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The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) and the European Commission held an online information session on the application process for the 2022 call 'Centres of Vocational Excellence' under the Erasmus+ programme. The presentations and the recording are now available.

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for Cohesion's Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE) allowing Member States and regions to provide emergency support to people fleeing from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. CARE is introducing the necessary flexibility to allow a swift reallocation of available European funding to such emergency support.

The European Commission has just published a call for evidence in the context of the preparation of the proposal for a Council Recommendation on adequate minimum income in the EU. All stakeholders can participate and send contributions until 1 April 2022.

The European Commission's public consultation on Upskilling Pathways is open until 17 March 2022.

Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, visited the Youthreach Clondakin centre near Dublin. Co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), the center has a long standing reputation for helping young people aged 15-20 who left school early to bounce back – and take their first successful steps toward employment. The success of Youthreach scheme, and its outreach to 14 000 young people during the ESF (2014-2020) operating period, will be continued through funding from the new ESF+ (2021-2027).

The European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) has extended the deadline to nominate companies and apprentices for the prestigious EAfA Awards. You now have until 13 March 2022 to make your recommendations.

The European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) has published a document titled ‘10 good reasons for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to invest in apprenticeships’.

Nicolas Schmit, Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights, and Emmanuelle Wargon, French Minister for Housing, met the ministers responsible for combating homelessness, as well as representatives of the European institutions, local and regional authorities, social partners and civil society to give new impetus to the fight against homelessness.

The “Pentru Tine - För Dig” (For you) project - supported by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived - gives marginalized people vital information and support they need to find their way out from material deprivation and social isolation. With the involvement of the local City Missions, “Pentru Tine/För Dig” reached out to 1 600 people across the four Swedish cities of Stockholm, Uppsala, Linköping, and Eskilstuna.

The Commission is interested in hearing the opinions of former and current trainees, as well as young people who might be interested in taking a traineeship in the future. The survey has been exceptionally extended and will be open until 25 March 2022.