Using YouthMetre to help build a case for advocacy

Employment

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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)

My profile, problem• I need to be

entrepreneurial• I must be flexible• I have to continue to

upgrade my skills• I feel alone without

support

Entrepreneurial activity% young people wanting to set up a business is decreasing in SpainI 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

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

From: Forbes (2014): http://tinyurl.com/zl65v2k

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

My Manifesto:What needs to be done?

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 ManifestoThis could be presented to policy makers as:•One-page document – pdf•90 second video•Infographic •Blog •A Story Map

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