In the East European countries the biggest problem is the so called brain drain, that is the migration of well-trained young labor force, which will rather take a job abroad in the hopes of better salaries. This is the process that needs to be moderated, and step up against it on a European and on certain countries’ level as well, in an institutional setting. This has to be the main goal of the Eastern Partnership, as this has already been decided at the Committee of the Regions, suggested Csaba Borboly on the 7th of June, in Brussels. The president of the Harghita County Council, member of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) lifted his voice in the interest of the youth at the meeting of the Eastern Partnership. Regarding youth policy, the partners strive to make the skills and abilities as marketable as possible.
Csaba Borboly constantly raises a voice on home and European platforms, in the interests of youth, professional training and broadening the opportunities on the labor market, his comment today was also the result of consistent work. The Committee of the Regions accepted Csaba Borboly’s suggestions in February regarding youth policy, when Tibor Navracsics, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport promised that serious step will be taken in this regard, as it is important to invest in education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-hlTqKfWz4&app=desktop
The conference on 7th of June will be of great importance, as it is the direct result of the report accepted in February, that the educational program was accepted, which aimed to train specialists by professional training and by skill-development, who will be able to be integrated in the labor market. The goal of the program is to make the professional training and the higher education able to train marketable specialist.
On the meeting Csaba Borboly, representing the Committee of the Regions presented the exemplary instances of Harghita County, the initiatives of coordination between education and labor market in the presence of the government representatives, the Easterners that wish to join, and to the assigned representatives of the Directorates-General of the European Commission. The Committee of the Regions asked the president of Harghita County Council to comment on the topic of education and youth policies alongside the European Parliament and UNESCO, and to sustain the idea that county and local councils need to have a greater authority in dealing locally with eventual problems that may emerge. In the absence of this the risk of the youth emigrating is higher. As he stated, the transfer of knowledge, getting to know the good examples of the partners, the curriculum, the digital and on-line materials, the international development of the informal educational systems are important in order to raise the competitiveness. The local and regional governments need to have appropriate and directly accessible financial resources, that would make the integration of youth with migrant background possible, underlines Csaba Borboly.
“We continue to work in the favor of youth. If we cannot find partners at home, in Bucharest, we will try in Brussels to modify the system in the right direction” – stated Csaba Borboly during his comment on the 7th of June.
Regarding the president’s work in the CoR, you may more detailed information on the http://www.borbolycsaba.ro/tevekenyseg/regiok-bizottsaga/ site.
7th of June, 2016, Miercurea Ciuc
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