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Watch the recordings of the Social innovation forum 2024
The Social innovation forum 2024, a cornerstone of the ESF+ Social innovation+ initiative, explored the key skills for social innovators and how social innovations can drive skill development across Europe.
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EU investments in skills: new report shows contribution of cohesion funds
Curious about how the EU invests in skills? A new report on EU cohesion funds details how much is being invested, what activities are being funded, and who is expected to benefit from investments in education, training, and labour market skills.
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Vote for your favourite REGIOSTARS finalist in the 2024 competition!
The public vote for the REGIOSTARS 2024 competition – a label of excellence for EU cohesion policy projects – is open until 9 October 12:00 CET on the official REGIOSTARS website!
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European Social Fund invests in quality jobs, training and social inclusion
The European Social Fund (ESF) is the European Union’s main instrument for investing in people. In 2014-2022, the fund helped Member States progress towards achieving the EU’s 2030 headline targets in
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ESF investments create job opportunities for Paris Olympics and Paralympics
The European Social Fund (ESF) has invested over €770,000 between 2019 and 2022 in career programmes across areas hosting the main venues and events for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: the
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New evaluation confirms the EU-wide impact of the Employment and Social Innovation Programme (2014 - 2020)
The Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EaSI), which financed a wide range of activities in the period 2014-2020, was the most suitable instrument for developing EU-wide tools and actions on
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ESF+ welcomes Moldova as an associated country
Moldova has joined the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) as an associated country, allowing organisations from Moldova to participate in projects funded by the ESF+ Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) strand.
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Homes, training and jobs: what’s the reality of Social Europe?
In this Euronews episode, Real Economy travelled to Romania and France to meet people whose lives have taken a new turn thanks to EU-funded solidarity initiatives aimed at building a strong social
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How working abroad can kickstart careers for young people neither in education, employment or training (NEETs)
This new Real Economy episode explores the situation of the roughly 8 million young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs) and what the EU is doing to help them.
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EU celebrates 2004 enlargement - 20 years of cohesion policy and support from the European Social Fund
This week, the European Union marks the 20th anniversary of the 2004 enlargement. On 1 May 2004, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia joined the EU.