Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee : September 2019.
Date: 2019-10-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
Subjects: EU employment policy, fight against unemployment, integration into employment, report, school-working life relations, young person, youth employment, youth policy, youth unemployment

Report on PES Implementation 
of the Youth Guarantee 

2019 

Written by ICON-INSTITUT Public Sector GmbH 
Liliana Luminita Anghel 
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Table of contents 

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................ 4 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................... 5 

1. 

2. 

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 8 

PES ROLE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE YG ....................................... 10 

2.1  Main areas of PES responsibility in YG implementation ..................... 10 
Types of PES ‘partnerships for YG implementation’ .......................... 11 
2.2 
Pilot projects .............................................................................. 16 
2.3 
PES resource allocation for YG implementation – staffing and funding 18 
2.4 

2.4.1 

Staffing resources .......................................................... 18 

2.4.2 

2.4.3 

Staff training ................................................................. 20 

Sources of YG funding ..................................................... 21 

3. 

REACHING OUT TO NEETS ..................................................................... 22 

3.1.  The extent of PES youth outreach .................................................. 22 
The main PES outreach tools for working with NEETs ....................... 24 
3.2 

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ................................................................ 27 

AVERAGE PES YG INTERVENTION TIMESCALES ........................................ 28 

YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN PES YG SERVICE DESIGN ................................ 32 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7.  MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PES YG SERVICES ............................. 33 

8. 

AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT .................................................................... 35 

9.  MUTUAL LEARNING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ................................... 38 

10.  KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................................ 38 

ANNEX A ..................................................................................................... 40 

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List of Tables 

Table 1 PES responsibilities for YG implementation ................................................................................ 10 
Table 2 Types of PES partnerships for YG implementation ...................................................................... 11 
Table 3 PES that have developed pilot projects targeting youth in the current reporting period ........... 17 
Table 4 PES that have staff exclusively dedicated to YG implementation ............................................... 19 
Table 5 Training provided for staff over the current reporting period on specific aspects of work with                       
             young people ............................................................................................................................... 20 
Table 6 Sources of YG funding ................................................................................................................. 21 
Table 7 The extent of PES youth outreach ............................................................................................... 22 
Table 8 Main outreach tools used by PES for preventing and working with NEETs ................................ 24 
Table 9 Databases accessible to PES for supporting YG implementation ................................................ 27 
Table 10 Average PES YG timescale for first meeting and timescale for making an offer ...................... 28 
Table 11 PES involvement of young people and youth organisations in designing/re-designing/  
                improving the YG services ......................................................................................................... 32 
Table 12 Monitoring and evaluation processes for YG interventions ...................................................... 33 
Table 13 The extent to which PES addressed critical areas for improvement ......................................... 35 
Table 14 Key areas identified for improvement (addressed/not addressed by the PES) ......................... 36 
Table 15 PES that took part in mutual learning or technical assistance activities regarding youth with  
                other Member States ................................................................................................................ 38 

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List of Abbreviations 

ALMP 

Active Labour Market Policy 

BL 

EC 

EU  

Benchlearning 

European Commission 

European Union 

EURES 

European Employment Services 

ESF 

FTE 

GMI 

European Social Fund 

Full-Time Equivalent 

Guaranteed Minimum Income 

HoPES 

Heads of Public Employment Services 

IAP 

Individual Action Plan 

MOLFSA 

Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs 

N/A 

NEET 

NGO 

Not Available 

Young person Not in Employment, Education or Training 

Non-Governmental Organisation 

OP KED 

Operational Programme Knowledge, Education, Development 

PES 

VET 

YEI 

YG 

Public Employment Services 

Vocational Education and Training 

Youth Employment Initiative  

Youth Guarantee 

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Executive summary 

The Youth Guarantee (YG) scheme aims at ensuring that all “young people under 
the  age  of  25  years  receive  a  good  quality  offer  of  employment,  continued 
education, apprenticeship or traineeship within a period of four months of becoming 
unemployed or leaving formal education” 1. 

Since its launch in 2013, the YG has become a reality throughout the EU. Every year 
since 2014 has seen more than 3.5 million young people in YG schemes, taking up 
job  offers,  or  going  into  continued  education,  traineeships  or  apprenticeships.  By 
the end of 2017, the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) had provided direct support 
to over 2.4 million young people across the EU for their entry into the labour market 
or re-engaging in education and training.   

Young  people’s  labour  market  performance  has  improved  in  recent  years.    While 
this  development  is  attributable  to  the  improved  economic  situation  in  Europe, 
according to the European Commission, this is also partially due to the YG, together 
with the effect of the YEI2.   

The EU Network of Public Employment Services has committed itself to supporting 
and monitoring the delivery of the YG, so several assessment reports on the PES 
capacity to implement the YG have been published in recent years3. The findings of 
these reports show that PES are key players in the implementation of the YG.  

This report confirms this conclusion as all the PES surveyed have a wide range 
of  responsibilities  in  the  YG  scheme.  They  all  register  young  people  as 
unemployed or in the YG schemes and provide employment services. Moreover, 
the PES are not only providers of specific employment services, but almost half of 
them  have  responsibilities  for  the  management  and  coordination  of  the 
national or regional YG schemes. The majority of PES are one of many different 
agencies involved in the implementation of the YG scheme. Compared to the 
previous reporting period4, an increased number of PES reported responsibilities for 
the  coordination  of  partners  and  for  the  follow  up  of  the  progress  of  young 
people who received support measures related to the YG. The design and 
maintenance of the YG monitoring system is part of the remit of more than half 
the PES. 

Within  the  current  reporting  period5,  a  major  concern  of  PES  was  to  prevent  the 
NEETs (young people Not in Employment, Education or Training) phenomenon and 
the  promotion  of  pro-active  work  with  NEETs.  Around  two  thirds  of  the  PES 
reported having responsibilities for outreach to NEETs. In fact, almost all PES 
(three  quarters  in  2017)  -  whether  they  are  specifically  charged  with  this 
responsibility  or  not  -  were  engaged,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  proactive 
initiatives  to  prevent  students  from  dropping  out,  and/or  were  making 

1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013H0426(01)&from=EN 
2 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1079&langId=en 
3 European Commission (October 2013). HoPES Assessment Report on PES capacities to implement the 
Youth Guarantee - http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=11100&langId=en; European 
Commission (November 2014) Second Assessment report on PES capacity to implement the Youth 
Guarantee - http://ec.europa.eu/social/contentAdmin/BlobServlet?docId=13198&langId=en; European 
Commission (July 2015) Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee - 
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=14322&langId=en; European Commission (September 
2016) Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=16966&langId=en; European Commission (September 
2017) Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee - 
https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=18901&langId=en. 
4 Spring 2016-Spring 2017. 
5 Spring 2017-Spring 2019. 

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contact  with  young  people  who  have  left  school  but  who  had  not  yet 
registered with the PES. “Proactive work with schools”, “cooperation with NGOs 
and youth organisations” and “awareness-raising events or campaigns” are still the 
outreach tools most used by PES. Half the PES involved in outreach interventions 
have  also  used  other  approaches  such  as  the  internet  and  social  media  services, 
youth  outreach  workers  or  “one-stop  shops”.  Furthermore,  “mobile  services”  to 
contact and provide specific information or interventions for young clients in certain 
remote areas (e.g. in rural areas and in Roma communities) have been organised 
by one third of PES.   

This analysis also confirms to a large extent the previously observed pattern that 
the YG scheme is implemented with a  “partnership-based approach” and that 
strengthening  partnerships  and  widening  the  network  of  partners  was  a 
permanent  priority  for  a  majority  of  PES.  The  main  PES  partners  are 
educational  institutions,  NGOs,  youth  centres,  central  and  local  authorities, 
employers and employers’ organisations as well as private services providers, social 
assistance  centres  or  similar  centres  etc.  Moreover,  the  new/pilot  projects, 
implemented in almost two thirds of PES, focussed on different aspects of PES 
work with youth and on broadening the network of partners.  

With  the  exception  of  the  new  projects, more  than  one  third  of  the  PES  have 
also  participated  in  youth-orientated  mutual  learning  activities  with  other  EU 
Member States to improve the relevance of the support they provide as part of their 
YG implementation process. 

As  in  the  previous  report6,  government  funds,  as  well  as  EU  financial 
instruments (the ESF and the YEI), are used to support the implementation of YG 
interventions. The ESF and government funds remained the main sources of 
YG funding, according to the survey completed by the PES.   

The  situation  did  not  change  too  much  in  terms  of  the  PES  staff  allocation  for 
working with young people: more than half the PES have staff who are solely 
responsible for the implementation of the YG, and in the remaining group YG 
activities are incorporated into PES staff functions and roles. Most of the staff who 
exclusively  and  directly  work  with  young  people  are  client-facing  (“front-
line”)  staff  (97%),  which  shows  that  PES  attention  and  effort  is  geared  towards 
direct  services.  Furthermore,  PES  continued  to  improve  staff  abilities  for 
working with young clients through the training programmes organised by 
almost  two  thirds of  PES  on  different  topics  (e.g.  counselling,  communication, 
career  guidance,  how  to  work  with  youth,  specific  services  and  ALMPs  for  youth, 
interviewing techniques, case management, working with marginalised youth ).  

In  many  cases,  the  overall  responsibility  for  apprenticeship  and  traineeship 
programmes  remained  with  other  institutions  (i.e.  from  the  education  sector  or 
external institutions), partly explaining why the PES access to the related vacancies 
is  still  quite  limited  -  over  half  the  PES  have  access  to  information  on 
traineeship  vacancies7.  To 
apprenticeship  and 
the  proper 
implementation  of  the  YG  interventions,  many  PES  also  use  other  sources  of 
information  such  as  databases  of:  registered  jobseekers,  employment/employed 
population,  the  beneficiaries  of  the  Guaranteed  Minimum  Income  (GMI),  NEETs, 
educational  and  training  institutions/providers,  the  classification  of  occupations, 
vocational qualification standards, private employment agencies etc.  

facilitate 

6 European Commission (September 2017) Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee - 
https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=18901&langId=en. 
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Three quarters of the PES (up from two thirds in 2017) included in this report 
intervene very early with the young unemployed and inactive young people 
through a first interview or discussion with young clients within a maximum time 
period of one month from the registration in the YG scheme or as jobseekers. In 
half the PES, the average timescale for a first interview is even shorter - within the 
first two weeks after registration.  More than two thirds of PES make an offer 
to  young  jobseekers  within  a  maximum  period  of  four  months.  In  some 
cases,  the  average  time  for  making  an  offer  varies  according  to  the  type  of 
intervention, the educational level of the young jobseekers and their “readiness to 
work/to  be  activated”,  or  the  intensity  of  the  support  required.  Information  on 
average timescales for offers slightly improved, but it is still not available in 
around  one  third  of  PES  or,  in  other  cases,  the  information  does  not  tell  the  full 
story.  

In  general,  no  completely  new  categories  of  YG  interventions/measures  were 
developed  within  the  reporting  period.  But  designing/re-designing  and  improving 
the  existing  offers/measures  was  a  continuing  concern,  and  this  was  done  with 
involvement of youth organisations and young clients in half the PES included 
in this  report. Different approaches have been used to involve young people and 
youth  organisations  to  improve  the  YG  interventions:  formal  structures,  regular 
meetings,  consultations  in  developing  new  measures  or  projects,  customer 
satisfaction surveys etc. 

PES continued to improve their capacity for monitoring and evaluating YG 
interventions, in particular  through setting  targets  - the majority  of PES use 
specific  targets  for  youth-oriented  services.  Many  PES  also  monitor  how  many 
young people receive an offer within four months, and they then follow up young 
clients once they have entered employment or training and those who have been 
referred  to  education  and  training  providers.  The  situation  slightly  improved 
with regard to service evaluation - almost three quarters of PES (up from less 
than two thirds in 2017) conduct satisfaction surveys for young jobseekers and for 
employers. However, the PES capacity for monitoring young people who leave 
the unemployment register remains quite limited, as only just over half the 
PES undertake this sort of monitoring.  

There  is  also  evidence  that  PES  persevered  in  addressing  the  previously 
identified weaknesses in YG implementation - almost two thirds of PES8 (up 
from less than half in 2017) have either implemented, or they have measures under 
implementation  for  all  critical  areas  for  improvement9,  identified  through  a  self-
assessment exercise implemented back in 2014. 

All this being said, it can be concluded that PES pursued their efforts supporting the 
implementation  of  the  YG  scheme,  so  that  it  achieves  its  main  goal  -  a  smooth 
transition from school to work and support for youth labour market integration. 

These efforts have to be further sustained by PES, the other relevant stakeholders 
and  social  partners,  as  the “European  Pillar  of  Social  Rights”  reaffirms  the  main 
principles of the Youth Guarantee Recommendation and extends their application to 
all young people that “have the right to continued education, apprenticeship, 
traineeship or a job offer of good standing within four months of becoming 
unemployed or leaving education” 10. 

8 28 PES where critical areas for improvement have been identified in 2014. 
9 European Commission (2014), Second assessment report on the PES capacity to implement the 
Youth Guarantee - A contribution of the European Network of Public Employment Services - 
https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=13198&langId=en. 
10 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/deeper-and-fairer-economic-and-monetary-
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1. Introduction 

The  YG  scheme  aims  to  secure  a  smooth  transition  from  school  to  work,  to  support 
youth labour market integration and to make sure that no young person is left out. It 
was launched by the European Commission (EC) in  2013, but it has a long history in 
Europe,  since  the  1980s  and  1990s  when  the  first  programmes  addressing  the 
integration  of  young  people  into  the  labour  market  emerged  in  the  in  the  Nordic 
countries11.  

The  YG  is  in  reality  a  political  commitment  undertaken  by  all  EU  Member  States  (EU 
MSs)  to  give  all  young  people  under  age  25  a  good  quality  offer  of  employment, 
continued  education,  an  apprenticeship  or  a  traineeship  within  four  months  of  either 
leaving formal education or becoming unemployed. 

Since 2014, more than 5 million young people have registered in YG schemes and every 
year  more  than  3.5  million  registered  young  people  have  taken  up  an  offer  of 
employment, continued education, a traineeship or an apprenticeship. At the same time, 
the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), the main EU funding programme facilitating the 
implementation of the YG in particular in regions where youth unemployment is higher 
than 25%, had provided direct support to over 2.4 million young people across the EU, 
by the end of 201712. 

Young  people’s  labour  market  performance  has  improved,  and  as  a  result  youth 
unemployment  and  NEET  rates  have  come  down  in  most  Member  States.  At  the  EU 
level13, youth unemployment went down from 23.7% in 2013 to 15.2% in 2018, while 
the share of 15-24 year olds not in employment, education or training came down from 
13%  in  2013  to  10.4%  in  201814.  This  development  is  partially  attributable  to  the 
improved economic situation in Europe from which young people have benefited, but, 
according  to  the  European  Commission,  the  structural  reforms  of  labour  market, 
education and training policies supported by the YG have also contributed to this15. 

Nevertheless,  there  are  still  challenges  for  youth  employment  and  school-to-work 
transitions that need to be addressed by Member States. 

As  outlined  by  the  European  Commission  in  its  “Communication  to  the  European 
Parliament” (October 2016), the continuation of the political commitment to the YG and 
related  issues  remains  important.  The  Communication  said  that  additional  effort  is 
required on structural reform to reap the benefits of the work already done on better 
internal  cooperation  and  capacity  building  of  the  stakeholders  and  actors  involved 
(including the PES), and in bringing hard-to-reach groups and those furthest away from 
the labour market to the Youth Guarantee pathway16. 

The European Commission will continue to support the implementation of national YG 
schemes, as underlined in the “European Pillar of Social Rights”17. 

11 Sweden was the first country that introduced a YG scheme in 1984, followed by Norway (1993), Denmark 
and Finland (1996). Austria also introduced one in 1998 - European Commission (October 2018) 
Implementation of the Youth Guarantee by the Public Employment Services, Success factors and key 
challenges https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1079&furtherNews=yes&newsId=9295. 
12 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1079&langId=en 
13 28 countries. 
14 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database 
15 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1079&langId=en 
16 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1477901398883&uri=CELEX:52016DC0646 
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1036 
17 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/deeper-and-fairer-economic-and-monetary-union/european-
pillar-social-rights/european-pillar-social-rights-20-principles_en 

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The EU Network of Public Employment Services also committed itself to supporting and 
monitoring  the  delivery  of  the  YG.  Several  assessment  reports18  on  PES  capacity  to 
implement the YG have been published to date. 

