Youth Employment Package

Youth Employment Package

Ladies and gentlemen,

7.5 million young Europeans between 15 and 24 are not employed, not in education and not in training.

Оne in five young Europeans on the labour market cannot find a job; in Greece and Spain it is one in two.

Overall employment rates for young people fell by almost five percent over the last four years.

The situation is clearly unacceptable: we must take action.

This is why the European Commission has adopted a Youth Employment Package outlining measures to be taken by the Member States and social partners.

The Package we adopted today includes four initiatives:

Firstly, we urge Member States to implement the Youth Guarantee by establishing a scheme to ensure that all young people up to the age of 25 receive either a quality job offer, continued education, an apprenticeship or a traineeship within four months of leaving formal education or becoming unemployed.

The proposed Recommendation gives Member States a clear benchmark and precise guidelines for establishing their own Youth Guarantee scheme.

Let me insist on three key guidelines of any Youth Guarantee:

First, the Youth Guarantee requires Member States to establish strong partnerships with the world of education, training providers, public employment services, youth associations.

Second, Member States should implement a comprehensive set of measures to support labour integration.

Third, Member States must make full use of the European Social Fund and other EU structural funds.

Indeed, a Youth Guarantee has of course a fiscal cost for Member State Governments. However, the costs of NOT acting are far higher.

Youth unemployment is expensive: it costs Member States 153 billion euros a year.

The cost of doing nothing is therefore very high. Let's be clear Youth Guarantee schemes are investments.

On the one hand, the Commission is ready and willing to make available substantial financial contributions from the European Social Fund and other EU structural funds.

On the other hand, the Commission confirmed that Youth Guarantee schemes are key measures that should be prioritised within growth-friendly fiscal consolidation.

The second initiative proposed today is on traineeships.

Traineeships need to be of good quality in terms of learning content and with adequate working conditions.

In order to achieve this, the Commission has launched a consultation of social partners and we hope that the social partners will enter into negotiations.

The third initiative is on company-based apprenticeship schemes which enable young people to gain work experience and at the same time acquire theoretical knowledge.

The fourth measure is on mobility.

As I announced at the end of November, the EURES job-search network will be improved. It will not only include targeted mobility schemes for young people but also cover work-related apprenticeships and traineeships.

To conclude, given the massive youth employment crisis, we have to invest in Europe's young people now.

Thank you.

Youth Employment Package	Программа занятости молодежи
the overall employment rates for young people	общий уровень занятости молодежи
a Youth Employment Package outlining measures to be taken by the Member States and social partners	Программа занятости молодежи, где перечислены меры, которые должны быть приняты странами-членами ЕС и социальными партнерами
we urge Member States to implement the Youth Guarantee by establishing a scheme	мы призываем страны-члены ЕС вводить «молодежные гарантии» путем создания схемы, чтобы
an apprenticeship or a traineeship	профессиональное обучение/ученичество или стажировка
clear benchmark	четкие критерии
training provider	организатор обучения
public employment service	государственная служба занятости
a comprehensive set of measures	комплекс мер
make full use	использовать в полной мере
the European Social Fund and other EU structural funds	Европейский социальный фонд и другие структурные фонды ЕС
fiscal cost	бюджетные средства
growth-friendly fiscal consolidation	благоприятный для роста бюджетной консолидации
Traineeships need to be of good quality in terms of learning content and with adequate working conditions.	Стажировки должны быть качественные в плане содержания обучения и соответствующие условия труда.
company-based apprenticeship schemes	программы профессионального обучения на базе компаний
the EURES job-search network	европейская сеть по поиску работы EURES
given the massive youth employment crisis	учитывая масштабный кризис занятости молодежи

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