The Minister of Employment and Social Policy, Beatriz Artolazabal, has highlighted this morning the agreement of her department which places various aid for the hiring of young people by local entities within the framework of the operational program of youth employment to Through Lanbide with an amount of 6.5 million euros.
"Lanbide will promote a call for grants to promote youth employment, providing job and personal development opportunities for young people, and to reinforce the local dimension of employment policies in the autonomous community of Euskadi and especially in Those areas with higher unemployment of the group of young people "explained the Sailburu Artolazabal.
"This seeks to improve the employability of young people, under the age of 30 and unemployed after completing their studies or being jobless and facing" a problem that transcends the scope of employment, as it also affects social integration and The development of the vital projects of young people "said Artolazabal.
The beneficiaries of the aid are the local municipal contracting entities.
These are town halls and local development agencies.
"Lanbide, within the Basque employment Strategy 2020 of the Basque Government and aligned with the European strategy for employment and the search for new formulas, promotes youth employment, offering work and personal development opportunities to our youth and reinforces the local dimension of employment policies in the autonomous community of Euskadi adjusted to their social and economic reality and sustained by the deep knowledge of their environment and Areas of action, promoting territorial cohesion, especially in those areas of the Basque Country with higher unemployment of the young people Group "has detailed the counsellor Artolazabal.