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A workshop was organised for the Budgets committee (BUDG) on "The EU borrowing strategy for NGEU: design, challenges and opportunities" on 27 October 2021. This document consists of an In-depth analysis by Bruegel entitled "Next Generation EU borrowing: a first assessment", a policy paper by Sebastian Mack entitled "Don't change horses in midstream: how to make NGEU bonds the euro area's safe asset", biographies of the speakers and the Power Point slides of the Bruegel presentation.

This European Added Value Assessment, commissioned by the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, seeks to provide relevant inputs for the Parliament’s legislative-initiative report, 'Quality traineeships in the EU' (2020/2005(INL)). The research paper aims to estimate the European added value of a reinforced 'Quality Framework for Traineeships'. During a traineeship, the trainee can learn things that are useful professionally. However, socio-economic costs can arise if ...

Il corpo europeo di solidarietà rientra nella rubrica 5 "Promozione del nostro stile di vita europeo", delle priorità della Commissione europea per l'attuale mandato. Inizialmente, il programma ha risentito di un’immagine e di una comunicazione poco incisive, in quanto era in concorrenza con altri programmi di lunga data che svolgevano attività analoghe. Con l'attuale proposta di regolamento, il programma diventerà uno sportello unico per tutte le opportunità di solidarietà e di volontariato umanitario ...

The paper provides analysis of recent development in youth (un)employment and the implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) in Croatia. The analysis covers recent trends in the employment and unemployment indicators, policies adopted to fight youth unemployment and inactivity and the analysis of YEI role in the context of the goal to reduce unemployment. This document was provided by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European ...

After more than 20 years in place, the cooperation network for labour mobility – EURES – shows some shortcomings, such as a lack of transparency in labour markets, a constrained matching potential due to technical reasons, and limited support services, information exchange and cooperation. The European Commission has made a proposal to remedy these deficiencies, and the February plenary is due to vote on an agreement reached in trilogue on the proposal.

The European Union faces major structural and demographic challenges. To maintain its position as world-leading economy, the EU needs to attract more skilled labour. Students from third countries are an important source of skilled workers, while the EU has a shortage of the researchers and innovators desperately required if the Union is to meet its economic growth targets.

By providing opportunities in a real work situation to acquire valuable skills and learn appropriate behaviour, traineeships can help young people make the transition from education or unemployment to permanent work. However traineeships often suffer from poor quality. A proposed Recommendation aims to increase transparency and encourage mobility.