Having visited more than 80 European cities, the information campaign Youth on the Move, in association with the European Year of Citizens 2013, will be coming to Malta for the first time.

On Friday and Saturday, the European Commission will organise events and meetings in St George’s Square, Valletta, dedicated to the employment and the education of young people, particularly targeting 15 to 30-year-olds.

The events in Valletta will also focus on the mobility of youths in Europe.

The activity is aimed at informing youths about tools provided to them by the European Commission. The Youth on the Move campaign allows the public to engage directly with experts and representatives of the European institutions, as well as with young people who have already benefitted from the measures.

The events include inform-ation stands, mini-conferences, testimonies and debates, workshops and animations.

Youth on the Move is aimed at increasing the mobility of youths, at improving their education, at increasing the employability of young people and at acting positively on the issue of unemployment in the context that the main objective of the EU is to reach an employment rate of 75 per cent for the population old enough to work (20 - 64 years old).

Every year, the EU is supporting more than 400,000 young people who want to work, train and study abroad.

As part of the activities, the European Commission will also mark the European Year of Citizens 2013, which brings the spotlight onto the citizens of the EU, raising awareness of the benefits of their EU rights, tackling barriers to citizens’ enjoyment of their EU rights and encouraging citizens to engage with policy makers at all levels of government in a far-reaching debate on how the EU should look in 2020.