This document, which is an updated version of the 2017 “Report on PES Implementation 
of  the  Youth  Guarantee”,  is  a  synthesis  of  PES  YG  implementation  patterns  among 
Member  States  covering  the  period  spring  2017  to  spring  2019.  This  report  also 
examines,  where  possible,  the  main  interventions  targeted  towards  tackling  youth 
unemployment in countries with policies in place that are slightly different19 from the 
EU’s YG Scheme, as defined by the Council Recommendation on Establishing a Youth 
Guarantee on 22 April 2013.  

The findings in this report are based on responses provided by 31 PES20 from 2721 EU 
Member States (Belgium has three PES) and also Iceland and Norway (both members 
of  the  PES  Network22),  to  the  PES  Capacity  Survey  conducted  by  the  ICON  team,  a 
supporting  contractor  of  DG  EMPL  for  the  implementation  of  the  PES  benchlearning 
initiative. Compared to  the 2017 questionnaire, this one was slightly simplified23. The 
data was collected between May and July 2019.  

18 European Commission (October 2013) HoPES Assessment Report on PES capacities to implement the 
Youth Guarantee - http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=11100&langId=en; European Commission 
(November 2014) Second Assessment report on PES capacity to implement the Youth Guarantee - 
http://ec.europa.eu/social/contentAdmin/BlobServlet?docId=13198&langId=en; European Commission (July 
2015) Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee - 
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=14322&langId=en; European Commission (September 2016) 
Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=16966&langId=en; European Commission (September 2017) 
Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 
https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=18901&langId=en; European Commission (November 2018) 
Study on the Youth Guarantee in light of changes in the world of work; European Commission (October 
2018) Implementation of the Youth Guarantee by the Public Employment Services, Success factors and key 
challenges https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=1079&furtherNews=yes&newsId=9295. 
19 IS – “national interventions in place with emphasis on activation and services for young people, not a YG 
as such”; SE – “90 days YG: all young jobseekers that shall have an offer will get it within 90 days”; NO - 
“national YG is a political decision that prioritises certain groups of youth and not a statutory right”. 
20 AT, BE-ACTIRIS, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT,  LT, 
LU, LV, NL, MT, NO, PT,  PL, RO,  SE,  SI, SK. 
21  The  questionnaire  was  not  applied  to  UK  and  the  2017  UK  information  has  been  excluded  from  the 
comparative analysis. 
22 http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1100&langId=en 
23 Some questions related to YG services and measures have been removed as more or less similar information 
was collected as part of the yearly YG administrative data collection. 

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2. PES role in the implementation of the YG 

2.1  Main areas of PES responsibility in YG implementation  

in 

PES continued to be key players in the 
management, coordination and implementation 
of the YG. Coordination of partners and follow-
up on young people who received related 
support measures was the focus for an 
increased number of PES. 

The  current  analysis  confirms 
once more that PES play a central 
role 
YG  management, 
coordination  and  direct  service 
provision.  As  Table  1  shows, 
almost half the PES (13 out of 31) 
have 
the 
overall  management  of  national 
or regional24 YG schemes. All 31 PES included in this analysis register young people as 
either unemployed or in the YG scheme, and they also provide employment services. 
The majority of the PES (27 out of 31) are one of many different agencies involved in 
the implementation of the YG scheme, while an increased number of PES (25, up from 
23 in 2017) follow up on young people who received related support measures.  

responsibilities 

for 

The  current  reporting  period  also  saw  an  increased  number  of  PES  (22  out  of  31 
compared to 19 out of 31 in 2017) having responsibilities for the coordination of partners 
involved in implementing the YG.  

Around two-thirds of PES (21 out of 31) reported having responsibilities for outreach to 
NEETs. In some of these cases (e.g. CY, EL, ES, FI and LT), they have varying degrees 
of responsibility (e.g. “to unregistered unemployed”, as “intermediate organisations for 
the YG Operations Programme”, “in some projects”, etc.) while the overall remit for this 
activity falls under the authority of other institutions (e.g. ministries of education, local 
government, the department of youth affairs or other providers).  

The design and maintenance of the YG monitoring system is another responsibility of 
more than half the PES (17 out of 31, 16 in 2017).  

Table 1 PES responsibilities for YG implementation 

YG responsibilities 

No. 

of PES 

PES 

Managing and coordinating the 
national/regional YG scheme 

One of the implementers of the 
national YG scheme 

Registration of unemployed 
young people 

Provision of PES services, 
including YG services to young 
unemployed people 

13 

27 

31 

31 

Coordination of partners 

22 

AT, BE–Le Forem, BE-VDAB, CY, CZ, DK, HU, IE, MT, 
NO, PL, PT, SE 

AT, BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, 
ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IT, LV25, LT, LU, MT, NL, NO, PL, 
RO, SE, SK, SI 

AT,  BE-Actiris,  BE-Le  Forem,  BE-VDAB,  BG,  CY,  CZ, 
DE, DK, EE, EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, 
LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK 

AT,  BE-Actiris,  BE–Le  Forem,  BE-VDAB,  BG,  CY,  CZ, 
DE, DK, EE, EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, 
LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK 

AT,  BE-Actiris,  BE-Le  Forem,  BE-VDAB,  BG,  CY,  DE, 
DK, ES, FI, FR, IE, IS, IT, HU, LT, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, 
SE  

Outreach to NEETs 

21 

BE-Actiris,  BE-Le  Forem,  BE-VDAB,  BG,  CY,  CZ,  DE, 
EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IT, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO 

24 BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB. 
25 YG was completed in 31.12.2018 but other similar measures are in place. 

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YG responsibilities 

Follow-up of all young people 
who received YG services 

No. 

of PES 

25 

PES 

BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ26, DE, DK, EL27, FR, 
HR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NO, PL, PT, SE, SI28, 
SK 

The design and maintenance of 
the YG monitoring system 
(including indicators) 

17 

BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, DK, ES, IE, FI, FR, 
HR, LT, LU, MT, NO, PT, SI 

Other 

4 

EL, LU, MT, PL 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N29=31 

Other  responsibilities,  as  reported  by  PES,  related  to:  “data  collection  and  analysis 
regarding  YG  services  provided  by  the  PES”  (PES  EL),  “the  reorganisation  of  the  YG 
services to extend the YG scheme to young people up to age 30” (PES LU), the “concept 
of  targeted  training  and  coaching  programmes  for  young  jobseekers”  (PES  LU), 
“reporting  on  YG  Implementation-Intermediate  Body  for  the  ESF  Operational 
Programme  Knowledge, Education, Development (OP KED) 2014-2020” (PES PL), and 
“outreach to employers to encourage them to offer a work placement to YG participants” 
(PES MT). 

2.2  Types of PES ‘partnerships for YG implementation’ 

strengthening 

In implementing specific YG interventions, 
the 
building  up  and 
partnership-based  approach  remained,  as 
previously, the focus for many PES.  

The 
analyses 
revealed  that  most  PES  facilitate  and 
participate in a range  of partnerships 
with  a  variety  of  differing  objectives. 
The same pattern (outlined in Table 2) 
was  noticed  within  the  reporting 
period covered by this report: building up and strengthening the partnership in order to 
improve the YG results was the focus for many PES. 

previous 

similar 

Table 2 Types of PES partnerships for YG implementation 

Partnership type/aims 

PES with partnership in place 

No partnership 

Partnerships to ensure that 
young people have full 
information and support 
available 

AT, BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, 
BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, FI, FR, HR, 
HU, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, 
PT, SE, SI, SK 

ES30, IE (“regional skills 
fora”31 in place instead), 
RO  

28 

3 

26 

5 

26  Statistics only for those who accepted “quality offer”. 
27 Some follow-up takes place 6, 12 and 18 months after the quality offer has been made. 
28 Only of those who participated in ALMPs. 
29  N  =  number  of  PES  providing  information/answers  to  the  related  question  of  the  2019  PES  Capacity 
questionnaire, part 2; NO - information from 2017 PES Capacity Questionnaire. 
30 N.B. agreements and consultation arrangements in place on the exchange of information, the operation of 
information systems, and the YG database. 
31 “Regional Skills Fora” (http://www.regionalskills.ie) - created as part of the Government’s National Skills 
Strategy to bring key stakeholders from enterprises, education and training sectors, including officials from 
PES, together to improve the labour market relevance of further education and training provision, especially 
at the regional level. 

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Partnership type/aims 

PES with partnership in place 

No partnership 

Partnerships aimed at 
increasing employment, 
apprenticeship and 
traineeship opportunities 

AT, BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, 
BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, FI, FR, HR, 
HU, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, 
PT, SE 

ES32, IE33, RO, SI34, SK 

26 

5 

Partnerships aimed at 
supporting transitions from 
unemployment, inactivity or 
education into work 

AT, BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, 
BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, FI, FR, HR, 
HU, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, NL, NO, PL, PT, 
SE, SI 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31 

ES35, IE36, MT, RO, SK 

The majority of PES (28 out of 31) work in partnerships with  educational institutions, 
NGOs,  youth  centres,  central  and  local  authorities,  etc.  to  make  sure  that  relevant 
information and support is available for young people. In some cases, these partnerships 
are  facilitated  through  national  YG  coordination  groups,  the  local  government 
authorities,  regional  and  local  youth  and  education  bodies,  regional  chambers  of 
commerce, etc. 

Some recent developments of partnerships of this nature that have been mentioned by 
PES are illustrated in Box 1. 

Box 1: Recent developments of PES partnerships aimed at ensuring that young 
people have full information and support available 

Partnerships were developed by PES BE-Actiris in different projects or programmes37 aimed 
at ensuring that young people receive relevant information as well as individual and intensive 
support in their transition from school to further education or to professional life. Partnerships 
include  local  employment,  training  or  social  actors  (i.e.  “Bruxelles  Formation”38,  “Maison  de 
l’emploi”39, “Centres Publiques d’Action Sociale”40) as well as several associations, companies 
and private donors. Another example of specific partnership is the “Cité des métiers”41, a one-
stop  shop  where the education,  vocational training and  employment partners work together 
providing new services, especially career guidance.  

Other PES, such as PES BE-Le Forem, PES Croatia (through the “Lifelong Career Guidance 
Centres”42), PES Poland and PES Malta reinforced the partnerships with education sector.  

32 N.B. agreements and consultation arrangements in place on the exchange of information, the operation of 
information systems, and the YG database. Also, the specific YG action plan includes measures to promote 
“Escuelas  Taller”  (Workshop  Schools),  “Casas  de  Oficio”  (Trades  Schools)  and  “Talleres  de  Empleo” 
(Employment Workshops) as well as other alternating training programmes. 
33  But  the  “Youth  Employment Support  Scheme”,  launched  in  October  2018,  foresees  a close  cooperation/ 
partnership between the PES case officers, the “placement hosts” (employers) and the jobseekers. 
34 Partnership issues related to apprenticeships and traineeships within the YG scheme lie under the 
responsibility of the Ministry of Labour/MoLFSA and the Ministry of Education, but ad hoc partnerships are 
also in place at the municipal (local) level. 
35 But “the action plan foresees the creation of a network of offices of the Youth Information Services and the 
Youth Institute (INJUVE)”. 
36  But  the  “Ability  Programme”  launched  by  Department  of  Employment  and  Social  Protection/DEASP,  in 
September 2017, provides funding to local, regional and national projects that focus on bringing young people 
with disabilities closer to finding jobs. 
37“JEEP/JUMP” - http://www.jeepbxl.be/index.php/jeep/qui-sommes-nous;"Tu veux Test?!"- 
http://www.actiris.be/ce/tabid/780/language/fr-BE/Nos-partenaires.aspx?t=v&idfiche=1130&lang=fr 
38 http://www.bruxellesformation.be/ 
39 http://www.actiris.be/ce/tabid/781/language/fr-BE/Les-maisons-de-l-Emploi.aspx 
40 http://www.actiris.be/part/tabid/784/language/fr-BE/CPAS.aspx 
41 https://www.citedesmetiers.brussels/fr-BE/Home 
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The  education  sector,  through  its  relevant  education  institutions  or  networks  (i.e.  the 
“Education of the Flemish Community/GO!”43, “Catholic Education”44, the “Agency for Higher 
Education,  Adult  Education,  Qualifications  and  Student  Finance”45)  is  also  a  main  partner  of 
PES  BE-VDAB.  Moreover,  PES  BE-VDAB  renewed  its  partnership  with  “The  Ambrassade”46, 
focusing on sharing expertise and joint communication, and participate in the “Samen tegen 
Schooluitval” (“Together against school dropout”)47 provincial networks. These networks bring 
together  numerous  actors  from  education,  welfare  and  the  labour  market,  in  joint  activities 
aimed  at  ensuring  that  a  maximum  number  of  young  people  leave  education  with  a  valid 
qualification.  

PES Estonia continued its cooperation with “Youth Prop Up Centres”48 , created as part of the 
Estonian  YG  National  Action  Plan  and  located  across  the  country.  Moreover,  in  2019,  the 
Estonian PES took over the responsibility for providing career-counselling services in schools, 
for pupils from age seven. 

In Finland, the “One-Stop Guidance Centres”49 for young people are based on local/regional 
private-public partnerships. These centres, established on the basis of an idea of Finnish PES, 
have now a wider choice of services, ranging from  employment to career guidance, offering 
also advice in different areas, such as finances, health or social interactions. 

PES  France  continued  its  partnerships  previously  established  with  “Agence  France 
Entrepreneur”50 in this way enabling the access of PES counsellors to specific information on 
entrepreneurship.  To  ensure  that  relevant  information  and  support  is  available  for  young 
people, new partnership agreements have been signed between PES and other relevant actors, 
such  as:  “L’Établissement  pour  l’insertion  dans  l’emploi”51,  “Ecole  de  la  2ème  Chance”52, 
“Service Militaire Volontaire”53, “Service Militaire Adapté”54, “Office national d'information sur 
les enseignements et les professions”55, “Association Pour l'Empoi des Cadres”56, etc.  

The Hungarian PES developed cooperation with NGOs in the framework of a project aimed at 
enhancing  labour  market  and  outreach  interventions.  In  this  way,  PES  services  are 
complemented by other services provided by NGOs (i.e. labour and psychological counselling, 
mentoring and other personalised services for disadvantaged young jobseekers).  

In Italy, YG-specific interventions are implemented through a strong synergy between central 
and local government levels, reinforced support being provided to those regions that encounter 
great difficulties in achieving the expected results. 

Youth activities in Lithuania are organised by PES in partnerships with students’ organisations, 
military  service,  the  State  Labour  Inspectorate,  the  State  Tax  Inspectorate,  tourism  and 
information centres, local government authorities, youth culture and leisure clubs, and NGOs. 

The  existing  partnership  with  the  main  actors  implementing  the  YG  in  Luxembourg  –  the 
“Local Youth centres”57 and the “National Youth Service”58 has been fostered to better inform 
young NEETs (i.e. school dropouts) about opportunities to  continue education and to provide 

43 http://www.g-o.be/partners/ 
44 https://www.katholiekonderwijs.vlaanderen/catholic-education-flanders 
45 https://www.groningendeclaration.org/ahovos-agency-for-higher-education-adult-education-and-study-
grants/ 
46 “The Ambrassade” is an organisation, subsidised by the Flemish Government that works together with the 
Flemish  Youth  Council  and  various  partners  in  the  field  of  the  Flemish  youth  and  children's  rights  policy  -
https://ambrassade.be. 
47 https://www.onderwijs.vlaanderen.be/nl/samen-tegen-schooluitval 
48 These centres are aimed at networking for identifying NEETs, supporting and developing contact between 
youth  and  institutions  and  providing  special  support  through  individual  coaching  or  group  counselling  - 
https://ank.ee/youth-prop-up-programme-description/. 
49 https://ohjaamot.fi/en/miten-loydan-ohjaamoon- 
50 https://bpifrance-creation.fr/ 
51 http://www.epide.fr/ 
52 https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F2039 
53 https://www.le-smv.fr/ 
54 https://www.le-sma.com/ 
55 http://www.onisep.fr/ 
56 https://www.apec.fr/ 
57 https://www.alj.lu/ 
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necessary  support  through  activation  measures.  Furthermore,  the  PES  careers  guidance 
department is a member of the "Maison de l’orientation” (“National Guidance Centre“), which 
brings together all the public institutions that offer guidance services to young people. 

26  PES  have  partnerships  in  place  to  increase  employment,  apprenticeship  and 
traineeship  opportunities  for  young  people.  The  key  PES  partners  are  employers  and 
employers’  organisations  (including  the  chambers  of  commerce),  relevant  ministries, 
education  and  training  providers/institutions,  social  partners,  local  authorities  and 
sector  bodies,  NGOs  and  other  equivalent  organisations,  social  assistance  or  similar 
centres, etc. 

Box 2 shows some of the recent developments in partnerships of this type. 

