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Fresh cooperation creates new youth jobs
In the Swedish city of Västerås, businesses, higher education and the public sector are used to working together in the labour market. Now this cross-sector cooperation is about to benefit unemployed youth, through a project aimed at offering jobs and training to 1,000 young people without work.
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Finland’s new Aalto University: the entrepreneur factory
Finland’s new Aalto University brings together young people who want to be entrepreneurs. Their backgrounds range from technology and economics to design. The exchange of ideas here can create a platform for a new company culture in Finland.
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Downturn hits youth hardest – Sweden takes undesirable lead
An economic downturn often hits young people fastest and hardest. The current crisis is no exception. The Nordic countries usually boast some of Europe’s lowest unemployment figures. Now 27.3 percent of Swedish 15 to 24 year-olds are out of work.
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Employing the last unemployed
Out of a total of 25 million people in the five Nordic countries, there are now only 422,000 unemployed. April saw the Norwegian unemployment rate plummet to 1.6 per cent. Denmark is close with 1.9 per cent. The numbers for Iceland and Sweden are somewhat higher, with 2.3 and 3.2 per cent. Finland has 6.8…
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Social entrepreneurs fighting for outsiders
At Stockholm’s “Fryshuset” (the Cold Store) a 25-year-old social entrepreneurship is turning the destructive forces which often plague social outsiders to positive forces and insider status. New methods grow to meet new demands. The aim is to catch youth at risk of falling outside of society, to recognise their potential and believe in their power…
7 minutes
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From outsider to employed
Morten Skov Nielsen got a job and lots of self-confidence – and he’s growing with the task. ”It’s much better than I’d thought”, says 24-year-old Morten Skov Nielsen.
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Finland: New government wants increased immigration
Finland has one of the lowest immigration rates in the EU, while its population is ageing quicker than anywhere else in the Union. That does not bode well for the country’s future labour market. Now the new government wants to increase labour immigration. But the situation for those already in the country must be improved…
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Fighting over the unemployed
Denmark is changing tack to attract manpower in the face of record low unemployment figures. The transport sector shows the way.
6 minutes
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Theme: The hunt for manpower is on
Will there be enough manpower when economies grow year on year while populations are ageing? No, say many employers in the Nordic countries. Their warning is that lack of manpower will jeopardise economic growth and innovation. Governments too are on the alert. Welfare states are dependent on enough workers to keep ticking over.
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Theme: The hunt for manpower is on
Will there be enough manpower when economies grow year on year while populations are ageing? No, say many employers in the Nordic countries. Their warning is that lack of manpower will jeopardise economic growth and innovation. Governments too are on the alert. Welfare states are dependent on enough workers to keep ticking over.
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