9 deliverables for 2009


Fact 18% young people, in the age between 15 and 24, are unemployed in Europe. Likely to grow in the economic crisis (EUROSTAT).

Deliverable 15 million new jobs by 2014. End poor working conditions for young people.


Fact As the financial crisis turns into economic recession, people face a double threat - uncertainties as regards both their jobs and and their social security (ILO).

Deliverable More social security; high quality public health care, education and life-long learning.


Fact Young Europeans in their late teens and early twenties are at a higher risk of poverty than all other groups except for children and older people (JRF).

Deliverable Eradicate poverty. National minimum incomes and wages.


Fact There are 27 European Commissioners, 785 members of European Parliament, 41 Directorates and Services and more then 25.000 Civil Servants (EC).

Deliverable No unnecessary bureaucracy. Build a citizens' Europe. Take decisions together with young people.


Fact There is a general upward trend in recorded racist crime in the period 2000-2006 (FRA).

Deliverable Better integration and tackling the root causes of migration.


Fact The gender pay gap between women and men is 15%, 31,4% women work in precarious contracts (EWL).

Deliverable Equal rights: No more discrimination based on gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnic or social background, or religious beliefs.


Fact The temperatures in Europe have been going up twice as fast as climate models had predicted in the past decades (RedOrbit).

Deliverable A sustainable life style. Polluters pay extra "green" taxes. Environmental responsibility is rewarded.


Fact 31% of households and 34% of individuals are suffering from deprivation in Iraq, confirming the continuation of the poverty trend and the deterioration of living standard in Iraq (UNDP).

Deliverable No more unilateralism: reform global governance and disarm peacefully.


Fact At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day (WorldBank), likely to increase as a consequence of the financial crisis.

Deliverable Decent work for all. End the global financial crisis and regulate fair globalisation.

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9 deliverables for 2009

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