Box 2: Recent developments of PES partnerships aimed at increasing employment, 
apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities for young people 

PES BE-Actiris established a partnership with “Bruxelles-Formation”59 to increase the offer of 
tailor-made  training  courses  targeted  at  young  people.  PES  BE-Actiris  also  work  in  close 
cooperation with employers from the private and the public sector implementing different YG 
measures60, to support young people in finding their first job or in improving their skills and 
qualifications. This type of partnership, with employers or employers’ organisations (including 
chambers of commerce), continued or has also been initiated by other PES, such as: PES BE-
Le Forem,  PES Italy,  PES Luxembourg, PES Poland  and PES Portugal. The aim of this 
cooperation  was  to  improve  the  employability  of  young  people  through  employment, 
apprenticeship  and  traineeship  opportunities.  PES  Poland  also  mentioned  that  in  order  to 
provide  young  people  with  access  to  internships,  a  permanent  cooperation  with  academic 
careers offices, universities and secondary schools is now in place.  

The  Danish  PES  continued  their  randomised  controlled  trial  “Job-bro  til  Uddannelse”  (“Job 
bridge to education”)61 initiative. This is targeted at vulnerable young people in education, and 
it includes mentor support and practical work training provided through enhanced cooperation 
between local government and education institutions.   

The  partnership  between  PES  France  and  “Nos  quartiers  ont  du  talent”  is  ongoing.  “Nos 
quartiers ont du talent”62 is a well-known French association which fights against discrimination 
in the employment of young graduates under 30 coming from disadvantaged suburbs. 

In  November  2017,  PES  Greece  became  a  member  of  “European  Alliance 
for 
Apprenticeships/EAfA”63,  which  brings  together  governments  and  key  stakeholders  to 
strengthen the quality, supply and overall image of apprenticeships across Europe. Within this 
context,  the  PES  Apprenticeship  Vocational  Schools/EPAS64  are  engaged  in  the  annual 
“European Skills Week” and they also organise skills competitions and raising awareness events 
at  the  local  level,  with  the  participation  of  social  partners,  chambers  of  commerce  and 
companies. 

The “YESS/Youth Employment Support Scheme”65, launched in October 2018 in Ireland, is a 
new work experience  programme targeted  at  long-term unemployed  youth  or  young people 
who face barriers to employment. The scheme also foresees a close cooperation between the 
PES case officers, the “placement hosts” (employers) and the jobseekers. 

59 “Bruxelles-Formation” is the French-speaking public service in charge of vocational training in the Brussels 
Region - http://www.bruxellesformation.be. 
60 i.e. “Contrat d’insertion”- http://www.actiris.be/jeunes/tabid/972/language/fr-BE/Contrat-d-
insertion.aspx; “Convention de Premier Emploi” - http://www.actiris.be/jeunes/tabid/851/language/fr-
BE/Reduction-ONSS.aspx; “Stages Européens”- http://www.actiris.be/ce/tabid/96/language/fr-BE/Emploi-
et-stages-a-l-etranger.aspx. 
61 https://star.dk/it/it-administration-i-jobcentre-og-a-kasser/oversigt-over-moduler-i-sharepoint-til-
understoettelse-af-beskaeftigelsesindsatsen/job-bro_til_uddannelse/ 
62 http://www.nqt.fr/ 
63 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1147 
64 http://prev.oaed.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1086&Itemid=855&lang=el 
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PES  Lithuania  has  widened  its  partnerships  with  vocational  schools.  In  the  “Youth  Job 
Centres”,  vocational  schools  provide  information  about  their  education  programmes, 
apprenticeships and internship opportunities. Visits to companies are also organised. The youth 
job centres are one-stop shops providing counselling and support for young people to choose 
a suitable career, find work or return to education66. 

In addition to the cooperation with employers and employers’ organisations mentioned above, 
PES Luxembourg continued its cooperation with the national broadcasting station “RTL” and 
other main stakeholders (e.g. ministries and youth organisations) in organising events such as 
the “RTL Apprenticeship Day”.  

To support young people in their transition from unemployment, inactivity or education 
into  employment,  26  PES  cooperate  with  a  wide  range  of  key  institutions  and 
organisations,  e.g.  employers  and  employers’  organisations,  including  chambers  of 
commerce; different relevant ministries; education and training providers/institutions; 
careers guidance centres; local authorities and local sectoral bodies; NGOs and other 
relevant youth organisations and institutions; private employment agencies, etc. 

Some of the initiatives to strengthen, widen or build up partnerships of this nature, as 
reported by PES, are presented in Box 3. 

Box 3: Recent developments of PES partnerships aimed at supporting young people 
in their transition from unemployment, inactivity or education into employment  

PES  BE-Le  Forem,  in partnership with  associations “Actions en  Milieu  Ouvert” that  provide 
support  to  young  people  encountering  different  difficulties  (personal,  administrative,  school, 
legal, financial, etc.), implement a new project aimed at supporting NEETs in their transition 
from unemployment, inactivity or education into employment. 

As  reported  by  PES  BE-VDAB,  different  projects  focussing  on  intensive  guidance  are 
implemented with relevant partners such as “Groep INTRO”67 or “JES”68. 

To better promote the outreach activities, a technical committee has been appointed in Cyprus, 
consisting of governmental and non-governmental departments/services69. Similar structures 
have  been  established  at  the  regional  level  (regional  technical  committees)  composed  of 
representatives of  the  social partners,  local  authorities,  various  Ministries70  and other public 
bodies71. Their purpose is to share specific information and to create synergies between PES 
and other providers of YG interventions.  

In  Germany,  nationwide  youth  employment  agencies72,  based  on  cooperation  between 
employment agencies, job centres as well as county authorities, public social services, NGOs 
and schools, provide integrated services to young people in their transition from school to work.  

PES Estonia’s cooperation with NGOs has continued, strengthened through projects such as 
“Step”73 and “Skill Mill”74. The Estonian PES also cooperates with local governments in sharing 
information about NEETs and implementing outreach activities.  

66 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1206&langId=en 
67 Group INTRO offers training, guidance and employment for people who need extra opportunities -  
https://www.groepintro.be/nl/. 
68 JES is a city lab for children and young people in Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent - 
https://www.jes.be/opleidingen/ . 
69 i.e. the Department of Labour, Career-Counselling and Educational Services of the Ministry of Education 
and Culture, Youth Board and Welfare Benefits Administration Service. 
70 The Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance and the Ministry of Education and Culture. 
71 i.e. “Human Resource Development Authority/ HRDA” - a body governed by public law, acting in the field 
of  training and development of the human potential of Cyprus - http://www.cea.org.cy/en/we_qualify/anad; 
“Youth Board” - a public legal entity offering young people multiple opportunities for active participation in 
social activities in Cyprus and abroad - https://onek.org.cy/en/home-page/who-we-are/our-role/ . 
72 First youth employment agencies have started in a pilot phase in 20 locations in 2010 and 2011. 
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PES France’s partnership with the Ministry of Defence through their experimental “Voluntary 
Military Service/Service Militaire Volontaire (SMV)”75 was extended. The aim of this cooperation 
is  to  support  young  people  (18-25),  who  are  experiencing  significant  difficulty  getting 
employment, through training and other activities.  

PES  Hungary  continued  close  cooperation  with  “New  Generation  Contact  Points”76  to 
disseminate  the  information  on  the  YG,  and  to  refer  young  people  to  PES  for  appropriate 
support. 

In 2018, PES Luxembourg signed a cooperation agreement with the “Luxembourg Federation 
of Recruitment, Search & Selection/FR2S”77  to organise  different  events such  as “job days”, 
where young jobseekers and employers are brought together.  

The  first  regional  careers  centre  -  “Karjeras”78  was  set  up  in  Lithuania  on  the  basis  of  a 
partnership between PES, Alytus City Municipality and the Youth Affairs Department under the 
Ministry of Social Security and Labour. 

To involve civil society in supporting PES Malta in the delivery of specific YG measures, and to 
apply a more comprehensive approach to work with NEETs, a “Youth Guarantee Consultative 
Implementation  Committee”  was  established  and  is  composed  of  representatives  of  the 
“National Youth Council”79.   

New  partnerships  have  been  concluded  between  PES  Poland  and  different  universities.  In 
addition, a number of studies concerning labour market demand, the problems faced by young 
people, etc. are under implementation. These studies will provide PES useful information in the 
further planning of specific interventions. 

Some  PES  also  report  other  agreements  or  partnerships  aimed  at  supporting  the 
implementation of the YG scheme. For example:  

•  Partnerships  between  relevant  institutions  for  a  better  exchange  of  data,  for 

establishing a NEET tracking system for inactive NEETs (PES HR); 

•  A partnership intending to pilot new procedures/approaches in the referral and 

assessment of young persons with disabilities (PES HR); 

•  A partnership with youth organisations to promote the YG (PES SK); 

•  National cooperation agreements with major employers to recruit jobseekers to 

these companies (PES NO); 

•  The  "Entrepreneurship  Training  Programme  in  Education"  partnership  project 

was continued as part of the Erasmus+ Programme (PES PL). 

2.3  Pilot projects 

In cooperation with other relevant actors, PES 
carried  forward  their  efforts  to  increase  the 
relevance  of  YG  interventions,  through  new 
projects  focussing  on  young  people,  and  on 
broadening their network of partners.  

. 

their 

Current  analysis  reveals  that 
PES, in cooperation with other 
carried 
relevant 
actors, 
forward 
to 
improve  the  relevance  of  the 
support  provided  as  part  of 
the 
implementation, 
through  new  projects  and 
interventions (Table 3). 

efforts 

YG 

75 https://www.le-smv.fr/ 
76 An institution founded by the Ministry for Human Capacities providing youth-oriented programmes. 
77 http://luxembourg.public.lu/en/actualites/2018/06/20-adem/index.html 
78 https://www.15min.lt/verslas/naujiena/karjera/karjeras-pirmasis-lietuvoje-regioninis-karjeros-centras-
alytuje-666-1105036 
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These new projects and measures, implemented or under implementation in almost two 
thirds of PES (19 of 31), focussed on different aspects of PES work with youth and on 
broadening the network of partners.  

Table 3 PES that have developed pilot projects targeting youth in the current 

reporting period 

Yes 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, CY, CZ, EL, ES, FI, FR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LU, PL, 
PT, RO, SE, SI (19) 

No   

AT, BG, DE, DK, EE, HR, LT, LV, MT, NL, NO80, SK (12) 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31  

Some examples are illustrated in Box 4: 

Box 4: New projects, measures or programmes targeting youth  

PES BE-Actiris reported that from January 2019, a new call for YEI projects was launched to 
reinforce the outreach and guidance interventions. 

“Accroche NEETs Charleroi REmobilisation-ANCRE” is a new project, implemented by PES BE-
Le  Forem  in cooperation with other partners,  aimed  at  supporting  NEETs  in  their transition 
from unemployment, inactivity or education into employment.  

Through its new “Radical Dual” project, PES BE-VDAB intends to create an integrated “dual 
system of learning and working”. Another project, the “Groeipad” or “Growth path assignment” 
is addressed at young jobseekers who need ‘competences enhancement’, intensive supervision 
or mediation. Other specific interventions where tenders were organised focus on employment 
empowerment,  mediation  and  job  guidance,  counselling,  or  temporary  work  experience. 
Furthermore, in 2018, PES BE-VDAB was the first Flemish governmental body to conclude a 
“Social  Impact  Bond”  (SIB)81,  an  innovative  public  procurement  programme  to  tackle  youth 
unemployment in the Flemish labour market.  

The Czech PES is implementing various projects82 consisting of a combination of several ALMP 
instruments. Two other projects providing support for young people getting work experience, 
going back to school or finding a job abroad are about to end.  

PES Finland developed an initiative to introduce low threshold mental health support in “One-
Stop Guidance Centres”. These centres “provide a holistic approach to integrating young people 
into society, education and employment through a multi-sectoral PES service model”83. 

Starting  in  April  2019,  a new  measure  “Atouts  jeunes”  (“Young  assets”)  was  offered  by  the 
PES  France  and  is  aimed  at  developing  young  people’s  professional  skills  (young  people 
supported by the AIJ/“Accompagnement Intensif des Jeunes”84).  

A  key  element  in  the  “Youth  Employment  Support  Scheme”  (YESS),  recently  introduced  in 
Ireland, is that a “Learning and Development Plan” is agreed between all parties at the outset 
of the placement and that the case officer monitors the progress of the plan. 

80 Various measures are attempted at the local level within the organisation. 
81 "Social Impact Bond" (SIB) – in this specific case, a social investor called Impact Capital invests resources 
in BeCode, an organisation that offers vulnerable young people free training in web development. For every 
young person who finds a job, VDAB and PIO (“Innovative Public Procurement Programme”/ “Programma 
Innovatieve Overheidsopdrachten”) pay back the costs, with interest” - https://www.ewi-
vlaanderen.be/nieuws/pio-sluit-samen-met-vdab-impact-capital-en-becode-eerste-vlaamse-social-impact-
bond-af. 
82 Projects called “Youth Guarantee in …… Region”. 
83 https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1206&langId=en;  
https://ohjaamot.fi/en/miten-loydan-ohjaamoon 
84 The “Accompagnement Intensif des Jeunes” (AIJ) ensures a follow-up of young beneficiaries into work or 
training beyond their initial period of accompaniment - https://www.pole-emploi.fr/candidat/l-
accompagnement-intensif-des-jeunes-aij--@/article.jspz?id=908575. 

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New (pilot) projects are implemented in Iceland with the purpose of building bridges between 
various service systems and increasing interdisciplinary cooperation in relation to youth, with 
the focus on vulnerable groups/individuals.  

In  cooperation  with  a  Belgian  partner  (“ArtLab”),  PES  Portugal  developed  a  project  in  the 
social  innovation  area.  Another  new  project85  was  aimed  at  raising  awareness  of  YG 
interventions and opportunities to increase the efficiency of the network of local partners. 

PES  Poland  and  the  Voluntary  Labour  Corps  have  a  number  of  projects86,  currently  under 
implementation, that aim to integrate young unemployed people and/or NEETs into the labour 
market.  

As reported by PES Romania, several new projects87 are mainly aimed at activating NEETs 
and providing support through apprenticeships and internship interventions.  

PES Slovenia, PES Greece and PES Hungary have focused on new measures that promote 
youth entrepreneurship. Similar new interventions are planned in Spain in the coming period.  

New projects that intend to bring NEETs closer to labour market, through enhancing their digital 
skills, are in place in Luxembourg88 and Italy89.  In the case of PES Italy, other new measures 
promoting apprenticeships or access to technical education are under  implementation in the 
southern regions90.  

2.4  PES resource allocation for YG implementation – staffing and 

funding 

2.4.1 

Staffing resources 

Staff arrangements for YG 
implementation remained the same 
in many PES: more than half the 
PES have staff that exclusively and 
directly work with young people, 
and most of these are client-facing.  

Staff  arrangements  for  supporting  YG 
implementation  remained  more  or  less 
the  same,  compared  to  the  previous 
reporting  periods.  Just  above  half  the 
PES  (17  out  of  31  compared  to  15  in 
2017)  reported  having  “FTE”  (Full  Time 
Equivalent) 
solely 
responsible  for  the  implementation  of 
the  YG.  Most  of  these  staff  members 
(97% - see Annexe A, Table A1) are client-facing (front-line), directly and exclusively 
servicing young clients under the YG. This shows that PES attention and effort is being 
given to direct services, while the administrative issues remain in second place.  

staff  who  are 

For a further 14 PES, YG activities are incorporated into PES staff functions and roles 
(Table 4). 

85 “Make the future…today!” 
86 i.e. "From training to employment”, "Mummy, work and me”, "Stop! Youth without Work”, etc. 
87 “Activation and Mobility for Young NEETs”, “Apprenticeships and internships for young NEETs in the more 
developed  regions”,  “Apprenticeships  and  internships  for  young  NEETs  from  less  developed  regions”, 
“INTESPO - Registration of young people with the Public Employment Service”. 
88 “#YouthYourFuture”. 
89 “Crescere in digitale” and “Young Programmer in ICT”. 
90  i.e.:  “Measure  1:  network  creation  for  I,  II  and  III  level  apprenticeship”;  “Measure  2:  tools  to  promote 
access to technical education”; “Measure 3: Creation of social impact investing tools as intervention strategy 
against youth unemployment”. 

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Table 4 PES that have staff exclusively dedicated to YG implementation 

Yes 

BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, DE, EE, ES, FI, FR, HR91, HU, LT, LU, 
LV92, MT, SI (17)  

No, n/a93 

AT, BE-Le Forem, DK, EL, IE, IS, IT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SK (14) 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31 

In some cases, staff that were reported as being exclusively dedicated to working with 
young customers, also provide services for other clients when necessary (PES DE and 
BG). In other cases (LT and FR), the staff exclusively dedicated to YG implementation 
include the staff working on ESF/YEI co-financed projects/interventions. 

