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HomeStudy on the Youth Guarantee in light of changes in the world of work . Part 1, Youth Guarantee
Intervention models, sustainability and relevance
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The Youth Guarantee (YG) was launched as a Council Recommendation adopted by all Member States in 2013, in particular as a response to the high cyclical unemployment among its youth. The YG meant that all young people aged between 15 and 24 would receive a good quality offer of employment, training, education or apprenticeship within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education. Following this recommendation, EU Member States took steps to introduce such a scheme, albeit with widely varying national approaches on (among many other differences) target groups, timing, the types of interventions used and the types of partnerships. This report synthesises the vast amount of available information on the implementation of the YG and its performance. Based on an extensive desk research in its first part, the study identifies six key aspects of YG implementation and delivery as well as background characteristics that are important determinants of YG performance across Member States: specifically, these are (1) the financial resources for implementing the YG, (2) the role of the YG as part of national policy making, (3) challenges for the youth labour market, (4) the heterogeneity of the NEET population, (5) the design and implementation features of the YG, and (6) the role of the apprenticeship system in the Youth Guarantee. The overall findings of desk research and data analysis indicate that, in sum, EU funding via the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) and the European Social Fund (ESF) played a key role in supporting YG measures financially, especially for countries suffering from simultaneously high NEET rates and a significant economic downturn or structural labour market challenges. Many of these countries increased spending on active labour market policies, which can be interpreted with caution as an indirect effect of the YG. In some Member States the YG also fostered the introduction of reforms to national youth policies, improvements in monitoring systems for youth activation policies, and the building of new partnerships. These changes are likely to outlast the YG initiative and thereby provide sustained and ongoing benefits.
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- Themes: Employment policy , Labour market — Free movement of workers
- Subject: apprenticeship , education , employment service , EU employment policy , EU initiative , EU Member State , European Social Fund , fight against unemployment , financing , job access , labour market , young worker , youth employment , youth policy , youth unemployment
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-79-99983-3 | DOI 10.2767/371432 | Catalogue number KE-01-19-128-EN-N |
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