EU: IT training initiative praised by Commission
Author: just-style.com | 16 May 2008
The European Commission has hailed as a model a Portuguese scheme that retrained 1,700 unemployed workers in computer, Internet and telecommunications skills after losing jobs from the country's textile and clothing sector.
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