PES Slovenia went even further with the specialisation of its staff: while there are some 
youth counsellors that work with the short-term unemployed, other youth counsellors 
provide specific services for the long-term unemployed. 

Some PES recently restructured their services (EE and HR), and staff there are no longer 
specialised by client groups. 

In  less  than  half  the  PES,  YG  activities  are  incorporated  into  PES  staff  functions  and 
roles. The organisation of staff and services differ from PES to PES, also showing their 
efforts in ensuring an adequate capacity for working with young clients (some examples 
are in Box 5). 

Box 5: Organisation of staff and services in PES where the YG activities are 
incorporated into staff functions and roles  

Even in some of the PES where  the YG  services  are  incorporated into  mainstream  PES staff 
functions  and  roles,  specialised  youth  counsellors,  advisers,  mentors,  job-coaches,  youth-
contact specialists, or youth-teams work with young clients. Usually these staff members also 
work with other customers (PES PT, SE, NO, and in some local offices in PL94).  

In Ireland, there are no youth specialist units. The implementation of the YG is carried out 
within the labour market activation process and is part of the remit of “case officers”. 

In Denmark, all staff at the job centres are employed by the local government authorities that 
hold all responsibility in relation to human resources management.  

PES staff in Iceland working with young people are all educated careers guidance counsellors, 
social workers or they have an academic psychology background. While there are counsellors 
that  exclusively  service  young  clients  in  the  larger  offices,  generally  counsellors  provide 
services for all age groups.  

In Italy, a plan for the overall reinforcement of the PES staff was developed for 2019, but only 
the regions, through their autonomous management of employment services, may decide to 
whether or not PES staff specialise in the provision of YG services.  

The YG in Greece is implemented on a project-to-project basis with designated staff in ad hoc 
teams or through the official structures of the PES.  

In the Netherlands, the service delivery for young unemployment beneficiaries registered with 
PES  is  based  on  individual  profiling  and  not  related  to  different  target  groups.  However,  in 
2016, 35 FTEs were added to the regional employers’ service points (ESPs), on the basis of one 
FTE for each ESP, to identify job vacancies for young jobseekers.    

91 Since June 2018 employment counsellors have no longer been specialised in client groups due to a decision 
on PES restructuring. 
92 YG was completed in 31.12.2018, information from 2017 PES Capacity Questionnaire. 
93 PES DK – n/a 
94 Lublin, Szczecin Toruń, Poznań, Białystok. 

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More information on the PES staff working for the implementation of the YG is provided 
in the Annexe A, Table A1.  

2.4.2 

Staff training 

PES continued to improve staff 
knowledge and skills necessary to 
work with young clients. 

Improving  their  capacity  to  work  with 
youth  was  the  focus  of  many  PES. 
Training  courses  on  specific  aspects  of 
working  with  young  people  were 
organised  by  almost  two  thirds  of  PES 
(19 out of 30) (Table 5). 

Only five PES reported that no training programmes were organised during the current 
reporting period, while information is not available from six PES.  

In the case of many PES, similar programmes have been provided in the previous years.  

Table  5:  Training  provided  for  staff  on  specific  aspects  of  work  with  young 
people over the current reporting period 

Yes 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, DE, EE, FI, FR, 
HR, IE, LT, LU, LV, MT, PL, SE, SI (19) 

No95, n/a96 

AT, DK, EL, ES, IS97, IT, HU, NL, PT, RO, SK (11) 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=3098 

The proportion of staff trained to work with youth varies:  

•  Up to 25% - PES BE-VDAB, CZ, PL  

•  From 26% to 50% - PES BE-Actiris, BG, DE, HR, MT 

•  From 51% to 75% - PES LT  

•  Over 75% - PES BE-Le Forem, CY, EE, FI, LV, LU, SI 

The  main  topics  covered  by  training  programmes,  in  the  order  of  frequency  in  the 
survey, were:  

•  Counselling  

•  Communication  

•  Career guidance 

•  How to work with youth  

•  Specific services and ALMPs for youth  

• 

Interviewing techniques  

•  Drafting individual action plans  

•  Case management  

•  Working with marginalised youth and  

•  Outreach to NEETs. 

95 PES EL, HU, PT, RO, SK. 
96 PES AT, DK, ES, IS, IT, NL- n/a 
97 Counsellors maintain their skills by attending various courses upon own initiative and with PES participation 
in various projects. 
98 PES NO – no information provided.  

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Other  issues  in  the  training  courses  include:  how  to  work  in  a  multi-professional 
environment,  networking,  motivational  counselling,  labour  market  developments  and 
trends, methodology updates, languages, management, etc. 

Detailed information is provided in the Annexe A, Table A.2. 

2.4.3 

Sources of YG funding 

As before, the implementation of the 
YG is supported through national 
sources as well as through EU 
financial instruments – the ESF and 
the YEI. The ESF and government 
funds are indicated as the main 
source of YG funding. 

The  sources  of  funding  are  the  same  as 
those  mentioned  in  the  previous  similar 
analyses:  national  funds  and  specific  EU 
financial instruments (Table 6).  

the  sources  of 

In a majority of the PES (28 out of 31), one 
the  YG 
of 
interventions  are  the  government  funds. 
Half the 28 PES mentioned above indicated 

funding 

government funds as a main source of funding.  

Substantial EU financial support to the YG implementation is also used through the ESF 
and the YEI. A large number of PES (25 out of 31) indicated the use of the ESF, and 
more  than  half  (18  of  31)  receive  YEI  financial  support.  The  ESF  is  also  cited  as  the 
main source of funding by 16 PES (out of the 25 receiving ESF funds).  

Table 6 Sources of YG funding 

Government Funds 

28 

ESF 

25 

AT, BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, 
BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, EE, ES, 
FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, 
LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, 
SE, SI, SK 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, 
BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, EE, 
EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, 
IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, PL, PT, 
RO, SE, SI, SK 

YEI 

18 
BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, 
BG, CY, CZ, EL, ES, FR, 
HR, IE, IT, LV, PL, PT, 
RO, SE, SI, SK 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=3199 

Other sources, as reported by the PES, are local authorities’ funds (PES FI and PES IS), 
private providers’ funds (PES LV), and the labour fund100 (PES PL). 

More detailed information on the  sources  of funding is  shown in the Annexe A, Table 
A3. 

99 PES DE, DK - n/a.  
100 Labour fund - social security/employers’ contributions.  

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3.  Reaching out to NEETs 

3.1.  The extent of PES youth outreach 

responsibility 

The majority of PES, whether they are 
specifically charged with the responsibility 
or not, were engaged, directly or 
indirectly, in proactive initiatives to 
prevent the dropout of students, and/or 
making contact with young people who 
had left school, but who had not yet 
registered with the PES.  

Around two thirds of the PES (21 out 
of 31) reported having responsibilities 
doing outreach work aimed at NEETs 
(see section 1.1). In many cases, the 
full 
for  contacting 
young  NEETs  falls  primarily  upon 
other institutions or authorities, such 
as the ministry of education (or other 
institutions  under  its  authority),  or 
local  government  authorities,  etc. 
Despite this, it seems that outreach work, targeted at inactive NEETs with the objective 
of  supporting  their  entry  into  the  labour  market  or  re-engaging  in  education  and 
training, was a major concern for a majority of the PES included in the current analysis. 
As  a  result,  almost  all  PES  (28  out  of  31,  compared  to  25  in  2017),  with  or  without 
specific  responsibilities,  reported  being  involved,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  specific 
proactive  initiatives  to  prevent  the  dropout  of  students,  and/or  making  contact  with 
young people not yet registered with the PES (Table 7). 

Table 7 The extent of PES youth outreach 

PES101 involved in outreach activities and/or making 
contact with young people who have left school but who 
have not yet registered with the PES. 

PES not involved in 
outreach activities. 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, DK, DE, 
EE, EL, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LU, LT, MT, NL, NO, PL, 
PT, RO, SE, SI, SK (28) 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31 

AT, ES102, LV (3) 

This also shows these PES’s openness and willingness to cooperate with other relevant 
actors in preventing the ‘NEETs’ phenomenon, and in attracting unregistered NEETs to 
the YG, thereby enabling them to provide NEETs with specific support and services. 

Some examples of PES engaged in specific outreach activities, in cooperation with other 
actors, are illustrated in Box 6. This outreach work is typically not in their specific remit 
or not fully within their remit (i.e. they do not have full/direct responsibility). 

Box 6: PES engaged in outreach activities, where the full or direct responsibility for 
outreaching to NEETs falls upon other institutions or authorities  

Based on requests from their Ministry of Education and Culture, which has full responsibility for 
outreach activities, PES Cyprus disseminates information in schools about its role in the labour 
market and in employment and training opportunities. PES Cyprus also participates in technical 
committees at the regional level to promote awareness-raising outreach campaigns and events 
aimed  at  unregistered  youth.  Other  specific  outreach  tools  are  implemented  through  the 
cooperation between the PES and the Youth Board103. 

101 With or without specific responsibilities. 
102 PES in Spain do not contact young people not registered as job seekers. However, in the management of 
the YG Operations Programme, the employment offices in the autonomous regions, and other tertiary sector 
organisations  and  bodies  have  been  designated  as  Intermediate  Organisations/Bodies,  so  they  have 
responsibilities for activities aimed at all young NEETs, whether or not they are registered as jobseekers. 
103 The Youth Board of Cyprus is a semi-governmental organisation, independent from the civil service, 
aimed at promoting progress and prosperity among all the young people of Cyprus -
https://www.eyca.org/members/59086cc8bddd883747454dc3. 

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PES Denmark reports that outreach work is the responsibility of the Youth Guidance Centres 
under the Ministry of Education, but  that some job centres/employment offices do proactive 
work with schools. PES, in cooperation with schools and employers, also follow-up on young 
people who drop out of activation schemes or who no longer access benefits. The follow-up is 
done through mentor support. Furthermore, as part of the reform of the preparatory education 
system in Denmark, a “Community Youth Initiative” foresees the restructuring of the municipal 
guidance and support functions that “will become a coherent, co-ordinated, community youth 
initiative, where the young person will be assigned a single contact person” 104.  

Although it has no responsibilities in this specific area, PES Estonia is involved in outreach to 
NEETs through different specific tools and instruments, implemented on the basis of formal and 
informal agreements with other actors105. 

In Greece, PES responsibilities for outreach to NEETs are only carried out “as part of the PES 
general obligations regarding outreach to the unemployed as a whole”. But, on the basis of an 
informal  agreement  with  the  Ministry  of  Education,  PES  Greece  works  with  schools  and 
disseminates information about specific vocational programmes. PES Greece also participates 
in other awareness-raising events and outreach activities, and it contacts young NEETs through 
the internet and social media. 

The  Department  of  Education  and  Skills  has  responsibility  for  youth  outreach  services  in 
Ireland. But the PES cooperates with educational training boards and providers, in awareness-
raising events and job fairs, and it also does proactive work with schools. 

In Lithuania, the full responsibility for contacting young NEETs belongs to the Department of 
Youth Affairs under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. However, the Lithuanian PES, 
in partnership with the Department of Youth Affairs, implemented the Youth Initiative Project 
“Discover  Yourself”  where  “services  were  provided  for  both  categories  of  NEETs  (active  and 
inactive/not registered)”. 

PES Norway reported having no responsibility for outreach to NEETs. But the Norwegian PES 
cooperates  with schools to find  young people  who are  in danger of  dropping out and  it  also 
follows young people who drop out from activation schemes or who no longer access benefits. 
In  a  similar  way  (with  no  specific  responsibilities),  PES  Iceland  cooperates  with  vocational 
secondary  schools  in  promoting  proactive  initiatives  that  involve  graduates,  teachers  and 
parents.  These  initiatives  also  include  support  for  companies  that  recruit  individuals  with 
disabilities.   

Outreach  work  is  the  responsibility  of  local  government  authorities  in  Sweden.  There  are, 
however, projects where PES are involved and where aspects of outreach are implemented, for 
example one-stop shops. Other specific outreach interventions, such as the internet and social 
media, single point and mobile services, are implemented through PES cooperation with other 
partners. 

PES Slovenia, which also reported itself as having no responsibilities in this specific area, is 
involved in outreach to NEETs through proactive work with schools, cooperation with NGOs and 
newly  established  careers  centres  which  are  aimed  at  school  students.  The  outreach  is  also 
ensured  through  publishing  all  the  relevant  information  (e.g.  information  about  the  YG 
opportunities, available employment services) on PES websites and on Facebook. Together with 
the  Slovenian  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Slovenian  PES  organises  visits  to  employers  for 
primary school pupils and their parents.  

104 https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/da/news-and-press/news/denmark-preparatory-education-system-
reform 
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3.2  The main PES outreach tools for working with NEETs 

PES continued to use a combination of tools 
and partnerships for preventing and 
reaching out to NEETs. Proactive work with 
schools, cooperation with NGOs and youth 
organisations, and awareness-raising events 
and campaigns remain the outreach tools 
most used by PES.  

Most  of  the  PES106  that  engage  in 
prevention and outreach work with 
NEETs within the context of the YG 
continued  to  use  a  combination  of 
tools.  As  shown  in  Table  8  and 
Annexe  A,  Table  A4,  “proactive 
work  with  schools”,  “cooperation 
with NGOs and youth organisations” 
and  “awareness-raising  events  or 
campaigns” are the outreach tools most used by PES involved in outreaching to NEETs. 

Table  8  Main  outreach  tools  used  by  PES  for  preventing  and  working  with 

NEETs 

Type of tool 

PES 

Proactive work with schools107 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, CZ, DE, EE, 
EL, FR, HR, HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, RO, SI, 
SK (21) 

Cooperation with NGOs or youth 
organisations 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, DE, 
EE, EL, FI, FR, HR, HU, LT, LU, MT, PL, PT, RO, SI 
(20) 

Employing or working with designated 
youth outreach workers 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, DE, EE, FI, 
HR, HU, LT, LU, MT, PL (13) 

Providing new points of YG entry: 
internet and social media services 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, EL, FR, HU, 
LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SI (14) 

Single point services/one-stop shops 

BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, DE, EL, FI, HR, IT, LT, LU, 
MT, NL, PL, SE (14) 

Mobile PES services 

BE-VDAB, BG, DE, EE, EL, FI, FR, LT, LU, NL, PL 
(11) 

Awareness-raising events or 
campaigns 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, CZ, DE, EE, 
EL, FI, FR, HR, HU, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SI (19) 

Follow-up on young people who drop 
out from activation schemes/who no 
longer access benefits 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31 

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, DE, DK, FR, 
HU, IS, LT, LU, MT, NO, PL (14) 

“Proactive work with schools” is an outreach tool used by 21 PES and it includes the 
provision  of  information  to  pupils/students  (e.g.  information  on  educational  paths, 
available PES services, the labour market situation and occupations/professions/jobs in 
demand) as well as  careers guidance and counselling services. Specific activities also 
aim  to  identify  young  people  at  risk  of  becoming  NEETs  and  to  provide  personalised 
support to prevent young people dropping out of the education system, in other words, 
preventing the overall ‘NEET phenomenon’. ‘Proactive work with schools’ is implemented 
in close cooperation, obviously with schools and other education institutions, but also 
with local authorities, guidance and knowledge centres, business communities  and so 

106 With or without responsibilities for outreaching to NEETs. 
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on.  Some  countries  implement  this  through  formal  agreements  (PES  BE-Actiris,  BE-
VDAB, FR and RO) while others through informal agreements (CZ, EL and HU); some 
have  defined  specific  regulations  (e.g.  the  “framework  agreement”  in  DE,  and 
legislation/“legal instruments” in HR) or they put it in the annual PES plan (SI).  

In outreaching to NEETs, “cooperation with NGOs and youth organisations” is another 
tool used by 20 PES (up from 18 in 2017). Many of these PES cooperate with NGOs that 
specifically work with non-registered young people (including BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, 
CZ, FI, HR, HU, LU, PT, PL and SI). Other actors involved in this type of intervention, 
together with PES, are: trade unions and cultural centres (BE-Le Forem); public actors 
working  with  young  dropouts  (FR);  welfare  organisations  and  the  trade  union 
confederation for youth (DE); youth agencies/councils/organisations/groups (BE-Actiris, 
BG, CY, EE, EL, MT, SI and PT); the local government authorities (BE-VDAB and LU) 
and the social assistance services (Be-Le Forem, HR, LU, PL and PT). 

