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JobFit, a new local initiative to support people to upskill or retrain and get a job or move on to further education or training, was officially launched yesterday, Thursday October 28 at a celebration event in the JobFit centre by Mayor of Athlone Town Council, Sheila Buckley Byrne.

Jobseekers in Galway could gain valuable digital skills and work experience within local businesses, thanks to a new initiative.

County Mayo VEC has just been announced as a provider of training for jobseekers wishing to learn new skills and build on previous experience by progressing to further training and future employment.

The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe T.D, has officially launched The Schools’ Business Partnership’s Annual Report 2007/2008 The Schools’ Business Partnership (SBP), an innovative programme within the Business in the Community Ireland portfolio, matches companies and local schools throughout Ireland.

Ireland is receiving €375 million from the European Social Fund for training programmes for the youth and long term unemployed.

The European Union is moving centre stage in helping Ireland pull out of economic recession according to Kilkenny MEP Liam Aylward.

That’s according to Pat the Cope Gallagher TD who is standing in the European Parliament elections in the North West constituency and who has outlined how Ireland’s partnership with Europe that will ensure we will economically recover.

Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins has confirmed that the European Union is set to announce details of a €14 billion package that will allow Ireland and other EU countries to claim 100 per cent of the cost of projects funded by the European Social Fund and the European Structural and Cohesion Funds for the years 2009 and 2010.

The European Union will announce this month details of a €14 billion package that will allow Ireland and other EU countries to claim 100 per cent of the cost of projects funded by the European Social Fund and the European Structural and Cohesion Funds for the years 2009 and 2010.

Minister for Labour Affairs Dara Calleary TD welcomed the range of initiatives proposed by the European Commission to maintain and create jobs, to upgrade skills, and to increase access to employment.