...Fredrick Nafukho; Fredrick M. Nafukho; Machuma A. Helen Muyia Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the development of entrepreneurship education and training in Kenya as a strategic approach to addressing the unemployment problem among the school and university graduates in Kenya...

...Dimitrios M. Mihail Purpose Greece has the highest youth unemployment rate in the European Union. Even though it is clear that persistent unemployment requires bold measures in engaging young educated Greeks in the labour market, there is no coherent policy targeting that population group...

... for tutors when developing the structure and content of future training schemes. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Training Government training agencies Training packages Unemployment The rights of the unemployed in their search for work or training are determined by the Secretary of State...

... evidence from interviews with 115 job seekers in one urban labour market characterised by generally low unemployment rates. It is argued that these job seekers face a combination of personal and circumstantial barriers to work, best characterised as an “employability gap”. It is acknowledged that following...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Germany Unemployment Employment protection Consensus on jobs reached in Germany Keywords: Germany, Unemployment, Employment protection A broad-based agreement to combat unemployment has been reached between unions and employers...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> European Union Employment Unemployment OECD/EU jobs conference in Helsinki Keywords: European Union, Employment, Unemployment Earlier this year, Finland's ministeries of labour and finance, with the support of the OECD and the European...

... from previous schemes” for getting the young unemployed “off benefits” and into employment. Unemployment Youth training Government This paper presents some initial findings from doctoral research currently under way at the University of Abertay Dundee. It seeks to explore the perceptions...

... council but chambers of trade. Main mover in overall proactive labour market measures is the federal employment service with a DM 45.3 billion budget, which includes a top-up from the Federal Government. © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Unemployment Training Disadvantaged groups Help...

... Keywords Employment, Skills, Technology change, Unemployment The increasing pace of globalization and technological change provides both challenges and opportunities at a time when the global employment situation remains grim, and levels of open unemployment and under-employment are still...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Germany Labour market Unemployment United Kingdom Labour markets in transition: Britain and Germany compared Peter Elias and Viktor SteinerAnglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial SocietyISBN 1 900834 11 134 pp.£12.00, can...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Europe Unemployment Young people Young people find jobs earlier Keywords Europe, Unemployment, Young people Young jobless people in the EU tend to find work a little more quickly than their elders, according to a recent Eurostat report...

...Thomas Lange; Keith Maguire This article examines the cases of Germany and Japan where education and training is orientated towards producing workers who can consistently deliver high standards of quality control in manufacturing industry. It begins by examining why unemployment is such a serious...

...Thomas Lange Over the last decade, training has gained in popularity as European unemployment remains stubbornly high. Critical voices accuse the British education and training system of not being sufficiently prepared to measure up against other European training systems, notably that of Germany...

... to training and work creation schemes as instruments of active labour market policy. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Eastern Germany Employment Labour market Training Unemployment 20 JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL TRAINING 17,6 Gives critical attention to training and work creation schemes...

... from industry. Goes on to discuss the question of whether a place can be made for the underprivileged in industrial training. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Belgium Industry Training Unemployment TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGE C an a place be made for the underprivileged...