“Education and employment to promote social inclusion and cohesion” is one of ten key areas in the Action Plan from the just-ended 2nd summit of the European Union and the Community of  Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC) in Brussels.  Several CARICOM Heads of Government and the CARICOM Secretary-General were among Leaders and Dignitaries from the two regions  who attended the 10-11 June Summit.

The Education and employment area seeks to promote education, life-long learning and training (including technical and vocational; education and training, TVET) with a view to developing in both regions, skills for employment, promote decent and dignified job creation, thereby increasing income and contributing towards the overall objective of poverty eradication.

The full list of areas to be targeted for concrete results are:

1. Science, research, innovation and technology;
2. Sustainable development; environment; climate change; biodiversity; energy;
3. Regional integration and inter-connectivity to promote social inclusion and cohesion;
4. Migration;
5. Education and employment to promote social inclusion and cohesion;
6. The world drug problem;
7. Gender;
8. Investments and entrepreneurship for sustainable development.
9. Higher education
10. Citizen security

See Summit Action Plan:     EU-CELAC action plan

Also see Summit Declarations:

EU-CELAC political declaration (1)

EU-CELAC Brussels declaration