EU: active employment policies promote integration and job retention

The European Commission’s 2024 report on Employment and Social Developments in Europe, published on 19 September, highlights the positive impact of social investment and policies to support employment and skills. Some EU-funded training programmes in Greece and job creation programmes in Ireland have increased young people’s chances of finding work by more than 15%, as well as raising their incomes by €2,000 a year, the authors of the report point out. The public funding provided, in particular