"Youth Guarantee” Programme as Prevention of Youth Unemployment“

THE YOUTH GUARANTEE - THE BRUSSELS CASE

17th of October 2017

World Association of Public Employment Services

SUMMARY

1. The Belgian context

2. The Youth Guarantee in the Brussels Capital Region

3. Tailored solutions for employers

4. Encouraging outcomes

5. Challenges

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1. Belgian context

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Belgium is a federal State

Employment policy is a regional competence

Coordination between Actiris, VDAB, Le FOREM and ADG through Synerjob

1. Belgian context

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The labour market in the BCR

15% of the National Employment in the BCR (720.136 jobs)

90% of the labour force in the BCR mainly works in the tertiary sector

A young and cosmopolitan Brussels’ population

High unemployment among young and low-skilled workers

INFORMATION- ORIENTATION

EDUCATION

INFORMAL EDUCATION

VOCATIONAL TRAINING

PROFESSIONAL

TRAINEESHIPS

EMPLOYMENT

2. The Youth Guarantee in the BCR

The Youth Guarantee Action Plan in the Brussels Capital Region : an integrated and transversal approach to tackle Youth unemployment

Cross-sectoralpolicies:

• Education

• Youth Care

• Vocational Training

• Employment

7 thematic areas

55 measures :

• Reforms

• Initiatives

Institutional steering committee One technical group for each thematic area+

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1. ACTIRIS collaborates with 11 other key institutional actors in the Brussels Capital Region to ensure the implementation of the YG

2. ACTIRIS developed a specific strategy and coaching method for 100% of newly enrolled young job seekers

3. ACTIRIS developed a YG service with 44 people specially trained and dedicated to the implementation of the measure

4. ACTIRIS dedicates 150 coaches during 3 afternoons per week in its local offices to the young job seekers

2. The Youth Guarantee in the BCR

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2. The Youth Guarantee in the BCR

ACTIRIS developed sensibilization actions in schools through its JEEP/JUMP project to build bridges between education and the labour market

ACTIRIS developed more than 3600 ‘Transition Internship’ (Stage First) since 2013 dedicated to low-skilled jobseekers

– Highlighted by the European Commission as a good practice

ACTIRIS created European traineeships as a tool for young jobseekers to have a first job experience abroad

3. Tailored solutions for employers

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SELECT ACTIRIS

Pre-recruitment & pre-selection tool, free of charge

Within 48 h : screening of potential candidates

Within 15 days, max 6 selected candidates

230 cooperation agreements with employers

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3. Tailored solutions for employers

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SELECT ACTIRIS offers and placements: 57% of the SELECT ACTIRIS offers provided access to regular jobs for young job seekers up to age 30

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3. Tailored solutions for employers

4. Encouraging outcomes

October 2017 : The youth unemployment rate reached 26,4%

A 30% decrease of the youth unemployment since 3 years

4 Years of continuous decrease of the youth unemployment

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4. Encouraging outcomes

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Reasons of this decrease:

Economic situation

The Youth Guarantee measure

The increase of SELECT ACTIRIS job offers

Exclusions and limitation of access to unemployment benefits

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4. Encouraging outcomes

The European Commission has highlighted the implementation of the Youth Guarantee scheme in the BCR as a good practice

The YG service is the award winner of the 2017 European campaign #EUInvest

5. Challenges

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The Youth Guarantee and NEET’s

Building more bridges with employers

Strengthening our collaborations with education and vocational training actors

The diversity challenge

Thank you for your attention !