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An innovative methodology to foster young people&#8217;s participation in civic and democratic life\u00a0(<strong>engage<\/strong>), connecting young people across the European Union and beyond to foster voluntary engagement, learning mobility, solidarityand intercultural understanding (<strong>connect<\/strong>) and supporting youth empowerment through quality, innovation and recognition of youth work (<strong>empower<\/strong>), as can be read on the commission&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/youth\/news\/eu-youth-strategy-adopted_it\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This last topic is strictly connected with the Erasmus+ programme and, in particular, with the recognition of experiences such as the <strong>EVS<\/strong> and the participation to the <strong>Solidarity Corps<\/strong>. To booster the linkage between the voluntary service and the work market is in fact among the main goals of the new strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>employability <\/strong>of youth workers is one of the main concerns which the new strategy aims at solving. Thus, a cross-sectoral approach will address \u201cthe needs of young people in other EU policy areas\u201d, in order to reach a better distribution of skills and competences all overthe EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with this last topic, the other novelties ofthe strategy are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A so-called \u201c<strong>EU Youth coordinator<\/strong>\u201d, that will collect the voices of the young Europeans and serve as their spokesman. The figure will work through the European Youth Portal and the EU Youth Strategy Platform;<\/li><li>hence, a \u201crenew EU youth <strong>dialogue<\/strong>\u201d for a wider outreach;<\/li><li>more attention for and aspecial <strong>tracking of EU spending<\/strong> for youth in the main funding programmes;<\/li><li>the improvement of the quality, innovation and recognition of <strong>youth work<\/strong>;<\/li><li>as already mentioned, a <strong>stronger linkage<\/strong> between EU youth policy implementation and related programme activities in Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, the European Commission set out a new strategy to foster possibilities for the youngsters in Europe. \u201cEngage\u201d, \u201cConnect\u201d and \u201cEmpower\u201d are the key words of the project. 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