OAED Conference on apprenticeship: vocational education and training as a vehicle to tackle youth unemployment in the EU

The Greek Manpower Employment Organization (OAED), under the auspices of the Greek Presidency, is organising today (14.2.2014) at Zappeion Megaron, a conference on apprenticeship that aims at highlighting the significant contribution of quality apprenticeship systems in tackling youth unemployment and achieving the goals of the "Youth Guarantee  European initiative.

The Greek apprenticeship system aims to help apprentices obtain specialized knowledge and professional experience in accordance with the European Council’s "Youth Guarantee" recommendation issued on the 22 April 2013 that clearly underlines the decisive contribution of apprenticeship schemes to the enhancement of youth employability in the EU.

In this context, and having determined Youth Employment as one of the Presidency’s principal priorities, OAED attaches great importance to the role of social partners in tackling youth unemployment and wishes to use today’s event as a platform for enhancing cooperation between all stakeholders in the implementation of apprenticeship programmes, including through the exchange of best practices with other European countries.

Μore information and the agenda of the event here