19  PES  (compared  to  17  in  2017)  are  involved  in  “awareness-raising  events  or 
campaigns”  that  aim  to  reaching  out  to  NEETs.  These  events  or  campaigns  include 
outreach tools and outlets such as job/education fairs, “open doors” in the employment 
offices,  information  stands/days/workshops,  careers  guidance  events,  visits  to 
employers  for  pupils  and  their  parents,  radio  and  media  campaigns  including  public 
figures  popular  with  local  youth,  etc.  During  these  events,  PES  and  their  partners 
present  the  services  or  specific  support  that  is  available  through  the  YG,  they 
disseminate  information  about  the  labour  market  and  education  paths,  or  they  bring 
together youth and education institutions, employers, etc. These events are organised 
in cooperation with various PES partners, such as: youth councils/organisations/boards 
(PES  BE-VDAB,  EL  and  HU);  businesses  (PES  FR,  LU  and  PT);  different  training 
providers/education  institutions  (PES  FR,  PL  and  MT);  local  media  (PES  HU  and  LU); 
professional associations (PES LU); NGOs (PES PL and SI); employment agencies (PES 
PL); institutions promoting social dialogue on the labour market (PES PL); or their local 
Chambers Of Commerce (PES SI), etc. 

14 PES reported having “single-point services” or “one-stop shops” in place. These types 
of  services  offer  young  people  the  advantage  of  “visiting”  or  contacting  only  one 
organisation/institution,  or  even  getting  in  touch  with  only  one  office/clerk  support 
worker, to  obtain a wide range  of information. Individual  client access to information 
and employment online tools is also possible in these places. “Single-point services” are 
provided in most cases by the local network of PES offices/employment agencies and 
other  structures  under  their  authority,  and,  in  some  cases,  in  cooperation  with  other 
different actors such as: centres for social welfare or the local government authorities 
(BE-VDAB);  local  sectoral  bodies  for  apprenticeships  (PES  EL);  schools,  universities, 
adult  education  institutions,  NGOs  (HR)  ;  guidance  centres  (FR);  different  ministries, 
youth organisations (LU); the Department of Youth Affairs under The Ministry of Labour 
(LT);  local  government  authorities,  knowledge  centres,  and  the  business  community 
(NL). 

14  of  the  PES  surveyed  provide  “new  YG  entry  points:  internet  and  social  media 
services”. The new YG web-sites/specific web-sites for youth (BE-Actiris, BE-Le-Forem, 
FR, MT, NL and PL) or digital platforms (BE-VDAB, FR and PT) include a broader range 
of promotional features and digital tools aimed at sharing information in different ways, 
between the PES and their users, partners, staff and other interested members of the 
public.   

“Employing  or  working  with  designated  youth  outreach  workers”  is  another  outreach 
instrument  used  by  13  PES.  In  this  case,  as  in  almost  all  the  other  cases  (outreach 
tools),  PES  work  in  partnership  with  NGOs  specifically  dealing  with  young  people  not 
registered either with their PES or in the YG scheme (i.e. BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB and LU), 
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authorities (BE-VDAB and LU), careers guidance centres (PES HR has its own centres), 
etc. Some of the PES (BG, FI and EE) work with designated outreach workers, known 
as “youth workers"/” youth counsellors” to engage with NEETs. 

In order to provide specific interventions aimed at young clients in remote areas such 
as  rural  areas,  or  at  communities  such  as  Roma  communities,  11  PES  use  “mobile 
services”  organised  in  some  cases  in  association  with  different  partners  from:  the 
education and the private sector (PES BE-VDAB); the local government authorities (PES 
BG); schools, local government authorities, youth camps (PES EE) and so on. Other PES 
(e.g. PL) provide these services using different forms of communication (e.g. telephone, 
skype, email and ‘municipal info’ kiosks) or through a PES portal where online services 
are available (in France, for example, the website provides around 240 online services, 
and many of these are also available on a mobile phone). 

Another outreach tool - “follow-up on young people who drop out of activation schemes, 
or who no longer access benefits” is used by 14 PES (up from 12 in 2017). Follow-up is 
done  “in-house”  (BE-Actiris,  BG,  FR  and  PL)  and/or  in  cooperation  with  social 
services/public centres for social actions (HU, BE-Le-Forem, IS and FR), through local 
authorities (BE-VDAB, LU and IS), local providers of interventions (DE and HU), youth 
organisations (HU and LU), via “tracer studies”/labour market research (MT and PL), or 
through mentor support to young people in their transition to education or employment 
(DK) and so on. 

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to 

access 

information 

In many cases, overall responsibility for 
apprenticeship and traineeship 
programmes rested with other 
institutions. This is one reason why PES 
access to these vacancies remains 
somewhat limited. 

As shown in Table 9, above half the PES 
have 
on 
apprenticeships (17 PES out of 31) and 
traineeship vacancies108 (19 PES out of 
31).  Compared 
the  previous 
reporting  period,  the  situation  did  not 
change.  And  this  can  be  explained  by 
the  fact  that,  in  many  cases,  PES  only 
deal  with  job  vacancies  and  other  relevant  information  on  jobseekers,  services  and 
ALMPs  (including  related  databases).  At  the  same  time,  in  many  cases  the  overall 
responsibility  for  apprenticeship  and  traineeship  programmes  remained  under  the 
authority of other institutions (i.e. from the education sector or external institutions). 

to 

Table 9 Databases accessible to PES for supporting YG implementation 

Type of database 

Database accessible to PES 
(internal and external 
databases) 

Database not accessible 
to PES (internal and 
external databases) or 
information not available  

Database of 
apprenticeship vacancies 

AT, BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, 
CZ, DE, DK, EL, ES, FI, FR, LT, 
LU, NL, PL, PT, RO (17) 

BE-Le Forem, CY, EE, HR, 
HU, IE, IS, IT, LV, MT, NO, 
SE, SI109, SK (14) 

Database of traineeship 
vacancies 

BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, 
CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, HR, IE, IS, 
LT, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SI (19) 

AT, BE-Le Forem, EE, EL, FR, 
HU, IT, LU, LV, NO, SE, SK 
(12) 

Other databases  

AT,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  EE,  EL,  FI,  FR, 
HR,  HU,  IT,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MT,  NL, 
PL, PT, RO (19) 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31  

18  PES  also  reported  using  other  sources  of  information  to  implement  specific  YG 
activities. These include databases of: 

•  Registered jobseekers/CVs (AT, CY, FI, IT, LU, LV, MT, NL and RO) 
•  Employment/employed population/employment register (EE, HR, HU and MT) 
•  Vacancies (AT, CY, DE, EL, FR, MT, PL and PT) 
•  NEETs (EL and IT) 
•  Beneficiaries of GMI, etc. (CY). 

Additional information is also available from other sources, such as databases of:   

•  Educational and training institutions/providers (EE, DE, LT and PL) 
•  The classification of occupations (DE and PL)  
•  Vocational qualification standards and training programmes or modules (LT and 

PL) 

•  Private employment agencies, etc. (PL). 

108 Internal or external database. 
109 Not yet, but Slovenia is in the process of establishing a database for apprenticeship, following the adoption 
of the apprenticeships legislation. 

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The majority of the PES organise the first 
interview with young persons within one 
month of registration, and then make an 
offer  within  a  maximum  of  four  months. 
Information  on  average  timescales  for 
offers slightly improved, but it is still not 
available in one third of the PES. 

Three  quarters  of  PES  included  in  this 
report (23110 out of 31 compared to 21 
in  2017)  have  the  first  interview  or 
discussion with young persons within a 
month of registration in the YG scheme, 
or as jobseekers. In 17 PES (out of the 
23  mentioned  above),  the  average 
timescale  for  a  first  interview  is  even 
shorter  –  within  the  first  two  weeks 

(Table 10).  

Only three PES had no information on the average timescale for a first meeting with a 
young  person  within  the  YG  context,  while  in  some  other  cases  only  estimates  are 
available. 

Table 10 Average PES YG timescale for first meeting and timescale for making 

Average time between 
registration and first meeting 

Average time for jobseeker 
to receive an offer 

an offer 

Timescale 

Within 2 weeks 

Within 1 month 

Within 2 months 

Within 3 months 

Within 4 months 

NL (1) 

Within 6 months 

AT, BE-Actiris (group information 
session), BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK 
(young unemployed under 30 
without an education), EE, FR 
(first face-to-face interview for 
evaluation), IE, HU, LT, LU, LV, 
PL, PT, SI (17) 

BE-Actiris (first meeting with the 
personal job counsellor), BE-
VDAB (low-skilled young 
people), EL, FI, FR (first face-to-
face interview for diagnosis), 
HR, MT, NO (youth under 30 
with moderate follow up needs) 
(8)  

BE-Le Forem, FR (interview with 
personal counsellor), IS, IT (4) 

BE-VDAB (young people highly 
skilled), DK (young under 30 
with an education), NO (youth 
under 30 with extensive follow-
up needs) SK (4) 

AT (regular apprenticeship), 
BE-VDAB, CZ (complex 
information), NL (4) 

CY, CZ (training), DK 
(educational offer for young 
people who lack an 
education), HU (4) 

EE, EL (apprenticeship), NO 
(youth under 30, with 
moderate follow-up needs) 
(3) 

AT (training), BE-Actiris 
(training), CZ (traineeship, 
job) DK (young persons with 
an education and “ready for 
job”), IS, LU, LV, MT, PT 
(apprenticeship) (9) 

BE-Le Forem, IT, LT, PT 
(traineeship, employment) PL, 
SI, SK (7) 

BE-Actiris (job/work 
placement), DK (young 
persons with an education and 
ready for activation), PT 
(education and training) (3) 

110 PES AT, BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, LT, LU, LV, MT, NO, PL, 
PT, SI. 

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Over 6 months 

Information not available  ES, RO, SE111 (3) 

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Average time between 
registration and first meeting 

Average time for jobseeker 
to receive an offer 

NO (youth under 30 with 
extensive follow up needs) (1) 

BG112,  DE113,  ES,  EL114  FI115, 
FR, HR116, IE, RO117, SE (10) 

Organising the first meeting/interview varies among PES. Some PES organise the first 
meeting on the day of registration or a few days later, regardless of the profile of clients 
(AT, BE-Actiris, BG, EE, HU, LT, LV, PL and PT).  

In other PES (BE-VDAB, DK and NL) the timescale for the first interview varies in relation 
to the young clients’ situation in the labour market, the intensity of support needed, the 
prioritisation of the clients, etc. - usually an early meeting is organised for young people 
in need of quick and intensive support (e.g. the low skilled, people without an education, 
the furthest distance from the labour market, etc.).  

More detailed information on different ways of organising the first meeting are provided 
in Box 7. 

Box 7: Different PES approaches to organising the first meeting or discussion with 
young persons  

PES Austria organise the first interview within 10 days (maximum deadline) while the IAP has 
to be developed within 3 weeks (maximum deadline) from registration. 

PES BE-Actiris organise group information sessions within 1 week  of registration, while the 
first meeting with the personal job counsellor takes place in 4 weeks.  

In  the  case  of  PES  BE-VDAB  the  indicative  timescale  differs  in  relation  to  the  level  of 
qualifications  of  young  persons:  for  low/medium  skilled  -  up  to  1  month,  for  highly  skilled 
people  it  is  less  than  3  months.  But,  immediately  after  registration,  every  young  jobseeker 
receives a “digital start communication” with links to e-services. 

In other cases, the first interview is organised on the day of registration. This is the case in 
PES Bulgaria. More or less in the same way, in Portugal registration in the YG happens at 
the first meeting, which may coincide with the jobseeker registration with Portuguese PES, or 
with the first meeting after the online registration. In Latvia, on the first day of registering as 
unemployed,  almost  all  young  people  have  a  meeting  with  a  PES  coordinating  expert  who 
informs them about services available and measures to help them. After being registered as 
unemployed, each young person is provided with a career consultation, within a week. 

The Czech PES reported that “in most cases, intensive cooperation is initiated within 2 weeks; 
and in a minority of branches, within a maximum of one month”. 

111  Participants  in  the  YG  are  supposed  to  be  mapped  as  near  the  moment  of  registration  as  possible  and 
should  have  a  plan  (an  IAP  or  ‘individual  action  plan’)  within  one  month,  but  no  specific  information  is 
available. 
112 Consultancy and offers are provided at least once a month, though these timescales are not measured. 
113  The  indication  of  a specific  period of  time  is  not possible, because young  people  are  already  supported 
before they became incorporated in the YG Plan. Therefore, in most of the cases, they have already received 
appropriate offers. 
114 No timescale available, except for apprenticeships, “but the aim is to make an offer within four months”. 
115 Finland does not follow the average time for making an offer. 
116 The time of making an offer differs from person to person and it depends on the young people’s educational 
level, occupations, skills, motivation, and willingness to engage in intervention. The offer can be made on the 
day of registration. 
117 The Romanian PES set up a Managerial Performance Contract, concluded with the Ministry of Labour, to 
monitor  the  progress  of  the  total  number  of  registered  young  people  aged  under  25.  It  uses,  as  its 
Performance  Indicator,  the  “share  of  young  people  aged  under  25  who,  in  the  first  four  months  following 
registration,  take  up  employment,  participate  in  a  vocational  training  course,  or  who  conclude  an  in-work 
apprenticeship contract or an internship contract”. 

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PES Germany only has a theoretical estimation of the average timescale for first appointment 
with PES, and this is 8 days. 

In Denmark, according to law, all young unemployed (below 30 years) without an education, 
who register at the jobcentre, will have their first interview in the jobcentre after one week of 
unemployment at the latest. Young people with an education will receive an active offer within 
12 weeks of unemployment if they are ready to work. 

Young  NEETs  who  register  with  the  PES  Estonia  are  directly  entered  into  the  YG  scheme. 
Registration can be made in person, after an initial first face-to-face meeting or online via the 
PES  self-service  portal.  When  registration  is  done  online,  the  first  appointment  with  a  PES 
counsellor usually occurs within the following 3-5 working days. 

In France, a first interview for “diagnosis” is organised in a period of 2 weeks up to 1 month, 
while the first interview with a “personal counsellor” is organised in 2 months from registration. 

PES Hungary mentioned that the timescale for the first meeting “depends on the methodology 
and workload of the staff, but it is not longer than a week on average”. 

Case officers from PES Ireland pro-actively engage with “unemployed jobseekers selected for 
activation and who qualify for the YG. This involves an early face-to-face meeting within a few 
weeks of registration”. This is followed by further meetings shortly afterwards. These meetings 
include agreement on a number of steps or goals which the client commits to undertake as part 
of a “Personal Progression Plan (PPP)”. Usually, the clients who have a low probability of exiting 
the live PES register within the coming 12 months (“low PEX clients”118) have more frequent 
interaction with the employment services than those classified as having a high probability of 
leaving the live register (“high PEX clients”) and accessing the labour market.119 

Immediately after registration, the “assistance profile” of YG beneficiaries is determined by the 
PES counsellors in Poland. Counsellors get in touch with YG beneficiaries once every 60 days 
to monitor the implementation of the IAP. 

In what is referred to as the average time for making an offer, more than two thirds of 
PES (22120 out of 31, up from 20 in 2017) reported they provide an offer to a jobseeker 
within a maximum period of four months.  

As  commented  by  some  PES  (see  also  the  above  Table  10),  the  average  times  for 
making an offer vary according to various factors including the type of intervention (AT, 
Be-Actiris,  EE  and  PT),  the  level  of  young  seekers’  education  and  their  “readiness  to 
work”  (DK  and  HR),  their  “willingness  to  engage  with  intervention”  (HR)  and  the 
intensity of the necessary support (NO).  

Some specific examples of different PES approaches in making an offer and the related 
timescales are provided in Box 8. 

But, 10 PES out of 31 (12 in 2017) still do not have data available on the average time 
for making an offer, or in other cases (as also illustrated above), the information does 
not tell the full story. 

118 “PEX” – “Probability of Exit”, statistical profiling model, clients can be classified as having a “low, medium 
or high PEX” - http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9569/1/NualaWhelanThesis.pdf. 
119  National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Department of Psychology - Evaluating the effectiveness and 
implementation of new employment enhancement programmes in an Irish context: A focus on well-being and 
employability - http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/9569/1/NualaWhelanThesis.pdf. 
120 PES AT, BE-Actiris, BE-Le-Forem, BE-VDAB, CY, CZ, DK, EE, EL (only for apprenticeship offer), HU, IS IT, 
LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, SI and SK. 

