{"id":4825,"date":"2021-06-24T17:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4825"},"modified":"2021-06-24T17:14:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T15:14:24","slug":"il-fond-socjali-ewropew-plus","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/il-fond-socjali-ewropew-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Social Fund+"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iStock-909395184-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4826\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iStock-909395184-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iStock-909395184-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iStock-909395184-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iStock-909395184-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iStock-909395184-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iStock-909395184-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 8, the European Parliament and the EU Council gave the final approval for the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) Regulation, worth \u20ac99.3 billion for the period 2021-2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ESF+ is one of the main funding instruments to invest in people and to help Member States achieve the targets set out in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/strategy\/priorities-2019-2024\/economy-works-people\/jobs-growth-and-investment\/european-pillar-social-rights\/european-pillar-social-rights-action-plan_en\">European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan<\/a>. Over the years, the ESF has proved to be a crucial tool to promote employment, education and inclusion. Since 2014, the ESF has supported over 33.4 million people across the EU.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the new ESF+, all EU countries will invest at least 25% of their ESF+ resources in social inclusion and at least 3% to address material deprivation. EU countries above the EU average rate (2017-2019) of young people not in employment, education or training should devote at least 12.5% of their ESF+ resources to support youth employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Countries where children\u2019s risk of poverty or social exclusion is above the EU average (2017-2019) should use at least 5% of their ESF+ resources to tackle this issue. All other EU countries must programme an appropriate amount to support youth employment and tackle child poverty. This will also help to implement the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_20_1193\">reinforced Youth Guarantee<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/social\/main.jsp?langId=en&amp;catId=1428&amp;furtherNews=yes&amp;newsId=9968\">Child Guarantee<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 8, the European Parliament and the EU Council gave the final approval for the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) Regulation, worth \u20ac99.3 billion for the period 2021-2027. 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