ZAGREB, Jan 7 (Hina) - Funds for the employment of 7,000 young people have been secured in the 2002 government budget, parliamentary speaker Zlatko Tomcic said in a discussion with representatives of youth of Croatia Monday. He
stressed not one highly educated young person in Croatia should be left jobless. Tomcic supported initiatives by youth associations' representatives, and suggested that they draw up and deliver their proposal for bills on youth and the student union by mid 2002. Representatives of youth associations and organisations said the government did almost nothing to solve the issues concerning young people. They warned that the youth makes up for the majority of the unemployed (over 41 percent), and that around 140,000 highly educated young people left Croatia in the past 10 years. Youth representatives, including members of youth and students' unions and organisations, and youth representatives
ZAGREB, Jan 7 (Hina) - Funds for the employment of 7,000 young
people have been secured in the 2002 government budget,
parliamentary speaker Zlatko Tomcic said in a discussion with
representatives of youth of Croatia Monday. He stressed not one
highly educated young person in Croatia should be left jobless.
Tomcic supported initiatives by youth associations'
representatives, and suggested that they draw up and deliver their
proposal for bills on youth and the student union by mid 2002.
Representatives of youth associations and organisations said the
government did almost nothing to solve the issues concerning young
people. They warned that the youth makes up for the majority of the
unemployed (over 41 percent), and that around 140,000 highly
educated young people left Croatia in the past 10 years.
Youth representatives, including members of youth and students'
unions and organisations, and youth representatives of some
political parties informed Tomcic about the need for the
establishment of a European regional youth centre in Zagreb, and
the holding of the first UN global youth conference in Europe
entitled "The European Youth Dialogue" from 18-23 March, 2002 on
the island of Brijuni.
(hina) np sb