The town of Brod in Bosnia is a small place on the Sava river, opposite to a larger Croatian town of Slavonski Brod, but with a lot of problems. One of these problems is lack of opportunities for youth in the city.
There are more than ten million Roma worldwide. They are mainly concentrated in the Balkans and the EU’s newer Member States, particularly in Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Hungary. The Roma or Romani people are better known in the English-speaking world by their earlier ethnonyms “Gypsies”…
Even though people claim that life is better outside from Serbia, where many benefits are awaiting, it so happens that existing opportunities in this country are unknown and that young people essentially do not understand them…
Were you ever stepped out in an interview by someone you though has less impressive resume or lower qualifications? The reason may be that they excelled in the so called soft skills.
Each year the General Secretariat of the Council offers 4 types of traineeships: paid, unpaid, traineeships for students of national administration schools and special programmes for trainees with a disability.
Twice per year, the European Parliament opens the application process for traineeships. The goal of the Schuman traineeships is to contribute to EU citizens’ European education and vocational training and to provide an insight into the work of the European Parliament. The European Parliament is an equal opportunities employer; candidates without distinction as to gender,… Continue reading Schuman Traineeships in the European Parliament
Like in many countries in the Western Balkans, youth in North Macedonia faces the same issues related to unemployment. In general, the job market is too limited and restricted to offer opportunities for the youth, starting with the capital, Skopje, and extending to other cities where the population and economy are significantly lower.
It cannot be denied, that climate change, global economy, migration of population, social, economic, ecological and resources aspects do change the whole world and society…
Young people that are leaving Serbia are often a subject of criticism. However, it is rather ungrateful to be judgmental about a young person that wishes to improve his/her skills, work and live in a system that offers better opportunities…
With a network of national coordinators connected to over 1.000 local information providers through Eurodesk Centres in 36 European countries, Eurodesk is the main source of information on European opportunities for young people…
Do you live in the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro or Serbia? Find out how to take advantage of the opportunities to work, learn, volunteer and travel in the European Union…
Enter our Youth Week video contest, tell us how you participate in democracy and win an exclusive opportunity to attend an EU event in Brussels…