Update on Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative

Update on Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative Marianna GEORGALLIS Resa KOLEVA-DEMONTY DG EMPL

Youth Guarantee December EMCO YG review • Review to take place on 12 December 2017, covering all MSs. • Objectives: • Draw a state of implementation – strengths/challenges • Focusing on strategic approach • Assess quality of YG offers 2

Youth Guarantee Peer support to CY and ES Following call for expression of interest • CY : outreach (with BE, PT) • ES: integrated service delivery and one stop shops (with FI, second country tbc) How? • Peer support mission (February 2018: reviewing MSs + EC) • Development of an action plan • Study visits to reviewing countries (April-June 2018) • Follow up visits (2019) 3

Youth Guarantee Mutual learning activities Youth Guarantee Learning Forum • 26 -27 October 2017, Brussels • Visibility to implementation • Networking/exchange around concrete practices • Launch of database of practices 4

Youth Guarantee Mutual learning activities Database of practices • Examples of promising practices in delivering different areas of Youth Guarantee • Clustered around the following priorities: • • • Outreach/awareness raising Partnerships Quality offers NEETs facing multiple barriers Personalised services Monitoring 5

Youth Guarantee Mutual learning activities Thematic papers • Five policy papers aimed at policy makers / practitioners • Topics to be covered: • Engaging with non-registered NEETs and the low skilled • Strengthening cooperation between partners • Continued education offers • Employment offers • Traineeship offers 6

Youth Employment Initiative So far: • Sep 2017: increase proposed in MFF mid-term review • Jun 2017: Agreed by Council and Parliament at 1. 2 billion + 1. 2 billion ESF matching • Oct 5: Amendment to legal basis (Common Provisions Regulation, CPR) proposed by COM • Oct 9: Member States informed of eligible regions and amounts Next steps: • The YEI must be programmed: preparation of amendments to the Operational Programmes and the Partnership Agreements underway • Once the CPR amendment enters into force (foreseen end Nov), Implementing Decision setting out eligible regions and amounts will be adopted • OP/PA amendments can be adopted 7

Youth Employment Initiative BE EL ES FR HR IT CY PL • PT RO SK 20, 458, 892 78, 903, 761 418, 164, 435 161, 312, 936 35, 117, 908 343, 021, 032 6, 564, 692 16, 379, 861 62, 587, 635 45, 124, 283 12, 364, 564 • Eligible regions for the YEI increase are calculated on 2016 data • 11 Member States eligible for increase • Amendment of the OPs needs to happen before end 2017 – or 2017 funding will be lost • Most ESF Managing Authorities are just adjusting the financial 8 tables

• Thank you • Questions?