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Youth on the move A new impetus for improving youth employment in Europe Misa Labarile, PhD European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Europe 2020: 5 EU headline targets By 2020: • 75 % employment rate (% of population aged 20-64 years) • 3% investment in R&D (% of EU’s GDP) • “20/20/20” climate/energy targets met (incl. 30% emissions reduction if conditions are right) • < 10% early school leavers & min. 40% hold tertiary degree • 20 million less people should be at risk of poverty Europe 2020: 7 flagship initiatives Smart Growth Innovation « Innovation Union » Sustainable Growth Inclusive Growth Climate, energy Employment and and mobility skills « Resource efficient « An agenda for Europe » new skills and jobs » Youth education and Competitiveness Fighting poverty employment « An industrial « European platform « Youth on the policy for the against poverty » move » globalisation era » Digital society « A digital agenda for Europe » Youth employment policies in the EU • Design and implementation of policies is first and foremost Member States’ competence • EU has mainly a policy coordination role: • setting common priorities, • monitoring of progress, • mutual surveillance, • recommendations to individual Member States Youth employment policies in the EU • Integrated EU approach for youth policies as defined in the EU Youth Strategy 8 policy fields: Education and training Employment and entrepreneurship Health and well-being Participation Voluntary activities Social inclusion Creativity and culture Youth and the world • Youth employment is integral part of EU employment strategy (« new start ») Youth on the move package 15.09.2010 http://europa.eu/youthonthemove/ • Communication (COM(2010)477) • Draft proposal for Council recommendation on learning mobility • Background documents on learning mobility and youth employment 3 strands with sets of key new actions • Improve education and training systems: lifelong learning, higher education, VET • Facilitate EU mobility for learning purposes and on the labour market • Policy framework to improve youth employment 1. Actions to support education and training • High Level Group on literacy • Proposal for a Council Recommendation on reducing early school leaving • Re-launched cooperation on vocational education and training • Quality framework for traineeships 2. Support for learning and job mobility • Access to job opportunities in the wider EU labour market through new scheme: Your first EURES job • A European Vacancy Monitor to increase transparency • Ensure free movement of young workers and monitor the application of EU legislation to ensure that mobile workers enjoy the same rights are « home » young workers • Remove obstacles and increase opportunities: proposal for a Council Recommendation on promoting learning mobility 3. A framework for youth employment • Specific actions from both the EU and the Member States • For all young, graduates from VET, graduates from HE, vulnerable groups (NEETs, low-skilled, women, migrants, disabled) • Focus on: Transitions Fighting segmentation (40% of youth works on temporary contracts) Provide adequate safety nets Encourage entrepreneurship How can we improve transitions? Ensure access to / provision of guidance and support during and after finishing education Introduce tailored measures for specific groups Ensure adequate wage arrangements and non-wage costs to make novices more attractive to employers How can we improve career progression? In segmented labour markets introducing an openended « single contract » Make permanent contracts more attractive to employers, eg. by positively differentiating nonwage costs What is most important for at-risk youth? Coordinated strategies at the local level in order to: Prevent early disengagement from education, training and employment with suitable pathways leading to the labour market Avoid if possible putting young people with health problems/disabilities on permanent disability benefits, in order to reduce risk of more permanent exclusion Strengthen social safety net for young Avoid that young people fall outside any social protection system and avoid benefit traps through conditionality of benefits combined with activation measures More support for young entrepreneurs European Progress Micro-finance Facility Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs What the Commission can do Policy coordination for common priorities Dialogue with all partners, at national, regional and international level Monitor relevant EU legislation and relevant phenomena (NEETs) Exchange experience for the identification of most effective support measures Financially support Member States for policy implementation What the Member States can do Youth Guarantee – a policy commitment ensuring that young people are in a job, further education or activation measures within 4 months of leaving school Find the right combination of rights to benefits and activation measures Introduce an open-ended single contract (long probation period and gradual increase of protection rights) Introduce minimum income for youth Positively differentiate non-wage costs European Social Fund: financial support for policy implementation in Member States 2007-2013 75 billion € budget, of which 60% is spent for measures helping young people 1/3 of 10 million ESF beneficiaries per year are young people under 25 20.7 billion € of the ESF budget is invested in education and training systems and lifelong learning (a EU-level student loan facility) Background information http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=951&langId=en Overview of recent employment policy measures specifically targeting young people (search function per type of measure and Member State) Recent developments in the EU-27 labour market for young people aged 15-29 (analytical document with series of statistics) Thank you for your attention [email protected]