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The European Commission has paid more than €3.5 billion in advance payments to Member States to help them manage the arrival of people fleeing the war in Ukraine on their territory. The payments for REACT-EU were made under the EU's Cohesion's Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE).

The European Commission announced the winners of the first European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Awards, aimed at highlighting towns, cities and regions across the EU leading by example in inclusive policies. The winners - from Croatia, Germany, Romania, Spain and Sweden - have been recognised for their work to build fairer societies by promoting diversity and inclusion.

Today, with the support of the Commission, a large-scale skills partnership for the Cultural and Creative Industries ecosystem was set up. The partnership aims to establish a shared model for skills development in Europe to pool resources and engage in concrete upskilling and reskilling initiatives in the cultural and creative industries.

Today, the Commission is proposing an ambitious and sustainable legal migration policy.

Members of the EQAVET Network took part in the first pilot EQAVET Peer Review organised by Spain on ‘A Quality EQAVET Model for Spain (QEMS)’.

The 2022 PES Network Stakeholder Conference on labour and skills shortages in Europe highlighted the urgent need for Public Employment Services (PES) and their partners to jointly anticipate evolving labour and skills needs in order to meet the needs of jobseekers and employers.

The Latvian project ‘Support for social entrepreneurship’, which is financed by the European Social Fund, assists social actors and enterprises, in particular the ones employing people with disabilities and mental disorders.

The European Commission adopted its Partnership Agreement with Lithuania, laying down Lithuania’s investment strategy worth €6.4 billion in cohesion policy funding for the period 2021-2027. The cohesion policy funds will continue to support Lithuania’s regions in promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion, supporting key EU priorities such as the green and digital transition. The funds will also contribute to the country’s competitive, innovative and sustainable growth.

In its latest episode of the Euronews Real Economy magazine focuses on what the European Union does to help young people to find jobs and training, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds but also young refugees from Ukraine.