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Using YouthMetre to help build a
case for advocacy Employment
Presentation - Module 4
How to advocate and engage with policy makers
There are 14
million unemployed
young people in
the EU
Inclusion through employability, Salto-Youth,
https://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/4-17-
2316/InclusionThroughEmployability.pdf
• I am 29, single – I live
in the Spain
• I am a professional in
the creative industry
• Finding regular work
to meet my skills is
difficult
My profile, my
challenge
My profile, problem
• Most opportunities are
close to the city centre
• I live outside
• Travel costs are high
• Accommodation in the
city is hard to find (too
expensive)
• I need to be
entrepreneurial
• I must be flexible
• I have to continue to
upgrade my skills
• I feel alone without
support
My profile, problem
Entrepreneurial activity
% young people
wanting to set up a
business is
decreasing in Spain
I need more
training and
support to help me
with this
big decline
Very few
examples
of good
practices
The only one I found for my country
The only one I found for my country
Sharing ideas:
thinking
“outside the
box”
Training
materials not
available
Improving learning competences to
enhance employability of migrant youth
There are very few good
examples of training
Improving learning competences to
enhance employability of migrant youth
There are very few good
examples of training
Improving learning competences to
enhance employability of migrant youth
We need to have more
training opportunities in
career development,
entrepreneurship in my
region
There are very few good
examples of training
my region has a low
Youth Development
score compared
with others
my region has a low
Youth Development
score compared
with others
There is very
high youth
unemployment
Few young people there
want to set up their own
business
Many youngsters in Spain are on
temporary contracts
Young people want to set up their
own business but are not able to
From: TechEU (2015): http://tech.eu/features/6139/9-
spanish-entrepreneur-challenges/
Some other
sources of
information
My policy manifesto:
what needs to be done?
• Make training courses available for all
young people
• Establish an Entrepreneurial Council
• Make an incubator space for young
people like me
• Provide good advice online
• Present local examples of success
I need some help to find more information:
• Brainstorming my ideas with others
• Seeing good practices
• Talking to the success stories and
advisors
• Get tax help and financial support
My policy manifesto:
what needs to be done?
My Manifesto
This could be presented to policy makers
as:
• One-page document – pdf
• 90 second video
• Infographic
• Blog
• A Story Map
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