Move in Europe : enhancing young people's education, mobility and access to the job market.
Date: 2011-08-12
Institutions: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
Subjects: free movement of workers, job mobility, professional experience, student mobility, young worker, youth policy

The EU’s instruments supporting 
learning mobility 

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Comenius 
Education at school

Youth in Action
Learning activities outside school

Leonardo da Vinci 
Vocational education and training

Erasmus 
Higher education in Europe

Erasmus Mundus 
Student mobility worldwide

Erasmus for young entrepreneurs 
Mobility of young businessmen and women 

Marie Curie Actions 
Opportunities for research careers

European Social Fund
Support for education and jobs creation

EURES
Information on jobs and learning opportunities

Every year 
the EU supports 
around 400,000 citizens 
(students, teachers, 
researchers, trainers etc.) 
to learn and work abroad. 
Why not you? 

More information 

Youth on the Move
› http://europa.eu/youthonthemove   

Youth Information
› http://europa.eu/youth

European Job Mobility Portal
› http://ec.europa.eu/eures 

Help and advice on life, work and travel in the EU
› http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope 

European Commission: Education and Training
› http://ec.europa.eu/education

European Commission: 
Employment, Social Aff airs and Inclusion
› http://ec.europa.eu/social

Contact

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Enhancing 
young people’s education, 
mobility and access 
to the job market

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Why Youth 
on the Move?

The  EU  has  ﬁ xed  the  goal  of  developing  an  economy 
based  on  knowledge  and  innovation  by  the  year  2020. 
Young people are vital to achieve this. Youth on the Move 
aims to increase their qualiﬁ cations by raising the quality 
of  education  and  training  opportunities,  and  to  improve 
their job prospects.  

José  Manuel  Durão  Barroso,  President  of  the  European 
Commission:  “By  2020  all  young  people  in  Europe 
must  have  the  possibility  to  spend  a  part  of  their 
educational pathway in other Member States.”

Androulla  Vassiliou,  Commissioner  for  Education,  Culture, 
Multilingualism and Youth: “Young  people  increasingly 
require  higher  qualiﬁ cations  and  up-to-date  skills 
for success in today’s world. They need to be more 
adaptable and more mobile.” 

László Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Aff airs 
and  Inclusion:  “Finding  a  job  is  what  millions  of 
young Europeans are most concerned about. Youth 
on the Move will improve support for them so that 
they can ﬁ nd a job, make a living and pursue their 
plans.”

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Youth on the Move aims to

  •  enhance the quality and    
  attractiveness of higher 
  education in Europe

  •  encourage higher levels 

  of qualiﬁ cations and skills

  • give more opportunities to learn 

  and get training abroad

  •  provide better job prospects 

  for young people

By 2020 
the number of early school leavers 
should fall from 15 to 10%. 
40% of young people should 
attain a university degree 
compared to 33% today.

Top 10 actions 
of Youth on the Move

1   “Your ﬁ rst EURES job,” providing advice, a job  
search engine and fi nancial support to young  
jobseekers who want to work abroad, as well as 
to companies.

2   A mobility scoreboard, to set benchmarks and 
measure progress in removing legal and technical  
obstacles to learning mobility. 

3   Creation of a European student lending facility to
support students who wish to study or train abroad. 
4   A multi-dimensional global university ranking 
system to provide a more complete and realistic  
picture of higher education performance than 
existing rankings.

5   Development of a Youth on the Move card, 
which would provide benefi ts and discounts 
for young people. 

6  European Vacancy Monitor to provide an  
intelligence system tracking labour market 
demand across Europe for jobseekers 
and employment advisors. 

7   European Progress Micro-ﬁ nance Facility 
to provide  fi nancial support to help young 
entrepreneurs set up or develop their businesses.
8   Youth guarantee to ensure all young people are 
in a job, training or work experience within four  
months  of leaving school.

9   European skills passport, based on Europass 
(the European online CV), to allow skills to be  
recorded in a transparent and comparable way. 
10 Creation of a dedicated Youth on the Move  
  website, to provide a single point of access to  

information about opportunities to study or gain  
work experience abroad.

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