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Box 8: Different PES approaches to making an offer 

In Austria, placement on a regular apprenticeship starts with the date of registration, and the 
latest deadline is 10 days. If it is not possible to find an apprenticeship position in a company 
(the  deadline  is  four  months  after  registration),  then  young  people  can  enter  into  an 
apprenticeship programme in a “supra-company”121 apprenticeship training entity. This form 
of  apprenticeship,  including  its  final  exam,  completely  corresponds  to  a  company-based 
apprenticeship.  In  the  case  of  training  offers,  the  training  guarantee  (set  out  in  the  Public 
Employment Act) ensures that every young person who wants to take up an apprenticeship will 
get a training place within three months in one of three ways. Firstly, they can do it by entering 
an apprenticeship in the labour market  company,  or  secondly by  entering a supra-company 
apprenticeship training or thirdly in a training opportunity provided by the PES. 

As reported by PES BE-Actiris, young people there receive an offer of training within three 
months  there,  and  a  job/work  placement  offer  within  a  period  of  three  to  six  months  after 
registration. 

Immediately after registration, young clients automatically receive vacancies that match their 
online  skills  portfolio  (“Mijn  Loopbaan”122)  from  PES  BE-VDAB.  They  also  receive  a  digital 
‘starter pack’ with information about their rights and duties, the labour market, etc.  

A  similar  approach  is  applied  by  PES  Netherlands:  every  jobseeker,  including  the  young 
unemployment benefit beneficiaries, are sent relevant vacancies immediately after registration. 
Moreover,  depending  on  the  jobseeker’s  profile,  they  receive  recommendations  for  different 
tasks or “tips” with regard to self-help e-services (i.e. subscribing to an e-learning module, how 
to  make  a  CV,  how  to  prepare  for  a  job  interview,  etc.).  Similarly,  “Expedition  Work”  is  an 
online game that provides youngsters with five online elements that support them in their job 
seeking: “your CV, your vacancies, your interview, your network, your future”. 

The Czech PES mentioned that as a general rule, young clients receive complex information 
and a training programme offer within 1 month, a traineeship and work/job offer within three 
months,  while  further  training  or  education  opportunities  are  offered  within  four  months  of 
registration.  

In  Denmark  young  people  who  lack  an  education  and  therefore  receive  educational  help 
(formerly cash benefits) have the right to a quality offer with an educational focus no later than 
one month after the first interview. Educated young people receive an active offer within 12 
weeks of unemployment if they are ready for job, while young people with an education who 
are ready for ‘activation’ receive an ‘active’ offer no later than 26 weeks.  

In Estonia, young people are referred to specific services or measures based on their individual 
needs identified in face-to-face counselling meetings. The average time for making an offer is 
in general within two months of registration. 

As reported by PES Croatia, the timescale for making an offer differs from person to person 
and it depends of the educational level and occupations, skills, motivation, and their willingness 
to engage with intervention. An offer can be made on the day of registration there. 

In  Portugal,,  the  timescale  differs  depending  on  the  type  of  offer:  apprenticeships  and 
traineeships are  offered  within three  months, employment  is offered  within 4 months,  while 
education or training are offered within six months of registration. 

PES Slovakia reported that its average time for offers is from two to four months. 

121 A nationwide programme called “Supra-Company Training”. The measure aims to provide apprenticeship 
training (either for a few months or the entire training period which usually lasts three years) for young 
adults who cannot find a training company. This helps them enter the labour market - 
https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/fi/toolkits/vet-toolkit-tackling-early-leaving/resources/supra-company-
training-uberbetriebliche. 
122 https://www.vdab.be/mijnloopbaan 

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Different approaches have been applied 
by PES to the involvement of young 
people and youth organisations in 
designing or improving YG interventions – 
formal structures, regular meetings, 
customers’ satisfaction surveys etc. 

In  general,  no  completely  new 
categories  of  YG 
interventions/ 
measures  were  developed  during  the 
reporting  period.  But  re-designing  or 
improving 
and 
broadening  the  partnerships  thereby 
making  interventions  more  efficient 
(see also sections 2.2 and 2.3) was an 
ongoing concern. Half the PES (16 of 
31) reported the involvement of youth organisations in improving the YG services and 
almost half (13 out of 31) reported the involvement of young clients (Table 11). 

existing 

offers 

Table  11  PES  involvement  of  young  people  and  youth  organisations  in 

designing/re-designing/improving the YG services 

PES has involved young people in 
designing/re-designing/improving 
the YG services 

PES has involved youth organisations 
in designing/re-designing/improving 
the YG services 

Yes 

BE-Actiris, BE-VDAB, BG, FI, FR, IE, IS, 
LT, LU, MT, NL, NO, PT (13) 

No 

AT,  Be-Le  Forem,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE, 
EL, ES, HR, HU, IT, LV, PL, RO, SE, SI, 
SK (18) 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31  

BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, 
ES, FI, FR, IE, IS, IT, LT, MT, NO123,  PT, SI 
(16) 

AT, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, HR, HU, LU, LV, NL, 
PL, RO, SE, SK (15) 

There  have  been  different  approaches  to  involving  young  people  and  youth 
organisations in improving YG services and measures, including:  

•  Consultations with youth organisations and other actors to gather feedback and 

input on the projects’ design and specifications (BE-Actiris) 

•  Consultations with youth organisations in designing new services (FR) 

•  The regular participation of young people and youth organisations in formal and 
informal  structures  (e.g.  working  groups/interdepartmental  working  groups, 
committees) established in the setting up and monitoring the YG or the National 
Operational Programmes of the YEI and the ESF (BG, IT, LT and MT)  

•  Exchanging  of  information  about  youth  participation  in  active  labour  market 

measures, different topics and questions raised by young people (CY)  

•  Cooperation in developing specific YG action plans and integrated services  

(ES and FI) 

•  Customer satisfaction surveys, focus groups and feedback questionnaires  

(IE, IS, LT and LU). 

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Most PES have set up targets and use 
different instruments to monitor and 
evaluate YG interventions. The situation 
slightly improved with regard to service 
evaluation, but the PES capacity for 
monitoring young people who left the 
unemployment register remained quite 
limited. 

Monitoring  and  following  up  with 
young  people  were  seen  as  an 
integral  element  of  the  YG124  in  the 
Council  Recommendation.  As  shown 
in  table  12  below,  most  of  the  PES 
(28  out  of  31  compared  to  26  in 
2017) have targets in place and use 
a  combination  of  other  instruments 
and tools to monitor and evaluate the 
YG services. 

Table 12 Monitoring and evaluation processes for YG interventions 

Monitoring Processes 

Yes - monitoring and 
evaluation process in place   

PES uses specific targets 
for youth-oriented 
services 

AT,  BE-Actiris,  BE-Le  Forem,  BE-
VDAB, BG, CY, CZ, DE, EE, EL, ES, 
FI, FR, HR, HU, IS, IT, LT, LU,  LV, 
MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI (28) 

Satisfaction surveys for 
young people 

Satisfaction surveys for 
employers 

AT,  BE-Actiris,  BE-Le  Forem,  BE-
VDAB, BG, CZ, EE, FI, FR, HR, IE, 
IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, SE, 
SI (22) 

AT, BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem125, BE-
VDAB, BG, CZ, EE, FI, FR, HR, IE, 
IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, PL, SE, 
SI (22) 

No - Monitoring and 
evaluation process not in 
place 

DK, IE, SK (3)  

CY, DE, DK, EL, ES, HU, PT, 
RO, SK (9) 

CY126,  DE,  DK,  EL,  ES,  HU, 
PT, RO, SK (9) 

Monitoring of young 
people who leave the 
register of unemployed 

AT,  BE-Actiris,  BE-Le  Forem,  BE-
VDAB, BG, DK, FR, HR, HU, IE, IT, 
LU, MT, NO, PL, SI, SK (18) 

CY,  CZ,  DE,  EE,  EL,  ES,  FI, 
LT, LV, NL, PT, RO, SE (13) 

Monitoring how many 
young people receive an 
offer within four months 

AT,  BE-Actiris,  BE-Le  Forem,  BE-
VDAB, BG, CZ, DK, EL, FI, FR, HR, 
HU, IE, IS, IT, LU, LT, LV, MT, NL, 
NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK (27) 

CY, DE, EE, ES (4) 

Follow-up of young 
people once they have 
entered employment or 
training 

AT, BE-Actiris, BE-Le Forem, BE-
VDAB, BG, CZ, DK, EE, EL, FI, FR, 
HR, HU, IE, IS127, LU, LV, MT, NL, 
NO, PL, PT, RO, SI (24) 

CY,  DE,  ES,  IT,  LT,  SE,  SK 
(7)  

Follow-up of young 
people referred to 
education and training 
providers 

AT,  BE-Actiris,  BE-Le  Forem,  BE-
VDAB, BG, DK, EE, EL, FI, FR, HR, 
HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, 
PL, RO, SI, SK (24) 

CY,  CZ,  DE,  ES,  IT,  PT,  SE, 
(7) 

Other monitoring tools 
introduced or piloted 

BG, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, LT, LU, PL, 
SI (10) 

124 Council Recommendation on Youth Guarantee (2013), Journal of the European Union, p.5. 
125 PES annually surveys employers, but not specifically concerning YG services. 
126 A satisfaction survey for employers prepared and used for the purpose of “the Employers’ Day” will 
be upgraded and implemented soon as part of the effort to upgrade the services provided to employers. 
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In implementing and monitoring the  YG interventions,  PES use  one  or more types  of 
targets, as defined by the “Assessment Report on PES Capacity”128 of 2015, i.e.: 

•  Time-bound targets – CY and FI 
•  Numerical targets - CZ, EL and FR 
•  Combined targets – HU 
•  Time-bound and numerical targets- BE-Actiris, IS and SI 
•  Time-bound and proportionate targets – NO and PL 
•  Numerical and combined targets - EE 
•  Proportionate and numerical targets - AT and BE Le-Forem 
•  Proportionate and combined targets - MT etc. 
•  Proportionate, numerical and combined targets - HR 
•  Time-bound, proportionate and numerical targets - LT 
•  Time-bound, proportionate and combined targets - LU 

A majority of PES monitor how many young people receive an offer within four months 
(27  out  of  31)  and  follow  up  young  clients  once  they  have  entered  employment  or 
training, and those who have been referred to education and training providers (24 PES 
out of 31).  

But the PES capacity for monitoring young people who leave the unemployment register 
remains quite limited as only just over half the PES (18 out of 31,  compared to 17 in 
2017) undertake this sort of monitoring. The situation slightly improved with regard to 
service evaluation - almost three quarters of PES conduct satisfaction surveys for young 
jobseekers and for employers (22 out of 31, compared to 20 and 18 in 2017).  

Surveys  are,  in  general,  part  of  regular  satisfaction  surveys  for  all  PES  clients  and 
organised  either  quarterly  or  annually,  or  after  participation  in  different  projects  or 
interventions, etc. 

Other monitoring tools are used by PES, as illustrated in Box 9: 

Box 9: Other tools used by PES to monitor the YG interventions  

As reported by PES Cyprus, the electronic system  for the monitoring and evaluation of the 
implementation of ALMPs, which became operational in 2019, will provide useful information 
about  youth  activation  measures  implemented  by  the  relevant  stakeholders  of  the  labour 
market.  

PES  Denmark  has  recently  developed  a  benchmark  system,  where  the  local  employment 
agencies can compare themselves on key indicators (i.e. the share of young people who receive 
mentor support and company-oriented measure, etc.).  

PES Luxembourg implemented specific dashboards to better visualise the results of the YG 
monitoring.  

The qualitative monitoring of counselling services is mentioned by PES Slovenia. 

128 Time-bound targets - “specify that a service or an activity needs to be completed within a given time 
period”. Proportionate targets - “state that PES need to reach an agreed proportion of clients”. Numerical 
targets - used where “a policy has stated that a number of clients will receive a service or will flow out from 
it”. Combined targets - “bring together two or more of the previous types of targets” 
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8.  Areas for improvement 

PES continued to address the most critical 
areas for improvement. 

The main areas for improvement in the 
implementation  of 
the  YG  were 
identified by most PES back in 2014, as 
a  result  of  a  PES  Network  self-
assessment129  exercise.  As  shown  in 
Table  13,  almost  all  PES  (27  out  of  28130)  either  addressed  or  are  now  in  process  of 
addressing the most critical areas for improvement131. 

In almost two thirds of the PES (18 out of the 28, up from 13 in 2017), measures for 
improvement either have been implemented or are under implementation in all critical 
areas, while the other one third (9 out of 28) have addressed, or are in the process of 
addressing, “many” of these areas (Table 13). 

Table 13 The extent to which PES addressed critical areas for improvement 

Intervention process 

PES 

Areas identified and interventions in place, or in 
process of being addressed, for each identified 
critical area 

AT,  BE-Actiris,  BE-Le  Forem,  BG,  CZ,  DK, 
EE, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, LT, LU, LV, NO, PL, 
SI (18) 

Areas identified and interventions in place, or in 
the process of being addressed, in many 
identified critical areas 

CY, EL, IT, MT, NL132, PT, RO, SE, SK (9) 

Critical areas identified but no interventions in 
place, or in the process of being addressed 

ES (1) 

No areas identified for improvement/not the 
case 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31 

BE-VDAB, DE, IS133 (3) 

The 15 specific most critical areas for improvement identified in 2014, and the extent 
to which they have been addressed to date by PES, are presented in Table 14. 

129 Second assessment report on the PES capacity to implement the Youth Guarantee- A contribution of the 
European Network of Public Employment Services - 
https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=13198&langId=en. 
130 No areas for improvement in three PES: BE-VDAB, DE and IS (not the case - national interventions in 
place, not a YG as suggested in the Council Recommendation of 2013). 
131 The most critical areas for improvement are the fifteen specified in Table 14, which had the lowest ratings 
(average score up to 3.4, out of the maximum of 5) in the self-assessment exercise; 2014, Second assessment 
report on the PES capacity to implement the Youth Guarantee - A contribution of the European Network of 
Public Employment Services.  
132 The above-mentioned areas for improvement were not defined as areas for improvements for the Dutch 
PES. They are a consequence of the different roles of the partners involved. Local government in Holland has 
a leading role, while the PES focuses on unemployment and beneficiaries with disabilities. 
133 Not the case - national interventions are in place instead, Iceland does not have a YG as outlined in the 
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Table 14 Key areas identified for improvement (addressed/not addressed by 
the PES) 

Improvement area 

Evaluation of the effectiveness of communication  aimed  at 
youth (increased awareness of the YG among youth and of 
services offered by PES) 

Evaluation  of  client  satisfaction  with  the  services  offered 
(e.g. through follow-up surveys) 

Quality  of  cooperation,  including  exchange  of  information, 
between  PES  and  schools/training  providers  (e.g.  the 
transfer of information about dropouts or graduates between 
the education system and the PES). 

a  minimum  market 

Strategy  for  vacancy  handling  which  includes  targets  for 
for 
achieving 
establishing/maintaining relationships with private agencies 
for the purpose of vacancy exchange (PES 2020, Employer 
services, 1.4.1) 

share 

and 

Significance of the PES role in the outreach and activation of 
NEETs 

PES staff specifically trained in, or dedicated to, working with 
young people 

Addressed by 
PES 

BE-Le Forem, 
EE, EL, HR, 
HU, IE, LU, MT, 
PL, PT (10) 

CY135, CZ, DK, 
EL, HR, IE, IT, 
LU, MT (9) 

BE-Le Forem, 
FR, HU, IT, LU, 
PT, RO (7) 

Not yet 
addressed 
by PES 

NL, RO134 (2) 

RO (1) 

EL136, ES, 
SE137 (3) 

BE-Actiris, CZ, 
EL, DK, IE, LT, 
PT (7) 

CY, MT138, 
SE139 (3) 

AT, BE-Actiris, 
BE-Le Forem, 
EL, HU, PT, SE, 
SI (8) 

BE-Actiris, BE-
Le Forem, EL, 
MT, SE (5) 

NL (1) 

HU, RO (2) 

Quality  of  cooperation,  including  exchange  of  information, 
between PES and youth services 

BE-Le Forem, 
IT, LV, SE (4) 

EL140, NL, RO 
(3) 

Service concept for intervention before young people leave 
school, finish Vocational  and Educational  Training (VET) or 
come to the end of their work contract through dismissal, to 
ensure  an  offer  of  employment,  education,  training, 
apprenticeship,  traineeship  as  soon  as  possible  after  the 
young person becomes unemployed/leaves education (e.g. 
cooperation  with  schools  or  systems  to  register  with  PES 
their  contract  ends)  (the  “Heads  of  Public 
before 
Employment Services Concept”/”HoPES concept”141). 

