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Two hundred people have come forward to get one of fifty places offered by the Department of Youth for young unemployed Murcia have the opportunity to do an internship in tourism businesses in Europe, thanks to the launch of the European initiative Leonardo.
Practices are held in Austria (12 participants), Czech Republic (10 participants), Germany (6 participants), United Kingdom (12 participants) and Italy (10 participants) and will run for twelve weeks.
The goal is for young people to gain work experience to facilitate job search, develop competencies and skills to increase skill levels and improve entrepreneurship.
This project is aimed at youth in the municipality of between 18 and 35 years old, unemployed and have not ever worked.
They should be graduates in Tourism, Communication, Public Relations, Languages, Business Administration, Hospitality, Travel Agencies or Restoration.
Participants have covered the costs of accommodation, food, travel and language course.
This morning I met the Commission chaired by the Councillor for Sports, Youth and Tourism, Miguel Cascales, and composed of Councilmen PSOE, IU and UPyD and responsible for the area of ​​Sports, Youth and Sports, and the Head of European Programmes and Swaps.
The Commission has approved the list of selected children, taking into account the score obtained with the language and attending training courses related to practice.
It is the first time that the city of Murcia Leonardo participating in the initiative, through the project called 'Ibn Arabi: developing the tourism sector through the formation of young people in Europe', which is subsidized by the European Commission and carried out in collaboration with the European Programmes of the Department of Employment, Trade and Business.
This project came about because of the high percentage of unemployed youth in the municipality that has never had a job, lack of specialized work experience of young people in their professional sector, lack of opportunities for training in another EU country, demand for increasingly specialized by the tourism industry and to promote the mobility of young European.
Also, with this initiative capturing synergies and efforts that are being developed for tourism through the Tourism Promotion Plan Murcia 365, contributing to the professionalization of the sector.
Many foreign visitors who come to town and need staff who can respond to their demands.
Furthermore, this project aims to streamline and enhance the tourism sector of the municipality and incorporating youth with experience, new ideas and new skills.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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