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promotingthismobility,asistheeffectivearticulationofthesupplyofyouthtourismMovijovem.Targetgroup:Youthsaged12to30years(18to30yearsinIFW)5.2. PROMOTING JOB CREATION, PREVENTING AND COMBATINGUNEMPLOYMENTContextThe promotion of job creation in the context of a lifelong learning approach,attracting and keeping as many people in work, preventing and combatingunemployment and in particular youth and long term unemployment, is closelyarticulated with the programmes and measures developed in the framework ofmacro and micro economic policies the aims of which include the boosting of thePortugueseproductionsystem,andthecreationofmoreandbetterjobs.Moreover,inthecontextoftheconclusionandimplementationofstrategicreformsinprogress,anumberofspecificinitiativescontinuetobeappliedandimprovedandwhichtrytorespondtoconjuncturalproblemsaswellasstructuralquestionsofthePortugueseemployment system. In this area, emphasis is given to the active employmentmeasures,executingtherespectiveactivationcomponent–whichcontinuestoplayavitalrole–inarticulationwithprotectioninunemployment(subjecttorevisionin2006),takingthemostdisadvantagedpopulationsintoparticularconsideration,andtheimprovedactionofthePublicEmploymentServices.This challenge also responds to questions associated to preventive and earlymanagement, intervening by using a proximity approach in the businessrestructuringandrelocationprocess.As for the immigrant population, the national immigration policy is currentlystructured around four axes, namely; i) regulation of the flow of immigrants; ii)promotionoflegalimmigration;iii)fightagainstillegalimmigrationiv)integrationofimmigrants.Assuch,theresponsesfortheimmigrantpopulation,notablyintermsofreceptionandintegration,playavitalroleinsocialcohesionandthedevelopmentofthe country, and aim to guarantee the same access to rights and duties thatPortuguesecitizenshavewithinaframeworkofequalopportunitiesforall.Portugalhas made considerable progress both in legislative responses and also in theconcretemeasurespromotedbydifferententities;itisnownecessarytoconsolidatesomeprojectsalreadyimplementedandactivatesomeinnovativeresponsestotheexistingchallengeswhichinvolveallthesociety.60