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The European Union wants to make sure its young people have the skills they need to compete in the modern world, and it's putting its money where its mouth is.

The EU's commissioner for innovation, culture, and education, Mariya Gabriel, announced Tuesday that the bloc is giving ? 331 million ($400 million) to 90 universities and other educational institutions across Europe to help them recruit and train young people, the Guardian reports.

"We want both equipped and professionals to be best because they belong to the driving forces that will support Europe in its digital and green transitions," Gabriel says.

Among the things young people will be learning at the European Institute of Innovation Technology Campus: digital, agriculture, urban mobility, manufacturing, and culture and creativity, the BBC reports.

The EIT Campus is a joint initiative of the EU, France, and Germany, and it's part of the EU's plan to make it easier for young people in the EU to find jobs and start their own businesses, the New York Times reports.

The Times notes that young people are leaving the EU at a faster rate than they were in the past, and the EU wants to make sure that doesn't happen again.

(Here's how young people in the US are

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