JOBTOWN

Edited on 28/07/2025

01/05/2012 30/04/2015

Closed
  • Action Planning Network
  • Jobs and skills
  • Participation
  • Youth

A European Network of Local Partnerships for the Advancement of Youth Employment and Opportunity

Summary

Introduction

Youth unemployment and inactivity is an enormous structural problem across Europe; moreover, too much of what employment there is for youth is of low quality, precarious and leads nowhere.

These problems have been drastically worsened by the current economic crisis, which has disproportionately affected young people; in some parts of Europe youth unemployment has reached catastrophic levels.

This project seeks to address structural youth unemployment and poor employment, by establishing Local Partnerships for the advancement of Youth Employment and Opportunities, driven by city administrations, of local stakeholders, to advance youth employment and opportunities, as an approach to the development and maintaining of a competitive and sustainable local economy and social model.

 

Partners

Lead Partner : Cesena - Italy
  • Latsia - Cyprus
  • Nagykálló - Hungary
  • Kielce - Poland
  • Kaiserslautern
  • Thurrock
  • Enfield
  • Rennes - France
  • Avilés - Spain
  • Gondomar - Portugal
  • Aveiro - Portugal

Timeline

Project launch

Project completed

Articles

  • Articles

    Final Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting: Getting ready to kick off

    The Network met for last time in Rome concluding its transfer journey and investment plans, while presented in public the future of Hydro-Heritage management. 

  • Articles

    SPARK: Rethinking public procurement as engine for local resilience

    AUTHOR: Sabina Reichert, LEAD EXPERT FOR URBACT TN SPARK

    On paper, the municipality of Kavala (Greece) looks like many other medium-sized European cities. Back in 2018, it had a relatively solid budget

  • Articles

    De áreas abandonadas à biodiversidade: Soluções Baseadas na Natureza que fazem a diferença nas nossas cidades

    O que acontece quando as cidades dão espaço à natureza? Vinte e nove cidades envolvidas nas Redes de Planeamento de Ação URBACT mostram e explicam...

    Ações locais das cidades portuguesas de Guimarães