where the clearing operations concern seasonal workers who must be recruited as quickly as possible;

where the clearing operations concern seasonal workers who must be recruited as quickly as possible.

Recalls the risk of a brain drain and the negative consequences for young people's countries of origin; calls upon Member States to explore and develop youth retention strategies in countries and regions prone to outward migration, which takes diverse forms, such as brain drains, skills gap fillers and cheap, flexible, unskilled and often seasonal labour;

Moreover, in some sectors or professions, longer hours may be considered necessary (in the short term, or even on a long-term basis) to ensure competitiveness, respond to seasonal fluctuations or shortages of skilled labour, or guarantee essential 24-hour public services.

11. Recalls the need to work with all types of partnership such as that with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) to promote employment, training and occupational skills in tourism in order to offer genuine career prospects to professional operators, reduce the adverse effects of the instability of the seasonal workforce and guarantee a quality of services in tune with new trends and the increasing expectations of consumers; recalls likewise the desirability of strengthening the presence of the tourism sector in the development of European programmes for teacher and student mobility in the field of bo ...[+++]th vocational training and university study, placing particular emphasis on supporting specific lifelong training programmes adapted to workers" circumstances;

11. Recalls the need to work with all types of partnership such as that with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) to promote employment, training and occupational skills in tourism in order to offer genuine career prospects to professional operators, reduce the adverse effects of the instability of the seasonal workforce and guarantee a quality of services in tune with new trends and the increasing expectations of consumers; recalls likewise the desirability of strengthening the presence of the tourism sector in the development of European programmes for teacher and student mobility in the field of bo ...[+++]th vocational training and university study, placing particular emphasis on supporting specific lifelong training programmes adapted to workers’ circumstances;