A range of counselling services (e.g. rapid response 
service, human resource consultancy, diversity 
management, training, legal advice, service offers for 

BE-Actiris, BE-
Le Forem, CY, 
LV, MT, PT (6) 

SE (1) 

IE, LU, SE (3) 

RO, CY (2) 

134 No other interventions have been implemented, other than those implemented under Law No.76/2002 on 
the unemployment insurance system and employment stimulation. 
135 There is a project using ESF funding to develop this form of survey, which is expected to be implemented 
in the near future. 
136 Not yet developed on a standard basis. 
137 But PES cooperates with compulsory schools in regard to pupils with learning difficulties (“särskola”). 
138 Private agencies are welcome to notify their vacancies to the PES. Moreover, they are invited whenever 
Job Fairs are held. 
139  As  part  of  “Arbetsförmedlingen’s”  long-term  efforts  to  reform  and  modernise  the  PES,  contacts  are 
developed with employers, and issues such as how to increase the number of contacts, the quality of contacts 
and the follow-up after contacts are considered. 
140 Not yet developed on a standard basis. 
141 Heads of PES concept for the delivery of the Youth Guarantee -
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Improvement area 

SMEs, etc.) provided either in-house or in collaboration 
with partners (PES 2020, employer services, 1.5.1). 

Addressed by 
PES 

Not yet 
addressed 
by PES 

Monitoring outcomes of transitions and their sustainability in 
terms  of  employment,  training  leading  to  certification, 
education relevant to labour market needs, etc. (PES 2020, 
sustainable activation, 4.5.1). 

BE-Actiris, BE-
Le Forem, CZ, 
HR (4) 

EL, LU142 (2) 

Allocation  of  adequate  human  resources  for  employer 
services at all levels of delivery; clear targets for numbers of 
specialist advisers or time dedicated to employer services by 
generalists (PES 2020, Employer services, 1.2.1). 

CY, EL, IT, MT 
(4) 

RO (1) 

Communication strategy targeted at young people using the 
appropriate communication channels in place 

BE-Actiris, EE, 
HU, IE (4) 

The  provision  of  measures  to  promote  entrepreneurship, 
particularly  in  sectors  of  economic  growth,  either  in-house 
or in collaboration with an appropriate partner. 

BE-Actiris, CZ, 
EL, SI (4) 

Monitoring and evaluation of ALMPs targeting young people 
and  using  evaluation  results  for  the  improvement  of 
measures. 

BE-Le Forem, 
CY, EL, LU144, 
NL (5) 

BE-Le 
Forem143, SK 
(2) 

ES (1) 

Collection of information that allows the regular assessment 
of market conditions, including information about employers' 
needs, sectoral developments and the employment patterns 
of young people at all levels (PES 2020, Employer services, 
1.6.1). 

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31 

CY, EL, RO (3) 

PT, SK (2) 

The  critical  areas  for  improvement  identified  by  the  highest  number  of  PES  were  the 
“evaluation of communication effectiveness”, the “evaluation of client satisfaction with 
services  offered”,  the  “quality  of  cooperation  between  PES  and  schools/training 
providers” and “vacancy handling”. A majority of the PES that previously reported poor 
capacity in these areas indicated that they have carried out, or they are currently in the 
process of carrying out, measures to improve their capacity in these areas. 

“Evaluations of the effectiveness of communication for youth” and “evaluation of  client 
satisfaction with the services offered” are the critical areas for improvement that have 
been addressed by the highest number of PES, also higher than in the previous reporting 
period (ten, compared to seven in 2017). 

The “significance of the PES role in outreach and activation of NEETs” was another area 
where more PES adopted specific measures for improvement (8 out of 9, compared to 
6 out of 9 in 2017), underlying once again the efforts of the PES in this direction (see 
also section 3.1).  

142  At  this  stage  in  the  implementation  process  of  the  YG,  only  new  entrants  in  the  YG scheme  have been 
considered  -  thus  far,  young  people  can  only  enter  the  YG  scheme  once.  The  remaining  challenge  is  to 
reinforce the PES teams and to set up tools to identify potential re-entrants to the YG. 
143  The  mission  to  promote  entrepreneurship  is  assigned  to  other  agencies.  However,  PES  BE-Le  Forem 
provides front-line guidance and it has a partnership with a specialised operator - the “Walloon Institute for 
work-based  training  and  independent  companies  and  SMEs”  (IFAPME  -  “Institut  wallon  de  Formation  en 
Alternance et des Indépendants et Petites et Moyennes Entreprises”). 
144 The Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy is responsible for the monitoring 
and evaluation of ALMPs. 

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More than one third of the PES benefited from 
mutual  learning  and  technical  assistance 
programmes 
YG 
implementation. 

As part of YG implementation, more 
than one third of the PES (12 out of 
31)  were 
learning 
activities  on  the  subject  of  “youth” 
with other Member States, as shown 
includes 
in 
participation in seminars, workshops, information exchange meetings and conferences, 
and study visits related to the implementation of the YG. 

in  mutual 

Table 

their 

This 

part 

15. 

as 

of 

Table 15 PES that took part in mutual learning or technical assistance activities 

regarding youth with other Member States 

Yes 

Be-Actiris, BE-Le-Forem, BE-VDAB, BG, CY, DE, EE, ES, FI, LU, LV, MT (12) 

No 

AT, CZ, DK, EL, FR, HR, HU, IE, IS145, IT, LT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK (18)  

Source: PES questionnaires; Note: N=31146 

PES  also  participated  in  youth-related  mutual  learning  activities  through  other  EU 
programmes,  such  as  the  European  Commission  Mutual  Learning  Programme  Peer 
Review (more information in the Annexe, Table A5). 

10.  Key findings and conclusions 

The  synthesis  results  in  this  report  indicate  that  YG  administration  and  its 
implementation have stabilised in most of the countries included in the current report.  

A synthesis of the analysis of current features in managing and implementing the YG in 
comparison with those of previous reporting period147 is given in this section.  

The  findings  indicate  that  most  PES  continued  to  be  central  players  in  the 
implementation  of  the  YG  having  management,  coordination  and  service  provision 
responsibilities.  It  seems  that  the  current  reporting  period  was  characterised  by  the 
special attention given to coordinating partners and following up on young people who 
received  “related”  support  measures,  as  a  slightly  increased  number  of  PES  reported 
acquiring these responsibilities. 

This  analysis  also  confirms,  to  a  large  extent,  the  previously  observed  pattern  that 
strengthening  partnerships  and  widening  the  network  of  partners  was  a  permanent 
priority for many PES, including within the new projects implemented by PES.  

Another major concern of PES was preventing the NEETs phenomenon and promoting 
pro-active  work  with  NEETs.  As  a  result,  almost  all  PES  (three  quarters  in  2017), 
whether  they  had  specific  responsibilities  for  this  or  not,  were  involved  with,  or 
cooperated with, various partners in implementing this sort of proactive initiative, and 
they reported that they used a wide range of specific tools and instruments to achieve 
this. 

As in the previous report, government funds, as well as EU financial instruments (the 
ESF  and  the  YEI),  are  used  to  support  the  implementation  of  YG  interventions. 
Government funds and the ESF remained the main sources of funding.   

145 PES IS, however, participated in transnational projects, i.e. „Youth in transition/YIT” supported by 
Erasmus+. 
146 PES NO - no information/answer provided. 
147 Spring 2016-Spring 2017. 

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The situation remained more or less the same in terms of PES staff allocation for working 
with young people: more than half the PES had staff that exclusively and directly work 
with  young  people,  while  for  the  others,  YG  activities  are  incorporated  into  PES  staff 
functions and roles. PES continued to improve staff knowledge and skills in working with 
young clients through training programmes organised on different topics.  

As mentioned in the 2017 similar analysis, the overall responsibility for apprenticeship 
and traineeship programmes still lies under the authority of other institutions (i.e. with 
the education sector or external institutions), partly explaining why the PES access to 
the related vacancies remains quite limited. 

PES continued to intervene very early with the young unemployed and inactive people 
- three quarters of PES (up from two thirds in 2017) included in this report organise a 
first interview or discussion with young persons within a maximum period of one month 
from their registration in the YG scheme or as jobseekers. More than two thirds of PES 
(less  than  two  thirds  in  2017)  provide  an  offer  to  a  jobseeker  within  a  period  of 
maximum  four  months.  Information  on  the  average  timescale  for  offers  slightly 
improved but is still not available in around one third of PES.  

In general, no completely new categories of YG interventions/measures were developed 
during the reporting period. That said, PES persevered in using different approaches for 
involving  young  people  and  youth  organisations  in  improving  or  re-designing  the  YG 
services and measures. 

An increased number of PES reported having targets in place, and they currently use 
different  instruments  to  monitor  and  evaluate  their  YG  interventions.  The  situation 
slightly  improved  in  regard  to  service  evaluation,  which  was  implemented  in  almost 
three quarters of PES (compared to less than two thirds in 2017).  

PES also continued to address the most critical areas for improvement identified back 
in 2014, through a PES Network self-assessment148 exercise. Almost two thirds of PES149 
(up from less than half in 2017) have either implemented measures, or measures are 
under implementation for all critical areas for improvement. 

PES participation in seminars, workshops, information exchange meetings, conferences 
and study visits related to the implementation of the YG continued during the current 
reporting period. 

It is clear that PES pursued their efforts for supporting the implementation of the YG 
scheme  to  achieve  the  main  YG  goal  -  a smooth  transition  from  school  to  work,  and 
support for “youth to labour market” integration.  

These efforts should to be continued by PES and all the other relevant stakeholders as 
the “European Pillar of Social Rights” stipulates that all young people have the right to 
a  good  standing  offer  of  employment,  continued  education,  apprenticeship  or 
traineeship within four months of becoming unemployed or leaving education150. 

148 Second assessment report on the PES capacity to implement the Youth Guarantee- A contribution of the 
European Network of Public Employment Services - 
https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=13198&langId=en. 
149 28 PES where critical areas for improvement were identified in 2014. 
150  https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/deeper-and-fairer-economic-and-monetary-union/european-
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At  the  end  of  April  2019,  the  SYG  (Service  of  the  Youth  Guarantee)  has  54 
employees. 38 client-facing job coaches are directly and exclusively servicing young 
people under the YG. The NEET programme of the Cité des métiers (1 programme 
coordinator  and  2  animators)  exclusively  work  with  the  NEET  public,  which 
represents three FTEs. 

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YG  activities  incorporated  into  PES  staff  functions  and  roles:  all  employment 
counsellors may deal with young clients. 

Four FTEs are dedicated fulltime to implementing the YG, but these are staff who 
work on establishing partnerships, monitoring progress of the programme, etc. Staff 
working  with  young  clients  calculated  on  the  basis of  the inflow  of  youngsters  in 
2018 as a share of the inflow of clients and extrapolating this share to the total of 
front-office  counsellors  -  508  FTEs  in  2017  (31st  December).  This  figure  has 
increased  to  529  FTEs  in  2018  (31st  December).  This  figure  includes  mediation 
counselling, guidance and TWE (temporary work experience). Based on the increase 
of FTEs from 2017 we estimate that there will be also more FTEs in the future. 

227 specialised labour mediators for working with youth are appointed to implement 
the YG initiatives.  They  provide mediation services  to other clients of  the  Labour 
offices as well (when relevant, and needed), but their main goal is to serve young 
clients.  

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30  temporary  Employment  Counsellors  have  been  recruited  (for  24  months)  to 
provide, among other services, individualised counselling to 4,000 NEETs who will 
be referred to the PES by the Ministry of Education and Culture through their project 
promoting outreach activities to NEETs. 30 out of 47 employment counsellors are 
client-facing  under  the  process  of  the  Individualised  Counselling  Approach.  PES 
Employment Counsellors are working with youth as a targeted vulnerable group. 

88 (179 YG incl. YEI) 

71 (151 YG incl. YEI) 

For the placement of young people under the age of 25, the following staff (FTE)* 
were employed in the U25 team of the Employment Agencies: 

- 196 placement officers 

- 2,438 counsellors 

√ 

No centralised national data on the number of staff dedicated to implementing the 
Youth  Guarantee.  All  staff  at  the  job  centres  are  employed  by  the  local 
authority/municipality,  which  means  that  the  individual  municipality  holds  all  the 
responsibility in relation to human resources management. 

With the careers services reform, the profile of PES careers information specialists 
and careers counsellors changed. Now they all counsel all target groups, including 
young  people.  Also,  there  are  job  mediation  consultants  and  case  managers 
counselling,  among  others,  young  people  (compiling  IAPs  and  deciding  on 
measures).  The  YG  coordinator  in  the  head  office  of  PES  is  responsible  for  YG 
services  coordination.  So,  only  one  person,  the  YG  coordinator,  is  exclusively 
dedicated to YG. 

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with designated staff in ad hoc working groups or through the official structures of 
the organisation following a business-as-usual model. 

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83 

There is a management commission in the PES with 23 people dedicated exclusively 
to  cooperation  on  managing  the  NYGS  database  and  the  coordination  and 
monitoring  of  the  implementation  of  the  Youth  Guarantee  programme.  Each 
autonomous region’s employment service has staff directly responsible for advising 
young people but precise data on this is not available. 

120 (number of PES staff working at the guidance centres), besides this there are 
staff in PES who work with young customers in the course of their daily work. 

788  FTE  counsellors  dedicated  to  the  implementation  of  the  “Accompagnement 
intensif des jeunes”, which is one part of the national YG scheme. This staff are co-
financed by the IEJ, the YEI and the ESF.  All of our counsellors are able to deliver 
general services to youth.  

Since June 2018, employment counsellors have not been specialised according to 
client  groups  due  to  the  decision  on  CES  (PES)  restructuring.  Therefore,  CES 
counsellors provide services to all CES clients, without exceptions, including young 
people. One of examples of providing CES services are ‘CISOKs’ which are designed 
for all clients, including all CES clients, particularly young people and NEETs. 

HU 

√ 

581 

521 

521 (in 174 local offices of PES) 

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Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 

PES 

2019 
Yes 

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LU 

LV 

MT 

NL 

√ 

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√ 

There are no staff dedicated solely to YG implementation. The implementation of 
the YG is carried out within the labour market activation process and is part of the 
remit of case officers. There are no specialist units or personnel engaged solely in 
implementing  the  YG.  The  current  number  of  case  officers  (excluding  activation 
support staff) is 333. 

Iceland is not part of EU and has thus not implemented the YG as such. The PES 
staff  in  Iceland  working  with  young  people  are  all  educated  careers  guidance 
counsellors, social workers or they have studied psychology. In larger offices there 
are  counsellors  that  exclusively  service  young  clients  but  commonly  counsellors 
provide services to all age groups. 
A plan for the overall reinforcement of the staff of PES is being drawn up for 2019. 
However,  it  is not  known whether  the regions, when they autonomously manage 
employment services, will use specialist PES staff in the provision of YG services. 

Due  to  the  reorganisation  of  the  PES,  all  young  jobseekers  (age  16-29)  are  now 
covered  by  the  YG  scheme.  32  staff  members  are  exclusively  dedicated  to 
implementing the YG. 

YG  was  completed  in  31.12.2018  but  similar  measures  are  in  place  (the  staff  in 
2017 was 114 of which 88 client-facing staff). 

Service delivery for young unemployment recipients registered at PES is based on 
individual profiling and not related to this target group as such.  However, in 2016, 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

108 

32 

108 

26 

3 

2 

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43 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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2019 
Yes 

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PL 

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√ 

46 

45 

Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 

2019 
No 

2019 
N/A 

Comments 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

35 FTEs  were added to the regional Employers Service Points (one FTE for every 
ESP) in order to recruit job vacancies for young unemployed jobseekers.    

Depending on the size of the NAV (PES) office. Each NAV office has either a youth 
– contact person or a youth team working towards the young people. 

As  a  rule,  Labour  offices  do  not  employ  staff  dealing  exclusively  with  the 
implementation of YG. This task is just one of those for which they are responsible. 
There are offices in which such a situation occurs, but these are isolated cases. 

YG activities are incorporated into PES staff functions and roles  while in each PES 
local office, there is a technician that is assigned as a YG interlocutor. 

The  staff  of  NAE  (the  Romanian  PES)  and  its  territorial  structures  work  for  all 
categories of clients, not only for young people, but they also have other attributions 
(e.g.  providing  mediation  services,  vocational  information  and  counselling, 
employer relations, etc.). 

YG  activities  are  incorporated  into  PES  staff  functions  and  roles;  specialised  
youth counsellors, advisers, mentors, job coaches, etc., work with young people but 
also with other clients. 

20  counsellors  for  short-term  unemployed  and  25 
unemployed youth. 

for  long-term 

YG  activities  incorporated  into  PES  staff  functions  and  roles.  At  the  local 
level, general counsellors work with all categories of clients. 

