Yunus advised reducing unemployment in Italy
40 percent of the young people in Italy are now unemployed Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed his interest in the theory of making unemployed entrepreneurs, the new elected Speaker of Parliament, Roberto Fiko. This information was given in a press release sent from the Yunus Center in the capital today.
It is said, during the visit of Nobel Laureate Professor Yunus to the recent Rome Rome, Roberto Fico, the newly elected Speaker of the Parliament, welcomed him. They talk about the social business in detail.
In their hour-long meeting, they discussed the realistic ways of Italian economic problems. One of their discussions was to provide a minimum amount of income to the unemployed youth. Professor Yunus explained his position and said that unemployment cannot be eliminated by state subsidy. It can suppress large problems, but this is not a permanent solution. He argued that the main solution is to develop the creative ability of the underprivileged youth. The speaker expressed his interest to continue this dialogue in the coming months. He presented a portrait of the Italian parliament to Professor Yunus.
During the visit to Italy, Professor Yunus visited Turin, Milan, and Rome in the three main cities of the country. At this time, Professor Yunus welcomed the newly elected mayor of Rome, Virginia Alena Razzi. Mayor Virginia Professor Yunus said that he is familiar with his microloan invented (Professor Yunus). Mayor likes the idea of social business and says he will work on it. He also expressed interest in transforming Rome into a 'social business city'. They also discussed the possibility of organizing a 'Social Business Mediterranean Summit' in Rome City in 2016.
During the visit to Rome, Professor Yunus Basilikata signed an agreement with local government to create a social business fund to finance social business in this region. A progressive delegation of two members of Yunus Center will visit Basilikata later this month to begin this process.