spain - February 21, 2013 - The Minister of Employment and the Economy of the regional government, Carmen Home, said today that the Plan of Action for Youth Employment launched by the regional government "provides a solid future for the youth of Castilla-La Mancha, who must be the true agents of change in the production model. "

In this regard, he stated that the 26.1 million that the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, with the Government of Spain through the Escuela de Organización Industrial (EOI) and European funds, "will help strengthen the economy of our region, from the hand of our entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs. "

During the interview in "Wake Castilla-La Mancha," on regional television, Home explained that the Action Plan for Youth Employment is divided into six lines of action, four of them launched by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy , in order to protect and accompany the young people's entrepreneurial beginnings of Castilla-La Mancha, remove bureaucratic obstacles that impede our access to credit for entrepreneurs, facilitate labor mobility in Europe and the hiring and promotion of recruitment of young unemployed, while the remaining two, under the direction of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, are intended to encourage the return to studies of young people who abandoned prematurely.

The Minister of Employment and the Economy has emphasized that, the total amount of 26.1 million euros, 7.5 will be allocated to the implementation of the lines Castilla-La Mancha region of entrepreneurship, as well as for so-called Centers Excellence, "in order to be able to help the entrepreneur in the path from the birth of an idea to the creation of the company and the consolidation in the market."

The second line of action is intended to facilitate access to credit for young entrepreneurs, through the agreement signed by the Government with the eight largest financial institutions in the region, for a total amount of 28 million euros, of which regional government funds the differential of 5.5 percent.

Dual Training:
Home has also referred to the work being carried out "to ensure that our young people have access to the so-called dual system, meaning that while studies are conducted, it can perform internships in companies." To develop this action, the government has budgeted € 500,000, in order to "to help the young man with a bag of 500 euros with which to start his career abroad."

In this regard, the Minister of Employment and Economy said that "the Government's intention is to be the very young, with the help of the Government of Castilla-La Mancha, which decides where and how to start your career path."

Embedded:
Furthermore, the minister has been worth the program named as Merge, intended to "boost recruitment through financial assistance to employers to formalize contracts work experience with young unemployed people entering the labor market after completing their training."

"With 2.7 million budget we have, we will fund the initial hiring of unemployed trainees under 30. This is to help entrepreneurs with 1,200 euros and, after the sixth month, with an additional 250 euros per month to a maximum of 6,000 euros and a maximum period of two years, "he detailed.

Development Plan to the Contracting:
The Minister of Employment and the Economy has also referred to the Development Plan Contracting, which has a budget of 3.5 million euros to help the employment of people aged between 30 and 45 years. This program has indicated Home, "will complement the measures implemented nationally by the labor reform."

This concerns, actions called by the Government as Duplicate and Duplicate Plus. In the first case, it is a help line for the promotion of the initial hiring full-time or part-time for at least six months, so that employers in the region will receive a grant of 2,400 euros if hires a man and 2,700 euros if you hire a woman.

For its part, the Duplicate Plus program, will aim to "encourage the creation of stable jobs for others and support entrepreneurs through the regulatory incentives for permanent contracts." This will also encourage economically passing a temporary to permanent. In the words of the minister, "the temporary advantage as a gateway to a permanent contract."

Finally, Home has announced that in the coming days will be reported to the main trade unions and CECAM of actions that have taken place in this regard.