Working Group 1 Ulrike STOROST C 2 Sectorial

Working Group 1 Ulrike STOROST C. 2 Sectorial employment challenges, Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Resa KOLEVA E. 1. ESF Policy and Legislation DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Social Europe

Youth Guarantee: A commitment Council Recommendation of 22 April: Member States ü ensure that all young people up to 25 ü receive a good-quality offer of ü employment, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship ü within four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education. • Social Europe

From commitment to implementation… • April 2013: Youth Guarantee Council Recommendation adopted • Summer: National Youth Guarantee Coordinators appointed • September: Draft template Youth Guarantee Implementation Plans (YGIPs) circulated • 17/18 October 2013: Mutual Learning Programme • End 2013: Submission of YGIPs (MS > 25% youth unemployment) • Early 2014: Submission of YGIPs (all other MS) • Social Europe

Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan 1. Context/Rationale for national Youth Guarantee scheme 2. Implementation a) b) c) d) Formulation of national Youth Guarantee Partnership approaches Early intervention and activation Supportive measures for labour market integration (key reforms and initiatives) 3. Funding 4. Assessment and continuous improvement of schemes • Social Europe

Key messages from October seminar The YG is more than… • a collection of existing national policies on youth • an Employment Service responsibility • reaching out to registered young people • an EU funded scheme • a short-term investment • Social Europe

… it is • a long-term structural reform • a new approach: partnerships (between ministries and sectors) • needs an integrated strategy first • needs backing and investment from MS • about prevention, not only cure • organising good-quality offers along biographic journeys of youth • Social Europe

How the Commission supports implementation? • • EMPL-Youth-Guarantee@ec. europa. eu Staff Working Document in 22 languages bilateral contacts with Member States Member State Twinning Coordination with ILO, OECD, EIB, … 19 Pilot Projects Consultancy on apprenticeships/traineeships: http: //ec. europa. eu/social/youthtraining • EU Funding • Social Europe

ESF 2014 -20 • A number of investment priorities relevant to young people, such as those related to : • - sustainable integration of young people • - access to employment • - early school leaving • - LLL • - VET • Social Europe

YG ≠ YEI (Youth Guarantee) (Youth Employment Initiative) The YG is a policy concept that can be supported from different financial sources (national budget, ESF, YEI, etc. ) The YEI is a funding instrument that will support only certain aspects of the YG. • Social Europe

Youth Employment Initiative • Decided by the European Council on 7 -8 February • To support measures set out in the YEP, and in particular the Youth Guarantee (actions to directly support individuals) • To enhance what the ESF already does, but from a new perspective: starting with the needs of the individual persons • EUR 6 billion for the period 2014 -2020 - open to all NUTS 2 regions with levels of youth unemployment (15 -24 age group) above 25% in 2012 • EUR 3 billion from the ESF and a further EUR 3 billion from a specific 'youth employment' budget line • Social Europe

Legal base for YEI • - Objective, scope and other specific provisions for • • • YEI: Chapter III bis of ESF Regulation 2014 -20: Youth Employment Initiative Articles 15 (i) to 15(viii); Annex 2 - indicators - eligibility criteria for YEI: Annex III ter to the CPR - adoption of YEI OPs/eligibility of expenditure date: CPR relevant articles 25 and 55 - Annex to CPR on Ex-ante conditionalities (specific one on YEI) • Social Europe

Relevant ESF investment priority – Article 3 (1)(a)(ii): • "Sustainable integration of young people in particular those not in employment, education or training, including young people at risk of social exclusion and young people from marginalised communities, into the labour market, including through the implementation of the Youth Guarantee. " YEI can be programmed ONLY under this investment priority The IP is broader than the YEI ("in particular NEET") • Social Europe

ESF Reg. provisions on YEI – Art. 15(i) Target group: - NEETs aged up to 25, or optionally for MS – up to 30 years, who can be: - inactive or unemployed (+long-term) – regardless of education level - registered or not as job seekers - residing in the eligible regions. MS will themselves define the target population of NEET YEI will target actions to individuals only (not systems). 10% of the YEI can go to young persons residing in subregions with high youth unemployment levels and which are outside the eligible NUTS 2 regions. (MS to decide + propose and COM to agree which ones) • Social Europe

Which actions can YEI support? • - actions are not equal to cost items! • - need to focus on policy interventions based on the needs of the person/groups of young people targeted => START WITH THE PROBLEM, IDENTIFY THE NEEDS FIRST • - eligible cost items are the same as those that are typically supported by ESF (training fees, equipment, stipends, relocation allowance, hiring costs, etc. ) • - BUT: the costs are linked to the action, which for YEI is on individuals – not system reforms • Social Europe

Programming (art. 15 iii) - Programming of YEI is fully integrated into ESF programming - MS may choose to programme YEI as either: • - a dedicated operational programme • - a dedicated priority axis or • - a part of one or more priority axes • - YEI-dedicated OPs may be submitted and approved before the submission of the respective Partnership Agreement (art. 25 CPR) • Social Europe

Examples of measures targeted to the individual young person: • • Provision of traineeships and apprenticeships Provision of first job experience (placements) Reduction of non-wage labour costs Targeted and well-designed wage and recruitment subsidies Mobility measures Start-up support for young entrepreneurs Quality vocational education and training courses Second chance programmes • Social Europe

YEI – some additional remarks: Frontloading of YEI (full budget will be committed 2014 -15 and spent according to ESF rules) • early eligibility date of expenditure – 1 st September 2013 + early adoption of dedicated YEI OPs (before Partnership Agreements and normal ESF OPs) • Tracking of results – focus on YEI monitoring and reporting • Social Europe

More information Youth Employment http: //ec. europa. eu/social/youthemployment ESF Technical Assistance apprenticeship/traineeship schemes http: //ec. europa. eu/social/youthtraining ESF web site (includes many project examples fo what ESF already does for young people): www. ec. europa. eu/esf • Social Europe

Youth Guarantee: Success factors 1. Strong partnerships: employment services, education & training institutions, young people, social partners, …. 2. Early intervention and activation: Focus on most vulnerable ones Personalised guidance 3. Supportive measures enabling labour market integration èBoost skills & competences èLabour-market related measures 4. Use of EU Funds: in particular ESF, YEI 5. Assessment and continuous improvement of the schemes for more evidence-based policies and interventions 6. Swift implementation of YG schemes • Social Europe