Total 

4847 

4693 

Source: PES questionnaires 

September 2019 

44 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Table A.2 – Training of PES staff working in YG implementation 

Current reporting period 

Main training topics 

Other training/comments 

Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 

Y 

if yes, 
 proportion: 

N  N/A 

%
5
2
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t
p
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%
0
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%
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7
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√  √ 

√ 

d
n
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s

c
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e
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t
n

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s
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PES 

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Actiris 

P
A
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f
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t
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to 

the 

their  skills 

√  All staff are regularly trained in order to 
upgrade 
latest 
techniques  using  guidance tools,  labour 
market developments and trends, this is 
for the benefit of all clients, including the 
beneficiaries  of  the  YG.  Only  the  NEET 
team  of  the  Cité  des  métiers  received 
more  targeted  training  aimed  at  the 
specific  needs  of  the  18-30  year  olds. 
Other  training  includes  methodology 
updates, languages and management. 

BE-Le 
Forem 

√ 

BE-
VDAB 

√  √ 

BG 

CY 

CZ 

√ 

√ 

√  √ 

September 2019 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√  √  √  √  √  √ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√  √  √  √ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√  √  All  counsellors  followed  the  training 
indicated; other training:  job  search on 
the web and through social networks. 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

45 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
Current reporting period 

Main training topics 

Other training/comments 

Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 

Y 

if yes, 
 proportion: 

N  N/A 

%
5
2
o
t
p
u

%
0
5
-
%
6
2

√ 

%
5
7
-
%
1
5

%
5
7
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v
o

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t
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w
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n

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s
n
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√ 

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t
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d
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s
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n

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f
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o

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

PES 

DE 

DK 

EE 

EL 

ES 

FI 

√ 

√ 

FR 

√ 

√ 

√  Other: networking 

All staff at the job centres are employed 
by  the  individual  municipality,  which 
means  that  the  individual  municipality 
holds  all  responsibility  in  relation  to 
human resources management. 

There  are  no  new  staff  requiring  initial 
lifelong 
training  courses.  No  new 
learning  activities  have  taken  place 
within this period. 

Staff under the Autonomous Regions. 

The  PES  staff  working  with  Youth 
guarantee  are  located  at  the  Ohjaamo 
guidance  centres.  They  have  been 
provided  different  trainings  on  topics 
related to theme how to work in a multi-
professional environment. 

The current information system and data 
gathering  on  training  offered  does  not 
enabling  compiling  this  information  (in 
proportions).  However,  it  is  more  than 

September 2019 

46 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current reporting period 

Main training topics 

Other training/comments 

Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 

Y 

if yes, 
 proportion: 

N  N/A 

PES 

%
5
2
o
t
p
u

%
0
5
-
%
6
2

%
5
7
-
%
1
5

%
5
7
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v
o

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t
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i

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w
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t

w
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s
T
E
E
N
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c
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s
n
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h
t
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f
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a

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m
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t
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r
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s
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A

t
n
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m
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c

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n

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P
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t
f
a
r
d

r
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t
o

HR 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

likely that AIJ counsellors benefited from 
training sessions. 

vocational 

With  the  aim  of  coordinating  careers 
guidance  activities  with  pupils  in  the 
Croatian  Employment  Service,  training 
and 
for 
rehabilitation counsellors and for CISOK 
counsellors  was  carried  out  in  January 
2018  and 
in  December  2018.  All 
employment  counsellors  have  been 
trained for motivation counselling.  

guidance 

HU 

IE 

IS 

IT 

√ 

√  √ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

The  PES  staff  in  Iceland  working  with 
young  people  are  all  educated  with  a 
university  degree  in  careers  guidance 
counselling,  or  they  are  social  workers, 
in 
they  have  a  background 
or 
psychology.  Counsellors  maintain  their 
skills  by  attending  various  courses  on 
their  own 
initiative  and  with  PES 
participation in various projects. 

September 2019 

47 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PES 

LT 

LU 

LV 

MT 

NL 

NO 

PL 

Current reporting period 

Main training topics 

Other training/comments 

Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 

Y 

if yes, 
 proportion: 

N  N/A 

%
5
2
o
t
p
u

%
5
7
-
%
1
5

√ 

%
5
7
r
e
v
o

√ 

√ 

%
0
5
-
%
6
2

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

h
t
u
o
y
h
t
i

w
k
r
o
w
o
t

w
o
h

s
T
E
E
N
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c
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a
n
g
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a
m

i

h
t
i

w
g
n
i
k
r
o
w

√  √  √  √ 

√  √  √  √ 

√ 

√  √  √ 

√ 

g
n

i
l
l
e
s
n
u
o
c

√ 

√ 

√ 

t
n
e
m
e
g
a
n
a
m
e
s
a
c

√ 

√ 

d
n
a

s
e
c
i
v
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e
s

c
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f
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c
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p
s

h
t
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y

r
o
f

s
P
M
L
A

√ 

√ 

√ 

i

g
n
w
e
i
v
r
e
t
n

i

i

s
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u
q
n
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c
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√ 

√ 

P
A
I
g
n
i
t
f
a
r
d

√ 

r
e
h
t
o

April 2017 - 31.12.2018 

√  √ 

√  √  √  √  √  √ 

√ 

√ 

disorders 

counselling; 

Job-coaching 

√  √  Other  :  Info  brokering;  Clients  with 
personality 
and  mental 
illnesses; Planning, employment support 
and  development  of  PLO  clients;  Work 
with a non-motivated client; ESF project 
in 
management; 
vocational 
Profiling 
assistance for the unemployed; Difficult 
situations in working with clients; Using 
tools for evaluation of competences and 
a  vocational 
interest  questionnaire; 
Employment  support  programmes  for 
people  under  30  -  specification  of  work 
with  clients 
from  specific  groups 
(including  NEETs);  Supporting  youth  in 
constructing 
their  own  professional 
careers;  Motivational  dialogue  and  its 
application in working with young people 

September 2019 

48 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current reporting period 

Main training topics 

Other training/comments 

Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 

Y 

if yes, 
 proportion: 

N  N/A 

%
5
2
o
t
p
u

%
0
5
-
%
6
2

%
5
7
-
%
1
5

%
5
7
r
e
v
o

h
t
u
o
y
h
t
i

w
k
r
o
w
o
t

w
o
h

s
T
E
E
N
o
t
h
c
a
e
r
t
u
o

i

e
c
n
a
d
u
g
s
r
e
e
r
a
c

g
n

i
l
l
e
s
n
u
o
c

h
t
u
o
y

f
o
n
o
i
t
a
v
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c
a

n
o
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t
a
c
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u
m
m
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c

h
t
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o
y
d
e
s
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l
a
n
g
r
a
m

i

h
t
i

w
g
n
i
k
r
o
w

d
n
a

s
e
c
i
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s

c
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p
s

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t
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y

r
o
f

s
P
M
L
A

t
n
e
m
e
g
a
n
a
m
e
s
a
c

i

g
n
w
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v
r
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t
n

i

i

s
e
u
q
n
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c
e
t

P
A
I
g
n
i
t
f
a
r
d

r
e
h
t
o

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√  √ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

staying  without  work;  Socio-dynamic 
in 
counselling  as  a  new  approach 
counselling;  Ways 
conducting 
vocational  counselling  in  projects  that 
support  young  people  staying  without 
work.  

of 

We  have  no  estimation  of  total  staff 
working  for  the  implementation  of  the 
YG that has been trained in the reporting 
period.  

PES 

PT 

RO 

SE 

SI 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√  √  √ 

√ 

√ 

SK 

√ 

Source: PES questionnaires 

training  on 

counselling 
Intensified 
interventions 
advanced 
communication  skills.  Presentations  of 
NGO’s approach to youth. 

and 

September 2019 

49 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
Report on PES Implementation of the Youth Guarantee 

Table A3. Sources of funding for the YG (2019-planned 

PES  Government funds 

ESF 

YEI 

Other 

Other/Comments 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

AT 

BE- 
Actiris 

BE-Le 
Forem 

BE- 
VDAB 

BG 

CY 

CZ 

DE 

DK 

EE 

EL 

ES 

FI 

FR 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

No  centralised  national  data  on  the  specific 
amount  of  funds  dedicated  to  the  Youth 
Guarantee.  

Other: PES budget 

√ 

Other: local government authorities 

ESF money was available from 2014 to 2020 and 
it  funds  50%  of  the  scheme.  As  of  the  end  of 
2016,  more  regions  were  covered  by  the  ESF. 
The  YEI  funds  the  scheme  at  a  92%  funding 
level,  but  only  in  a  few  regions  and  certain 

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PES  Government funds 

ESF 

YEI 

Other 

Other/Comments 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

“Départements” within regions already covered 
by the ESF. 

HR 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

young  people 

The  biggest  source  of  funding  of  YG  is  the 
national budget. The funding of regular services 
for 
counselling, 
workshops,  consultations,  Long  Life  Careers 
Guidance  services  and  NEET  outreach.  The 
combination of the YEI, the ESF and the national 
budget  are  the  main  sources  for  financing  and 
co-financing ALMP measures. 

includes 

HU 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

IE 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

IS 

IT 

LT 

LU 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

The total YEI budget was €49.7 million (Hungary 
was  only  entitled  to  YEI  in  its  first  budget). 
Youth  unemployment  data  improved  at  such  a 
rate  that  no  region  was  entitled  to  resources 
from the additional budget. The YEI budget was 
spent from January 2015 to June 2018. 

Allocation of funding for the YG falls within the 
remit of the Department of Education and Skills. 
Funding  comes  up  front  from  the  Exchequer, 
while EU funding (ESF/YEI) is claimed in arrears. 

The main source of funding for the YG in 2018-
2019  are:  ESF  and  national/regional  funds 
(Government). 

State budget 

The YG is an integral part of the service portfolio 
offered  by  the  PES.  Therefore,  there  is  no 
dedicated source of funding for the YG in the PES 
budget.  The overall  PES  budget  is  provided  by 
Governments funds. Some training and support 

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PES  Government funds 

ESF 

YEI 

Other 

Other/Comments 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

Y  N  N/A 

Main 
source of 
funding 

LV 

MT 

NL 

NO 

PL 

PT 

RO 

SE 

SI 

SK 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

Source: PES questionnaires 

measures  that  are  used  in  the  implementation 
of the YG by the PES are co-financed by the ESF. 

√ 

YG was completed in 2018, but these were the 
main sources of YG funding; other private funds. 

√ 

√ 

Information 
Questionnaire  

from 

2017 

PES 

Capacity 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

Most of the ALMP covering the YG are financed 
by the YEI 

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Contact 
with young 
people who 
have left 
school but 
have not yet 
registered 
with the 
PES  

Proactive 
work with  
schools 

Cooperation 
with NGOs 
and/or  
youth 
organisations 

Employing or 
working with  
designated 
youth 
outreach 
workers 

Providing 
new points 
of  
YG entry: 
Internet 
and social 
media 
services 

Single 
point 
services/
one-stop 
shops 

Mobile  
PES 
services 

Awareness
-raising  
events or 
campaigns 

Follow-up on 
young people 
who drop out  
from 
activation 
schemes/no 
longer access 
benefits 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 
√ 

PES 

AT 
BE-Actiris 

BE-Le Forem 

BE-VDAB 

BG 
CY 

CZ 

DE 

DK 

EE 

EL 

ES 

FI 

FR 

HR 

HU 

IE 

IS 

IT 

LT 
LU 

LV 

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Contact 
with young 
people who 
have left 
school but 
have not yet 
registered 
with the 
PES  

Proactive 
work with  
schools 

Cooperation 
with NGOs 
and/or  
youth 
organisations 

Employing or 
working with  
designated 
youth 
outreach 
workers 

Providing 
new points 
of  
YG entry: 
Internet 
and social 
media 
services 

Single 
point 
services/
one-stop 
shops 

Mobile  
PES 
services 

Awareness
-raising  
events or 
campaigns 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

√ 

Follow-up on 
young people 
who drop out  
from 
activation 
schemes/no 
longer access 
benefits 

√ 

√ 

√ 

PES 

MT 

NL 

NO 

PL 

PT 

RO 

SE 
SI 

SK 

Source: PES questionnaires 

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PES 

AT 

BE-
Actiris 

BE-
Forem 

BE-
VDAB 

BG 

CY 

CZ 

DE 

DK 

EE 

EL 

ES 

Y/N 

Name of event 

Location 

Date 

If YES,  
examples 

N 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

N 

Y 

Youth Guarantee Peer Support project to Cyprus 

Nicosia, Cyprus  

2018-2019 

Support of the Cypriot PES in implementing Youth Guarantee  
Peer review on the identification and retention of young people in the integration 
and training system 
Joint  Euroguidance  study  visit  for  Euroguidance  centres  –  “Guidance  for 
vulnerable groups” (NEETs services for youth were included) 

Cyprus – Belgium 
Wallonia – Le FOREM and 
other Walloon organisations 
Slovenia and Euroguidance 
Croatia 

2018 
1.12.2017 

4-7th September 2018 

Youth  Guarantee  Mutual  Learning  Seminar  on  'Enhancing  support  to  young 
people through integrated services’ 

Youth Guarantee Peer Support  follow-up visit, "Joint  Euroguidance  study  visit 
for Euroguidance centres – ‘Guidance for vulnerable groups’ (NEETs services for 
youth were again included) 

Participation in a mutual learning seminar related to the  
Youth Guarantee on  "Tracking  and mapping  of  young people who are  neither 
educated nor employed 
Two meetings with technical support for the outreach of NEETs  
Mutual learning with colleagues from the technical support for the outreach of 
NEETs project 
Mutual learning with colleagues from the technical support for the outreach of 
NEETs project 

Participation in the YG peer support project in ES as a reviewing country 

S2W – Knowledge Platform Integrate NEETs 
S2W – Knowledge Platform Integrate NEETs 

Peer Support 
Peer Support 
Peer Support 
Peer Support 

Luxembourg 

8-9 October 2018 

Nicosia 

5 April 2019 

Zagreb, Croatia 

14.06.2018 

Cyprus 
Belgium 

Portugal 

Denmark 
Estonia 

Madrid, SEPE 
Finland,  
Germany  
Madrid, SEPE 

March 2018 and April 
2019 
September 2018 

October 2018 

28.02 – 01.03 2019 
20.03 – 21.03 2019 

May 2018 
Oct 2018 
Dec 2018 
Apr 2019 

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Y/N 

FI 

FR 

HR 

HU 

IE 
IS 

IT 

LT 

LU 

Y 

N 

N 

N 

N 
N 

N 

N 

Y 

Peer Support 

Name of event 

Location 

Spain 

Date 

2018-2019 

If YES,  
examples 

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Participation in the Erasmus+ KA2 project 2 “Community Guarantee” 
Samfés  -  Youth Work Iceland  was one  of  four partners in this project-  3  PES 
counsellors working with Youth/NEETs were invited to actively participate in part 
of the project. 
Partner  in  the  transnational  project  Youth  in  Transition  (YIT),  supported  by 
Erasmus+ 

CEDEFOP policy learning forum “From long-term unemployment to a matching 
job: The role of vocational training in sustainable return to work” 

Seminar on Careers Guidance and Lifelong Leaning 
Organisation of and participation in Youth Guarantee Mutual Learning Seminar: 
Enhancing support to young people through integrated services 

ESCO conference “Connecting people and jobs” 

LV 

Y 

Youth Guarantee Learning forum 

Social cost benefit analysis of the Youth Guarantee 

Study visit “Youth Guarantee” 

MT 

Y 

Youth  Guarantee  Mutual  Learning  Seminar  on  Tracking  and  Mapping  young 
people not in education, employment or training (NEET) 

European Centre for the 
development of Vocational 
Training (CEDEFOP), 
Thessaloniki,  
Helsinki, FI, Finnish PES 
Luxembourg Ministry of 
Labour, Employment and 
the Social and Solidarity 
Economy, PES LU, 
Luxembourg 
European Commission, 
Brussels 
European Commission, 
Brussels, Belgium 
International Labour, Office, 
Turin, Italy 
Department of Youth Affairs 
under the Ministry of Social 
Security and Labour, Vilnius, 
Lithuania 
Zagreb 

15-16 June 2017 

28-29 June 2017 
8-9 October 2018 

9-10 October 2017 

26-27 October 2017 

12-14 July 2017 

24 - 28 April 2017 

June 2018 

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Erasmus Plus Study Visit: Unemployed Young People 

Name of event 

Location 

Luxembourg 
Finland 

Date 

8-9 October 2018 
7-10 May 2019 

If YES,  
examples 

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PES 

Y/N 

NL 

NO 

PL 

PT 

RO 

SE 

SI 

SK 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

N 

Source: PES questionnaires 

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