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Social Europe
Youth employment policies at EU level, with focus on the
Youth Guarantee
Joint Meeting STYLE/CUPESSEIstanbul, 1-2 September 2014
Katarina LINDAHLUnit Sectorial Employment Challenges, Youth Employment & Entrepreneurship
European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Social Europe
Youth unemployment rates
Greece, Spain, Croatia: around /more than 50%
Austria, Germany, Netherlands: around /less than 10%
Turkey 17% (2013)
Social Europe
Youth Employment Package (Dec 2012)
Council recommendation on establishing a Youth Guarantee (April 2013)
Launch of and Council Declaration on a European Alliance for Apprenticeships (July/Oct 2013)
Council Recommendation: Quality Framework for Traineeships (March 2014)
Mobility of young workers
Social Europe
A Youth GuaranteeCouncil Recommendation of 22 April 2013: Member States
ensure that all young people up to 25 receive a good-quality offer of
employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship
within four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education.
Social Europe
The Youth Guarantee is
• an outcome-based approach
• a long-term structural reform, including VET / apprenticeships reform
• about coordinated partnerships (ministries, social partners, youth organisations etc)
• investment with substantial political backing within MS governments
Social Europe
Ongoing: implementation
• Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans from all 28 MS• Monitoring: multilateral surveillance through the European Semester under Europe
2020 strategy & Employment Committee• 18 MSs received Country Specific Recommendations on youth employment in
2014 • 8 MSs received a CSR on the YG: BG, EL, HR, IE, IT, PL, PT, SK
Social Europe
EU support to YG implementation
•Financial support
• European Social Fund: major employment and training programmes, employment services and education systems reforms
• Youth Employment Initiative (YEI): EUR 6 billion earmarked for early support to individual young unemployed or inactive in regions with youth unempl > 25% (2012)
•Policy and technical support
• Exchange of experience (Oct 2013, April 2014, Sept 2014)
• European Alliance for Apprenticeship
• Quality Framework for Traineeship
• COM assistance: [email protected], Helpdesk for apprenticeships/traineeships (ESF TA)…
Social Europe
European Alliance for Apprenticeships
Improving the
•Supply
•Quality
•Image
of apprenticeships
Targeted knowledge transfer
Spotlights on benefits
Smart use of EU programmes
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Quality Framework for Traineeships
Traineeships can efficiently increase employability + be stepping stones towards regular employment if they provide:
• Good learning content and• Adequate working conditions
Traineeship agreement to cover:
•learning content, mentorship, evaluation
•working conditions: weekly working time, duration, sick leave, hol's
•more transparency already in traineeship advertisment regarding compensation, social security coverage, hiring practices
Social Europe
Youth employment – staying top priority
EU leaders' Strategic Agenda June 2014 for new mandate:
•Unemployment still highest concern, especially for young people
•Step up fight to unlock talents and life chances – NEETs,skills, mobility…
Comm PRES-elect Political GLs: "Job Creation my first priority"
•Accelerate implementation of YG schemes
•Progressively broaden YG scope
•Envisaged jobs, growth and investment package to complement YG efforts supported by ESF, YEI etc.
Social Europe
Youth employment – staying top priority
Further expanding knowledge base - crucial for
•Enabling precise, adequate policy advice over forthcoming European semesters
•Informing technical assistance offered
•Identifying remaining "unknowns"
•Supporting most effective use of available EU (and national) funding
Social Europe
More informationYouth Employmenthttp://ec.europa.eu/social/youthemployment
Youth Guaranteehttp://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1079&langId=en
European Alliance for Apprenticeshipshttp://ec.europa.eu/apprenticeships-alliance
Quality Framework for Traineeshipshttp://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/lsa/141424.pdf
ESF Technical Assistance apprenticeship/traineeship schemes http://ec.europa.eu/social/youthtraining
Your First Eures Jobhttp://ec.europa.eu/social/yourfirsteuresjob