spain - February 20, 2013 - The Government of Castilla-La Mancha has submitted an Action Plan for Youth Employment valued at 26.1 million euros, divided into two actions: one valued at 10.7 million euros, after the financing agreement of the Ministry of Employment and Economics, the School of Industrial Organization (EOI) under the Ministry of Industry, through European funds, and another 15.4 million euros from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.
Directors prior press conference
The Youth Action Plan for Employment includes six lines of action, four of them launched by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy, to protect and accompany the young people's entrepreneurial beginnings of Castilla-La Mancha, remove bureaucratic obstacles that impede access to credit for our entrepreneurs, facilitate labor mobility in Europe and the hiring and promoting the recruitment of unemployed youth.

Meanwhile, the two main priorities of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports center on a Dual Vocational Training Program implemented in schools in Castilla-La Mancha and a specific training program aimed at obtaining title Compulsory Secondary Education, school and vocational training for unemployed youth between 18 and 25 years.
First, the Government, through the EOI technicians, tutelará and help the young entrepreneur on the path from the beginning of the idea to the consolidation of the company in the market, especially focusing resources on growth in innovation and technology.

This action has a budget of 7.5 million euros, of which, the regional government gives 1 million euros and the rest will be financed with European funds.
The Minister of Employment and the Economy has stated that "it is, specifically, the actions called Castilla-La Mancha region of the venture, for which we have a budget of five million euros, of which the Government of Castilla-La Mancha contributes 500,000 euros, 500,000 euros others the Ministry of Industry and the remaining four million euros the European Social Fund. " It is estimated that this action would benefit around 1,500 young.

It also will launch seven "centers of excellence", with a budget of 2.5 million euros, of which the Government of Castilla-La Mancha provides only 500,000 euros and the rest is financed by ERDF. Thus, it is intended to cover the greatest number of regional companies and entrepreneurs, with a sense of innovation and technological basis.

Access to credit for entrepreneurs
The Minister of Employment and Economy explained that the second line of the Youth Action Plan for Employment "will facilitate access to credit for all those entrepreneurs who want to develop their minds once they have been tutored by the EOI.

Therefore, entrepreneurs in Castilla-La Mancha will have access to the 28 million euros that the eight largest financial institutions in our region available to them, of which the regional government is funding the differential of 5.5 percent of the credit
Third, Home has informed the development of a Mobility Plan, which in his opinion "will be the great opportunity to enhance employability and employment and training for young people of Castilla-La Mancha, seeing Europe as a large map opportunities ".
Thus, explained Home, the regional government in Germany sees a place to increase the "dual training" of our youth, ie to complement studies with work experience in companies. For the development of this action, the regional government has a loan of 500,000 euros with which to help our young people to make the trip and take their first steps in the German country.

The fourth line of action is known as "Merge". These boost recruitment through financial assistance to employers to formalize contracts work experience with young unemployed people entering the labor market after completing training.

To carry out this program, the Government provides € 2.7 million to fund the initial hiring of unemployed trainees under 30.

As has been detailed Casero, "if the employment contract is six months, will receive 1,200 euros and from that sixth month 250 euros per month, up to a maximum of 6,000 euros and a maximum of two years in practice contracts" . This line will have retrospective effect from 1 January 2013.

Education, Culture and Sports
The Action Plan for Youth Employment contains a specific training program, which is provided with 15.4 million euros, aimed at obtaining the title of Secondary Education, school and vocational training for unemployed young people between 18 and 25 age, enabling them to improve their employability. In the words of the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, Martial Marin, "is an ambitious program that has many signs of being a success, because it is a coordinated and focused on the main problem faced by young Castilian-La Mancha, the lack employment and academic qualification. "

According to the director Marin has detailed, the vast majority of unemployed youth in Castilla-La Mancha lacks the most basic academic qualifications. To reverse this trend, the regional government will spend $ 1,000 in each of the 5,000 unemployed get the qualification of secondary school.

The courses for the qualification must provide them further into work will be given in the 33 centers of Adult Education (CEPAS) and 81 classrooms dependent adults STRAINS.

A second line, explained the Minister of Education, aims to 1,000 unemployed youth to get vocational training qualifications, like the first embodiment, will be taught in classrooms Centres and Adult Education to the Community Board of Castilla -La Mancha has spread through the region.

You will also receive $ 1,000 each student who successfully overcoming the modules taken. The third modality benefit 500 young unemployed who have the title of secondary school and want access to adult school.

Finally, a fourth will go to help 1,500 young people registered as unemployed, of the 20,000 who have no school graduate between 18 and 25 years, to encourage students to obtain the Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education to through the free tests, whose annual calls are held in June and September.

Moreover, because the Dual Training. As Marin explained during the press conference following the Governing Council, the FP Dual is implemented in our region as a pilot project from this year 2012/2013 with 16 pilot projects in 10 schools.

He also announced an upcoming open call for next year for all schools in the region have the opportunity to participate and extend this training model, training curriculum that intercalates in the company and at school. The Castilian-Manchego invest 578,000 euros in this program, from the Territorial Cooperation Fund awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.


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