BEU, Alm.del - 2012-13 - Bilag 109: Kommissions oplæg om Youth Employment Package

The crisis has hit young people exceptionally hard• Nearly one in four young people on the labour market cannot find a job(22.8% in Sep. 2012)• EL/ES > 55%, IT, PT, BG, CY, LV, HU, SK > 30%, only AT, DE, NL < 10%• EU youth unemployment rate more than twice as high as the generalunemployment rate• More than 30% of unemployed young people long-term unemployed• 7.5 million young Europeans aged 15-24 neither in employment, nor ineducation and training (NEETs)• Young people over-represented in temporary and part-time workSocial Europe

Youth Employment PackageOn 5 December2012 the Commission adopted theYEP:Chapeau Communication“MovingYouth into Employment”and SWD(implementation of the YOI, overview of youth-specific CSRs and 28country-fiches)A proposal for aCouncil recommendation on establishing a YouthGuaranteeand SWDA second stageconsultation of social partnersat EU-level on aQuality framework for traineeshipsThe announcement of a "EuropeanAlliance for Apprenticeships"and of improvedmobility of young workers

Key problems and possible remedies• Young people dropping out of education or work; low skilled youth most atrisk of unemployment and exclusion in the longer termYouth Guarantee schemes• Difficult school-to-work transitions:Increase the supply of high-quality traineeships and apprenticeships• Growing skills and geographical mismatches, 2 million vacancies across EULabour mobility• Transitions more difficult in countries with segmented labour marketsReforms in labour market regulation

A Youth GuaranteeA proposal for a Council Recommendation so that Member Statesensure that all young people up to 25 receive agood-quality offerof employment,continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship within four months ofbecoming unemployed or leaving formal education.Youth Guarantee schemes need to be implemented by Member States at relevantlevel of governance (national, regional, local), should consider the needs of differentgroups of young people and must be accompanied by supporting measures to makethem a success:strong partnerships between all stakeholdersearly intervention and activationsupportive measures enabling labour market integrationfull use of EU Structural Fundsassessment and continuous improvement of the schemesswift implementationSocial Europe

How will Youth Guarantee Schemes befinanced (1)?Youth Guarantees represent a positive investment:Cost of Youth Guarantees(ILO 2012)Eurozone, 15-24 yearsAbout 0.22% of GDPEUR 21 billionEconomic costs of NEETs(Eurofound 2012)26 Member States (all except Malta),15-29 years1.21% of GDPEUR 153 billion

How will Youth Guarantee Schemes befinanced (2)?Cohesion Policy funding can provide support:•Programming period 2014-2020 includes ESF investment prioritytargeting labour market integration of young NEETs.Youth Employment Initiative:•Decided by the European Council on 7-8 February•To support measures set out in the YEP, and in particular the YouthGuarantee•EUR 6 billion for the period 2014-2020 - open to all NUTS2regions with levels of youth unemployment above 25% (in 2012)•EUR 3 billion from the ESF and a further EUR 3 billion from a new'youth employment' budget line.Social Europe

Quality Framework for TraineeshipsThe Commission launched a second-stageconsultation of EU socialpartnerson a Quality Framework for Traineeships.This followed a public consultation (April - July 2012) and a first stage of socialpartners' consultation (Sept - Oct 2012).Traineeships can increase the employability of young people and be steppingstones towards regular employment if they are of good quality in terms of• learning content and• adequate working conditions.Social partners decided not enter into negotiations, so the Commission willmake a related proposal in 2013.

A European Alliance for ApprenticeshipsThe European Alliance for Apprenticeships will be launched in July 2013:to improve the supply and quality of apprenticeshipspromote national partnerships for dual vocational systemschange mindsets towards apprenticeships (business, students, parents)Dual apprenticeship schemes ensure smooth transition from school to work,provided their success factors:partnership between education and training institution and companies,and involvement of social partnershigh quality qualification and learning processintegration in national/regional education and training systemsupport to vulnerable young peopleEngagement of employers based on cost-benefit ratio

Promote labour mobility for young peopleThe Commission will reinforce EU instruments on mobilityIncreased mobility will offer more employment opportunitiesEURES: European Employment Services network to be transformedinto a result-oriented matching and placement instrument, will includeapprenticeships and traineeships."Your first EURES Job" will be expanded, first pilot to help 5,000 youngpeople to find a job placement in another Member State (job placementplus financial incentives, e.g. travel expenses, language courses).A stakeholder consultation on developing a "EURES jobs for youngpeople programme", and putting EU mobility instruments, funding andgovernance on a more structural footing.

Youth Opportunities Initiative one year laterImplementation of 18 EU-level actionsMobilisation or reallocation of EU structural funds (ESF/ERDF)Action team visits to 8 Member States with youth unemployment rates above 30%(EL, ES, IE, IT, LV, LT, PT, SK)EUR 10 billion targeted for re-allocationAt least 780,000 additional young people and at least 55,000 small businesses likelyto benefitCountry-specific Recommendations (CSRs)Nearly all Member States received youth-specific recommendations (on youthemployment and facilitating school-to-work-transition)Member States undertake education and labour market reforms, national youth jobsplans

Conclusions• High numbers of unemployed youth result in dramatic consequences for theeconomies, the societies and above all the young people.• Young people need particular support given the structural difficulties intransitioning from school into work, not "one size fits all" solution• Investing in a Youth Guarantee is a sound investment – the costs of notdoing so would be much higher.• Primary responsibility for employment and education with Member States,but EU can play a supportive and stimulating role – we must learn from whatworks and what doesn't.

More informationYouth Employmenthttp://ec.europa.eu/social/youthemploymentYouth Opportunities Initiativehttp://ec.europa.eu/social/yoiYour First Eures Jobhttp://ec.europa.eu/social/yourfirsteuresjobErasmushttp://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc1063_en.htmLeonardo da Vincihttp://ec.europa.eu/education/leonardo-da-vinci/doc1021_en.htmErasmus for Entrepreneurshttp://www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu/Youth on the movehttp://ec.europa.eu/youthonthemoveSocial Europe