European Solidarity Corps: jobs and traineeships on track
Commission supports two projects which will offer a solidarity-related job or traineeship in another EU country to up to 6000 young people
Half a year after the European Commission launched the European Solidarity Corps and following the matching of voluntary placements which started in March 2017, thousands of job and traineeship placements are now also kicking off.
To this end, the European Commission supports two projects led by the Italian and French Public Employment Services, which will offer a solidarity-related job or traineeship in another EU country to up to 6000 young people.
The two projects led by the French Public Employment Service (Pôle Emploi) and the Italian National Agency for active labour policies (ANPAL) bring together public employment services and organisations from different EU Member States, such as employers' organisations and training institutes, to provide job or traineeship offers in solidarity-related areas to young people between the age of 18 and 30.
Selected participants will be able to engage in a broad range of activities such as healthcare, social integration, environmental protection, assistance for migrants and refugees, or food aid in another EU country. The projects will reach out to employers, ensure the matching of candidates and provide financial and other types of support, such as training, to participants. The projects are funded with more than €14 million from the Employment and Social Innovation programme. The two projects will run up to March 2019.
In parallel, the European Solidarity Corps is being further developed and consolidated. The aim is to provide 100,000 placements by the end of 2020.
Related links
Press release - European Solidarity Corps: jobs and traineeships on track
Factsheet: Jobs and traineeships under the European Solidarity Corps: how it works and how to join
Factsheet: Taking the European Solidarity Corps forward
Questions and answers: Questions and Answers on the European Solidarity Corps
Questions and answers: Taking the European Solidarity Corps forward: Questions and Answers
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