Youth Guarantee in Finland
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Youth Guarantee in Finland
Tuija OivoDirector GeneralMinistry of Employment and the Economy, Finland
Ministry of Employment and the EconomyMinistry of Education and CultureMinistry of Social Affairs and Health www.nuorisotakuu.fi 2
Youth unemployment in Finland in 2011
Unemployment rate is decreasing, however,
it was 20.1 %
Number of registered young job seekers was
30 000 on the average
Youth unemployment is short-term: 16.4 % of the
unemployment spells of young job seekers were longer than
three months
However, 110 000 young people between 20-29 have completed
only basic education
40 000 young people are neither employed, nor in education,
training or in activation measures (NEETs)
Activation rate among young job seekers is 37 % (all age groups 31
%)
Ministry of Employment and the EconomyMinistry of Education and CultureMinistry of Social Affairs and Health www.nuorisotakuu.fi 3
Youth Guarantee in Finland, 2013
1.2.
• Youth Guarantee: EUR 60 million annually
• Temporary “Skill programme” for young adults: EUR 27 million in 2013, EUR 52 million every year in 2014-16
Government’s
framework budget
decision for 2013-
2016 (4th April
2012)
Target groups and the
goals
Each person under 25 and recently graduated under 30 will be offered a job, on-the-job training, a study place, or a period in a workshop or rehabilitation within three months of becoming unemployed.
Education guarantee: each comprehensive school graduate will be guaranteed a place in further education, workshop activity, rehabilitation or otherwise.
Ministry of Employment and the EconomyMinistry of Education and CultureMinistry of Social Affairs and Health www.nuorisotakuu.fi 4
Youth Guarantee in Finland, 2013
• More study places in vocational education
• Regional re-distribution of the study places according to the changes in the age groups
• Changes of the acceptance criteria for vocational education and training
• Higher training compensation (800 € per month) for employers for apprenticeships
• Temporary “Skill programme” for young adults in 2013–2016: additional places will be targeted for those 20-29 year olds who have performed only comprehensive shcool
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Additional resources for young job seekers in the PES(Public employment services)
• More career counselling opportunities in the employment offices
• Permanent establishment of the so called Chance card (wage subsidy card):• lowering the employers’ threshold for hiring young people • supporting active job seeking
• More training and language courses and counselling for young immigrants
Local youth work networks
• Municipal responsibility will be increased in counselling comprehensive school graduates
• Outreach youth work will be widened to the whole country • Youth workshops will be widened to the whole country
Ministry of Employment and the EconomyMinistry of Education and CultureMinistry of Social Affairs and Health www.nuorisotakuu.fi 6
Youth Guarantee in Finland, 2013
Ministries: employmen
t, education, social and
health
Enterprises and other employers
Social partners
Youth organisations, student organisatio
ns
Third sector
Municipalities,
education institutions,
other service
providers
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