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Youth Guarantee in Finland
Problem behind the solution:
30 000 young job seekers
110 000 young people between
20-29 have completed only basic
education
40 000 young people are not
employed, in education and
training or in activation measures
(NEETs)
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The solution: Youth Guarantee
The social guarantee
Each young person under 25 and recently graduated
people under 30 will be offered a job, a traineeship, a
study place, or a period in a workshop or rehabilitation
within three months of becoming unemployed.
An educational guarantee:
1. Target group: Every person completing basic
education. Guarantee:
a place in upper secondary school or vocational
education
apprenticeship training
a youth workshop
rehabilitation or a place in some other form of study.
2. Target group: Youth under 30 that hold no qualification
or degree with the opportunity to complete a vocational
qualification or a study module.
Solution: Skills programme
Training in educational institute or apprenticeship
training. Arranged in 2013–2016. Aim is to complete a
vocational or specialist vocational qualification or initial
vocational education as part of the programme.
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Not a separate law, but set of amendment
and public-private-people partnership
Municipalities
, education
institutions,
other service
providers
Ministries:
employment
, education,
social and
health
Enterprises
and other
employers
The Youth guarantee
will be based on
cooperation of
Officials:
both state and
municipality authorities
Social
partners
Third sector
Youth
organisation
s, student
organisation
s
Business,
Associations, where
young themselves are
active creators of their
own future.
Open-minded changes
to working methods are
needed.
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This is how it works
More education
More study places in vocational
education
Regional re-distribution of the study
places according to the changes in the
age groups
Changes of the acceptance criteria for
vocational education and training
Higher training compensation (800 €
per month) for employers for
apprenticeships
Temporary “Skill programme” for
young adults in 2013–2016: additional
places will be targeted for those 20-29
year olds who have performed only
comprehensive school
Additional resources for young job seekers
- More career counselling opportunities in the
employment offices
- Permanent establishment of the so called
Chance card (wage subsidy card) for lowering
the employers’ threshold for hiring young
people and supporting active job seeking
(700 €/month, 10 months)
- More training and language courses and
counselling for young immigrants
Local youth work networks
- Municipal responsibility will be increased in
counselling comprehensive school graduates
- Outreach youth work will be widened to the
whole country
- Youth workshops will be widened to the
whole country
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Funding
An educational guarantee 24M € / year
Employment services 28M € / year
Outreach youth work 8M € / year
Establish a skills programme for young adults
without vocational education 27-52M € / year
(2013–2016)
Enhancing the guidance and counseling
services for adults 2M € / year
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Problems
Since Youth Guarantee isn't a law, its implementation relies
on the willingness of the municipalities to act.
Huge differences between different municipalities
Not too much extra resources for implementing Youth
Guarantee.
The communication of the guarantee hasn't been that great.
Different stakeholders still remain unsure of their role in the
implementation of the guarantee
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Results
At the end of April 2013 there were 34 817 unemployed young
people (age 15-24) in Finland (April 2012: 28 233)
At the end of April 2013 there were 2 644 unemployed recently
graduated young people (age 25-29) in Finland (April 2012:
1925)
This means that of those younger than 25 at the job market,
24.4 % are unemployed (April 2012: 23.5 %)
It is important to remember that only about 12 % of all 15- to
24-year-olds are unemployed. Unemployment statistics do not
include young people who are doing something else, e.g.
studying, and are thus not part of the active workforce.
Overall unemployment rate in Finland is 9 %
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Results
Average unemployment time for young people is about
11 weeks. This is much better than for older age
groups.
Most of the unemployed young people have completed
only basic education or vocational training.
There has been a 36 % increase in academic
unemployment compared to 2012. This means that
currently a little bit over 10 % of all unemployed people
have an academic degree.
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Results
Between January and April 2013, 93.1 % of
those who have signed up as unemployed,
have got a plan to get job, education or
training.
In three months 71.8 % of those young
people (15-24 years) are not unemployed
anymore.
Just graduated between 25-29 years, 62.4 %
are not unemployed after 3 months
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Results
Of those who are not unemployed anymore,
– 5 % are in education
– 34 % are working
– 4 % are working with the help of some form of subsidy
(chance card etc)
– 12 % are doing a ”work try-out” or a training period
– 2% are in rehabilitation
– 4 % are not part of the workforce anymore (pregnant, move
abroad etc.)
– 39 % have disappeared from the statistics (no information)
We have to know more about the last 39 %
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Finnish Youth Cooperation –
Allianssi is working for the Youth
Guarantee
Committee of the Youth Guarantee
Committee of the communication of the Youth
Guarantee
Coordination of the youth organisations about
Youth Guarantee
Lobbying
Project: Successful Youth Guarantee
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Information
www.youthguarantee.fi
Timo Mulari
[email protected]
+358409004877
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