Today is International Youth Day!
Since 1999, every August 12 celebrates youth in order to recognize its importance in political, economic and social life.
The theme of this year is “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. Its purpose “seeks to highlight the ways in which the engagement of young people at the local, national and global levels is enriching national and multilateral institutions and processes” (United Nations). You will find further information by clicking here.
Do you know everything about youth initiatives? Test your knowledge with this small quiz:
- Erasmus is a mobility program that allows you to study in another university from your home country. (ES, speech 27445) ☐ True ☐ False
- A gap year is exclusively to travel and visit other countries. (EN, speech 27730) ☐ True ☐ False
- Slovakia is one of the country with the largest number of university students. (SK, speech 25275) ☐ True ☐ False
- The youth unemployment rate describes the number of people under the age of thirty who are currently out of work. (EN, speech 24580) ☐ True ☐ False
- “Youth on the Move” is an initiative launched by the Commission to tackle youth unemployment. (PT, speech 24286) ☐ True ☐ False
Do you want to know more about this topic? Find here more speeches centered on this theme!
24580 (EN)
27730 (EN)
23002 (FR – Restricted)
23075 (FR)
24085 (DE)
26621 (IT – Restricted)
23517 (IT)
23518 (IT)
26216 (IT)
27445 (ES)
24028 (PT – Restricted)
24286 (PT)
22505 (NL)
24467 (CS – Restricted)
23951 (PL)
25275 (SK)
29466 (GA)
24263 (HU – Restricted)
22345 (MK)
23342 (RU)
24353 (ZH)
Enjoy your day and have a very happy practice!
Your Speech Repository Team.
Quiz answers
- False
- False
- True
- False
- True