Vienna fights against youth unemployment: New foundation offers hope!
Vienna fights against youth unemployment: New foundation offers hope!
Steffl-Arena, 1220 Wien, Österreich - Vienna is faced with rising unemployment figures among young people. The current economic situation particularly affects 15 to 24 year olds; According to the latest surveys, over 27,387 young people are unemployed in this group or complete training. As part of a new initiative of the City of Vienna, which was presented in an unusual backdrop - the Cabin of the Spusu Vienna Capitals -, Peter Hanke (SPÖ) City Councilor. The city has launched a Art Foundation, which should offer 1,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 over the next four years. The first investments for this amount to an impressive 11.8 million euros, such as The crown reported .
focus on future professions
The aim of this Artistift is to train those affected in promising professions. The participants not only receive access to free further training, but also a monthly training subsidy of 300 euros and unemployment benefit during the training. Former athletes such as Pascal Bayer are already taking advantage of these opportunities and start new careers in popular professional fields such as health, care, IT or ecologically sustainable professions.
In parallel to these developments, the City of Vienna is carrying out an extensive survey to develop the new child and youth strategy 2025-2030. Children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 20 were able to contribute their opinions and suggestions for improvement by October 18, 2024. The initiative, coordinated by Wienxtra and the IFES Institute, aims to further promote child and youth friendliness in the city. The survey is intended to help clearly identify the needs of the young Viennese so that the city can take these concerns into account in its future measures, as . The feedback from young people on their quality of life is thus the basis for the new strategy.| Details | |
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| Ort | Steffl-Arena, 1220 Wien, Österreich |
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