Support for high-unemployment regions to continue, EU Commissioner says

The European Union will continue to support social structures in high-unemployment peripheral regions of Europe, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Laszlo Andor said in the northeastern city of Kavala

on Monday, but he also called on regional authorities to take the initiative.
Andor is in the Eastern Macedonia-Thrace area to attend a conference Tuesday, as part of Greece’s EU Presidency, on «The role of peripheries in applying the Youth Guarantee scheme, 2014-2020.»
The EU programme provides funds to help people up to age 25 «receive a good quality offer of employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship within four months of leaving school or becoming unemployed,» according to the programme’s description.
The commissioner met with Kavala mayor Costis Simitsis, also president of the peripheral association of the area’s municipalities, and said that «at the European Parliament we are responsible for making important decisions, but in order to turn our decisions into reality, the peripheries must play a leading role; we shall discuss the means of how they can achieve this in the best way possible.»
During his visit, Andor also visited two EU-funded centres in Kavala – a centre for creative activities for individuals with physical or cognitive impairments and a model day nursery in the Neapoli district.
Also attending the meetings are EU and Labour ministry officials.

source: ΑΜΝΑ