It is obvious that young people are the future, yet there is a lack of training and job opportunities in many EU Member States. Even if a decrease has been noted in comparison with previous years, in December 2018, the youth unemployment rate was 14.9 % in the EU-28 and 16.6 % in the euro area with big differences between countries.
In order to fight these rates and difficulties such as filling vacancies and market mismatches, due to inadequate skills, limited geographic mobility or inadequate wage conditions, the European Commission has undertaken different measures in various fields such as the Youth Guarantee Programme to ensure training and education, or the Your first EURES Job to help young people to fill job vacancies throughout the EU.
AIM
This category seeks to recognize the difficulties the youth must face and reward them for developing a successful startup while battling them.