In February 2012 Youth Action Teams comprised of national experts and officials of the European Commission were set up in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, and Slovakia – the EU countries with the highest rate of youth unemployment. Their objective was to reallocate Structural Funds in order to create job opportunities for young people and support access to finance for SMEs. In the case of Lithuania the Youth Action Teams reprogrammed EUR 31 million by amending programmes or making internal reallocation between financing measures. Here are the concrete measures that have been taken to tackle youth unemployment in Lithuania.
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