The Youth Contract for 16-17 year olds not in education, employment or training evaluation (original) (raw)

Traineeships under the Youth Guarantee: experience from the ground

2018

Since its launch in 2013, the Youth Guarantee has supported millions of young people across the European Union (EU) to find a job, a traineeship, an apprenticeship or to continue in education. Yet despite this, too many young Europeans are still without work. Across the EU, more effort is needed so that all young people can benefit from quality offers under the Youth Guarantee. This report is one in a series of five reports on Youth Guarantee delivery, presenting existing practices from the ground from the first five years of its implementation. It outlines lessons learnt, challenges and success factors, aiming to inspire and help all actors involved in delivering the Youth Guarantee. The report looks at how traineeship schemes can be successful learning experiences for young people, in supporting them to acquire essential skills for the labour market. It also takes a look at different measures that contribute to the quality of traineeships and prevent their misuse.

Young People’s Workforce Reform Programme : evaluation report

2011

Outcomes concerning the delivery of services, and by extension on young people...25 2.4.6 Strategic outcomes for workforce development and planning in particular localities ..27 2.5 Sustainability and the legacy of the Leadership and Management programmes..

Young People's Development Programme Evaluation: Final Report

2008

for comments on various drafts of the report. Thank you to the young people and staff in the YPDP and comparison projects for their willingness to engage with the evaluation over 4 years. Thanks also to others who participated in evaluation activities: local partners, trainers, NYA staff and policy makers at national level. This was a project that involved a vast amount of field work-thank you to our families for putting up with our extended absences, and to friends all around the country who let us sleep in their spare rooms. This report is dedicated to the memory of Kerry Williams (April 1975-July 2005), who worked for the National Youth Agency on YPDP. She was an inspirational colleague, whose dedication and kindness have been much missed. 10. Discussion and recommendations Appendices Methodology Response rates Outcome tables i Executive Summary Young People's Development Programme Evaluation: Final Report The programme The Young People's Development Programme (YPDP) was a three-year pilot initiative funded by the English Department of Health in partnership with the Teenage Pregnancy Unit at the (then) Department for Education and Skills. The purpose of YPDP was to test an innovative approach to reducing involvement in substance misuse and preventing teenage conceptions, reducing school absence and exclusion. All of these were key UK government priorities. The programme involved 27 youth projects which aimed to deliver an intensive (6-10 hour per week) one-year holistic programme of education and support to young people aged 13 to 15 who were deemed by professionals, such as teachers, as at-risk of school exclusion, drug misuse and teenage pregnancy.

The Youth Guarantee programme in Europe: Features, implementation and challenges

Human Rights Documents Online

The recommendation to establish a Youth Guarantee was adopted by the Council in April 2013 in response to unprecedented levels of youth unemployment, which reached 23.5 per cent in Europe at the end of 2012, rising to more than 50 per cent in some countries. The European Youth Guarantee is a commitment by Member States to ensure that all young people receive a good offer of apprenticeship, training, continued education or employment that is suited to their abilities and experience within four months of becoming unemployed or leaving education. The Youth Guarantee is one of the most innovative labour market policies of recent years, and has received strong social support. Indeed, it arrived at a moment when an urgent and radical response was needed to address the detrimental long-lasting consequences of long-term unemployment, such as permanent future income losses, skills erosion and the increased risk of discouragement and inactivity. The aim of this article is to examine the main features of this programme, with a special focus on the factors that are key to its success, namely: early intervention, identification of the right target groups, good institutional frameworks, high quality programmes and sufficient resources. In particular, we assess the extent to which these factors are embedded into the various implementation plans published by the European countries in question. Our analysis shows that although the majority of implementation plans include the recommended combination of capacity building and employment intermediation measures, as well as the creation of adequate institutional frameworks, countries' allocation of resources for the programmes as reported in their implementation plans is not sufficient to match the recommendations. In fact, this article estimates that the gap accumulated by countries analysed that reported less than what is recommended to achieve the desired objective of reducing youth unemployment, amounts to 7.3 billion euros (PPP).

The European Youth Guarantee a systematic review of its implementation across countries

2017

The European Youth Guarantee (YG) is one of the most innovative labour market policies of recent years. It arrived at a time when an urgent and radical response was needed to address the detrimental long-lasting consequences of long-term unemployment. This article examines empirical evidence on the effectiveness of past youth guarantee experiences, as well as the few existing evaluations of the YG, to identify the factors that are key to their success. We then assess whether the key success factors are embedded into the implementation plans published by the European countries and the extent to which these objectives have been met in practice. Our analysis shows that while most of countries have established clear eligibility criteria and appropriate institutional frameworks, and are providing a comprehensive package of measures, many of them are still facing challenges when meeting the objectives of early intervention and effective enforcement mechanisms. Finally, although countries’...

The Early Impact of Youth Credits in England and Wales Background

Public funding for youth training in Great Britain is now provided through Youth Credits. School leavers entering the labour market receive a credit which they can spend on training arranged through a TEC or LEC. Credits are designed to increase young people's motivation to train and to empower them in the training market, and thereby to improve the quantity and quality of training among young school leavers. Credits were introduced on a pilot basis in selected TEC and LEC areas, starting in 1991. This Briefing describes the impact of the first-round pilots in England and Wales in their first year of operation. It is based on analyses of the England and Wales Youth Cohort Study. ä ä The TEC areas in which Credits were first piloted varied widely. On average, they had higher proportions of non-white youngsters, but were in other respects representative of England and Wales. ä ä Girls' staying-on rates in full-time education rose faster in the pilot Credit areas than elsewhere...