1. Investing in Europe's invisible generation Elodie Fazi, EMPL B1
Youth employment
YG and YEI three years on
Investing in Europe's invisible generation
Elodie Fazi, EMPL B1

2. "The European Union should not only preserve our European way of life but empower those living it. I cannot and will not accept that Europe is and remains the continent of youth unemployment"
President Juncker, 2016 State of the Union speech

3. What is the Youth Guarantee?
A commitment from Member States (in the form of a Council Recommendation adopted in April 2013) to:
provide every young person under 25
a good-quality offer of employment, continued education, apprenticeship or traineeship
within 4 months of becoming unemployed or leaving education.

4. Where are we now? (15-24)

5. Three years on from the launch of the Youth Guarantee…
1.6 million fewer young unemployed in the EU
There are almost 900,000 fewer NEETs in the EU
The employment rate for young people has started to rise again
1.4 million young people directly supported by the EU (YEI)

6. The Youth Guarantee has become a reality across the EU…

7. …supported by the mobilisation of EU funds (YEI and ESF)
The Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) with EUR 6.4 billion: for the first time provided direct targeted support to young NEETs in regions with YU > 25 % = 1.4 m young people supported so far
Over the period, the European Social Fund (ESF) will directly invest at least EUR 6.3 billion — in addition to the Youth Employment Initiative — to support the integration of young people into the labour market
The Commission has proposed adding EUR 1 billion from the EU budget to the YEI, to be matched by the same amount from the European Social Fund.

9. Policy reforms and innovation in policy design
Break down silos across policy areas and build partnerships
Apprenticeship and traineeship reform
Public employment services > improved targeting of services
Emphasis on early intervention and non-registered NEETs

10. Acceleration and broadening the YG: lessons and challenges
Full and sustainable implementation > Continued political commitment and financial support
Better engaging with non-registered NEETs and the low-skilled
Strengthening capacity and coordination
Number and quality of offers

11. Next steps Full roll-out of the national Youth Guarantee Schemes
Continue to use YEI support until Commission has proposed EUR 1 billion more for YEI over (matched by EUR 1 billion from ESF)
December 2016 Youth Package: stepping up efforts in support of youth more generally (e.g European Solidarity Corps, mobility and quality framework for apprenticeships, European Pillar of Social Rights…)

12. More information
Communication 4 October 2016: Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative three years on (COM/2016/0646 final)
SWD Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative three years on
(Pt1) SWD(2016) 323 final
(Pt2) SWD(2016) 323 final
Communication "Investing in Europe's Youth"
Communication "Improving and Modernising Education"
content/EN/TXT/?qid= &uri=COM:2016:941:FIN
Communication "European Solidarity Corps"
Webpage European Solidarity Corps