Europe faces historically high unemployment, and we’re keen to help. We’ve just joined the European Commission’s Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs , and we are committing to a range of initiatives that will help Europeans - particularly young Europeans - to create businesses and find jobs.
Our first commitment is to support 20,000 European entrepreneurs this year. Entrepreneurs account for a high proportion of job creation - according to an OECD survey of 11 European countries, companies less than two years old account for 5% of total private-sector employment. Our Google for Entrepreneurs programme funds start-up hubs in London (Campus London ), Krakow (Google for Entrepreneurs, Krakow ), Berlin (The Factory ) and Paris (Silicon Sentier ). Through these centers, we’ll provide entrepreneurs with training programmes, mentorship, and improved access to capital and talent. We’ll also run additional start-up events with our partners, Startup Weekend and Startup Grind .
Another priority is developing digital skills among Europe’s youth. Our RISE programme , will work with six computer science and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) education organisations in Europe to reach 100,000 young people by the end of the year, up from the current 32,000.
These programmes nurture coding skills, use robotics to teach engineering and maths, and help teachers with STEM education tools. Our partners in RISE range from the UK’s Code Club to Romania’s Uniristii Association , to Croatia’s Science and Society Synergy Institute , and Germany’s Technik Begeistert .
Not everyone wants to a computer scientist. Even so, the Internet can help all types of job seekers develop new skills. By the end of 2013, we’ll have partnered with universities across Europe to launch 25 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). These MOOCs will cover subjects including entrepreneurship, digital marketing and law - with the aim of reaching tens of thousands of people across Europe.
The courses will employ Course Builder , an open source tool created by Google staff that has already been used by more than a dozen universities in Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and the UK to create online courses. In Spain, more than 20,000 people have already participated in a free business skills MOOC created last year by the University of Alicante, with our support.
The European Commission deserves credit for demanding concrete action, not platitudes, in dealing with Europe’s job crisis. We’re determined to help make her initiative a success - and contribute to getting the continent back to work.
Posted by Angela Steen, Government Relations Manager
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