exclusion due to the difficulty of finding a job that meets their expectations.
Objectives
YO-WO Project
The Town Council of la Pobla Llarga leads the project "Young Workforce (YO-WO) - Youth and Gender Equality for Europe's Welfare."
This project aims to promote the retention of young talent, specifically those who are highly skilled and often victims of social exclusion due to the difficulty of finding a job that meets their expectations.
Objectives
8 European
Cities
24
Months
Debate & Joint Reflection
Intercultural
Dialogue
Conferences &
Workshops
8 European
Cities
24
Months
Debate & Joint Reflection
Intercultural
Dialogue
Conferences &
Workshops
Currently, there are more than 3 million young Europeans who cannot find a job.
The situation has only worsened due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. This conflict is having an inflation effect on the prices of fuels and electricity in addition to the loss of human lives that,
unfortunately, keep happening in the present. All the aforementioned factors have created a youth unemployment
crisis that has long-term effects: young people without work are at risk of depression and mental health problems, they tend to earn less throughout their lives and leave home and form a family later.
To deal with this irregular and unfortunate situation, YOWO want to adhere to the European values that promote a change in economic and labor structures. It is required that the jobs offered in the municipality become more industrial, based on the high qualification of today's young people. This project is aimed
at retaining young people and, specifically, graduates, who are the main victims of social exclusion due to the problem of finding a job that meets their expectations.
This project
will present a cooperation itinerary between 8 European cities that will last 24 months and that will focus on the exchange of experiences, intercultural dialogue, debate and joint reflection and debate on different aspects related to the exit from youth unemployment, through conferences, workshops, open discussions, etc.
Currently, there are more than 3 million young Europeans who cannot find a job.
The situation has only worsened due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. This conflict is having an inflation effect on the prices of fuels and electricity in addition to the loss of human lives that,
unfortunately, keep happening in the present. All the aforementioned factors have created a youth unemployment crisis that has long-term effects: young people without work are at risk of depression and mental health problems, they tend to earn less throughout their lives and leave home and form a family later.
To deal with this irregular and unfortunate situation, YOWO want to adhere to the European values that promote a change in economic and labor structures. It is required that the jobs offered in the municipality become more industrial, based on the high qualification of today's young people. This project is aimed at retaining young people and, specifically, graduates, who are the main victims of social exclusion due to the problem of finding a job that meets their expectations.
This project will present a cooperation itinerary between 8 European cities that will last 24 months and that will focus on the exchange of experiences, intercultural dialogue, debate and joint reflection and debate on different aspects related to the exit from youth unemployment, through conferences, workshops, open discussions, etc.
Youth unemployment in Europe
was already
15% in 2019
Since the health crisis caused by
the COVID-19 virus, this ratio rose to 18% (17.8%). This means that, right now, there are
around 3.1 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24 who do not have a job and
around 4.7 million between the ages of 15 and 29. This data reflects only those who are
actively seeking work. If the rest of unemployed are added, those who currently neither have a job nor are they studying or receiving training (the so-called NEETs), the number would increase to around 10 million unemployed young people (9.7 million between 15 and 29 years old).
Women are not valued in the same way for the work they do.
In Europe, the salary they receive is almost 15% lower on average than what a man receives for the same job. For every euro a man earns, on average, a woman earns 86 euro cents. Another way of understanding the situation is that women should work 51 more days a year in order to earn the same as men. What is the motive behind it? One of the main is that women continue to do most of the childcare. The pandemic aggravated this situation, since women were the ones who assumed most of the unpaid care during the strict self-isolation of 2020. This means that many women have chosen to reduce their working hours. Around 30% of women in the EU work part-time, compared to 8% of men. This situation can lead to difficulties for women to advance in their professional careers.
10 Million
Unemployed
Young People
30% of women in the
EU work part-time,
compared to 8% of men
Youth unemployment in
Europe was already
15% in 2019
Since the health crisis caused by
the COVID-19 virus, this ratio rose to 18% (17.8%). This means that, right now, there are around 3.1 million young people between the ages of 15 and 24 who do not have a job and around 4.7 million between the ages of 15 and 29. This data reflects only those who are actively seeking work. If the rest of unemployed are added, those who currently neither have a job nor are they studying or receiving training (the so-called NEETs), the number would increase to around 10 million unemployed young people (9.7 million between 15 and 29 years old).
Women are not valued in the same way for the
work they do.
In Europe, the salary they receive is almost 15% lower on average than what a man receives for the same job. For every euro a man earns, on average, a woman earns 86 euro cents. Another way of understanding the situation is that women should work 51 more days a year in order to earn the same as men. What is the motive behind it? One of the main is that women continue to do most of the childcare. The pandemic aggravated this situation, since women were the ones who assumed most of the unpaid care during the strict self-isolation of 2020. This means that many women have chosen to reduce their working hours. Around 30% of women in the EU work part-time, compared to 8% of men. This situation can lead to difficulties for women to advance in their professional careers.
10 Million
Unemployed
Young People
30% of women in the
EU work part-time,
compared to
8% of men
All the information detailed above reflects the need to carry out a
European project that focuses on an exchange of practices between
partners from which conclusions that allow improving the situation of
youth unemployment, NEETs and women in the labor market can be drawn.
Hence, the specific objectives of the project are:
All the information detailed above reflects the need to carry out a European project that focuses on an exchange of practices between partners from which conclusions that allow improving the situation of
youth unemployment, NEETs and women in the labor market can be drawn.
Hence, the specific objectives of the project are:
