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Combatting youth unemployment

Introduction

Many local authorities want to combat local youth unemployment but often do not know how go about this. Therefore, the Youth Unemployment Task Force has published the brochure '8 bright ideas for combating youth unemployment'. The brochure is intended as an inspiration for local authorities in dealing with youth unemployment.

Description

The Youth Unemployment Task Force was set up by the state secretaries for Education, Culture and Science and for Social Affairs and Unemployment. The Task Force's objective is to create, with respect to 2003, an extra 40,000 jobs for young persons in four years and to develop a sound approach for assisting young persons. The Task Force's aim is to ensure that local authorities, social organisations and educational institutes work together as effectively as possible in combating youth unemployment and premature school leaving. To this end, the Task Force has put together eight ideas in these publications to serve as an inspiration to local authorities.

Conclusions

The Youth Unemployment Task Force makes the following suggestions to local authorities regarding the combating of youth unemployment:

A so-called ‘Day of Action’ has a magnetic effect when it comes to creating jobs for youths
Sound approach: cooperation between Social Affairs and Regional Registration and Coordination function (RMC-functie)
Youth desk ensures success through an integrated approach
Give unemployed youths a second chance in vocational education
Cooperation produces more work-study places for young persons as well as better mediation
Flexible intake in senior secondary vocational education
Successful transfer from preparatory secondary vocational education to senior secondary vocational education through timely supervision
Local authorities themselves offer youth work placements and work-study programmes

Contact info

Youth Unemployment Task Force
J. Griffioen

Publication date

01/03/2006

Project finished

Links

Youth Unemployment Task Force (in Dutch)

8 bright ideas for combating youth unemployment (PDF, Dutch, 230KB)

Document type

research

Themes

Urban Policy > Social inclusion & integration > Integration of social groups

Keywords

Young people