Youth employment initiative and the European Social Fund

European Social Fund thematic paper

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This thematic paper provides an overview of the European Social Fund's track record in supporting initiatives for combatting youth unemployment and its potential to provide further and better targeted support to young people in the 2014-20 programming period. The brochure furthermore details the legal context, functioning and objectives of the newly launched youth employment initiative which represents substantial dedicated funding to support Member State policies to combat youth unemployment.