Brussels, 12 november - The Young Leaders Forum wants to bring together business and civil society from the European Union and the Maghreb Countries (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, and Libya). The aim of this forum, held on November 12th, 2014 in the European Parliament (EP), was to develop capacity building and to improve young people’s education and ability to communicate with groups, organizations and institutions.
The demand from these young leaders of Maghreb countries was more education and participation for local youngsters in international exchange programs. During the conference the participants discussed what they can do in the Maghreb countries for young people for the development of their career.
The Education system is one of the problems in these countries, which is still not very efficient for the moment. Young people do not know how to register in universities or schools and after school they can not get into the right jobs, for example.
These youngsters want to broaden their knowledge in cooperation with their government, to receive education and to learn more about alternative media. Yet, most of the time, they are discouraged by the administrative rules within their country. These rules tend to be very complicated, and the cooperation with government is necessary. Opportunity for integration into programs exists, however, there is a lack of encouragement, assistant and professional support.
The European Commission recognizes that the problem is not about funds. It’s a small budget, still the Commission will need to have access to reports and more transparency on invoices and receipts from these countries .
The European Commission pretends to allocate more money for these small entrepreneurs. Moreover, the Commission will request mandatory rules and it will try to increase young people’s availability and visibility within their projects.
Maghreb's countries and the EU will mobilize people in order to develop their career. There can be a capacity building exchange and this will be a mutual benefit to all parties. Each country will have to adjust their education system. Relations with businesses can support this project and local people should come into contact for business. Young people’s language and soft skills must be developed, as well. Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and the EU countries must work jointly and, together they have to promote more networking between Maghreb and Europe.
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