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Microsoft 4Afrika: turning ideas into economic opportunity

The best hope for economic recovery in any part of the world largely lies with well prepared and skilled young people, and dynamic and thriving small... More

An Investment in the Future: Empowering Bulgarian Youth

Like many young people across Europe, Bulgarian youth are also struggling to find their best opportunities. A survey last year by the National... More

Europe’s economic prosperity will not happen without youth

Young, high-potential & yet lacking the employable skills that open the door to our labour market? Sharpening the lens on a critical European... More

Youth, the key to Europe’s future

14 million European young people are not in employment, education or training, and at the same time thousands of jobs remain unfilled. More

Can we shape the future?

Last week, the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion presented the Youth Employment Package, a key component of the... More

We need public-private partnerships to secure Europe’s digital future

Digital skills are in short supply at a time when Europe needs them most. According to European Commission estimates, Europe faces a shortfall of... More

Tackling the white elephant of youth unemployment

When looking at the current state of the European economy, it is hard to ignore the struggles of one group in particular – today’s youth.... More

Employment Forum 2012: Creating Jobs for Growth

Microsoft is happy to sponsor this year’s European Employment Forum 2012, which will take place in Brussels on the 27th & 28th of... More

Event: European Employment Forum, Brussels, 22-23 November

The European Employment Forum 2011 is taking place in Brussels on the 22nd & 23rd of November in the frame of the Employment Week and is... More

European employability: meet the individuals who make a difference

As part of Employment Week, Microsoft acted as main sponsors providing leadership to a series of events and awards where one of the highlights was the... More

“Getting the elephant out of the room!" European Employability Alliance calls for a more inclusive workforce

“This is not a niche group!”, “ Let’s not still be having the same discussion in 20 years!”, “Let’s get the... More

Getting Europe online

Get Online Week starts today across Europe, running from the 28th February – 5th March 2011. As the name suggests, the awareness week aims to... More

Re-skilling the Portuguese workforce for job mobility

At the end of 2009, you may have seen news of a pilot project on Microsoft.eu that aimed to help remove barriers to job mobility. CITEVE for... More

A Financial Times column: e-Skills make it into the boardroom

Have a look at Ade McCormack’s recent Financial Times column, which highlights the importance of e-skills to our future, the role of management... More

Video: Extracts from debate on ‘Investing in the skills Europe needs for an Innovation Society?’

This video captures snapshots of the thoughts, recommendations and commentary that were sparked during the November 30th dinner debate around 'Skills... More

Report: eSkills are needed to drive European innovation

In the coming five years, only 10% of jobs will be left for those who have no ICT skills, a figure that is especially significant at a time of rising... More

CITEVE for unemployed people

CITEVE and Microsoft join hands to support Portugals textile industry workers by providing them with IT training to update their skills and re-enter... More