FREYR YOUTH
'Your Chance = Our Future'
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FREYR YOUTH promotes European Youth Goals:
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Young people are the leaders of tomorrow
We, FREYR, invest in their skills and education, promote mental and emotional health, empowering them to face the future with confidence. |
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YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
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The unemployed are people of working age who are without work, are available for work, and have taken specific steps to find work. Unemployment rates are shown for two age groups: youth 15 to 24 (those just entering the labour market following education) - the red line; and people aged 25 and over - the blue line. The data reveals that unemployement rate under 25 in OECD countries is 2-3 times higher than for people over 25.
The effects on young people hits their well-being and diminishes the productive capacity of economies. There is a serious need to invest in youth, to create quality jobs and help them to build confidence in their future prospects. |
Source: OECD (2021), Unemployment rate by age group (indicator).
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Youth unemployment by gender
Bellow tables show the youth unemployment MEN (on the left) vs. WOMEN (on the right) in EU (purple line), in OECD countries (the black line, as baseline) and in Denmark (red line)
Source: OECD Data.
Here, the youth unemployment rate is the number of unemployed 15-24 year-olds expressed as a percentage of the youth labour force. Unemployed people are those who report that they are without work, that they are available for work and that they have taken active steps to find work in the last four weeks.
Source: OECD Data.
Here, the youth unemployment rate is the number of unemployed 15-24 year-olds expressed as a percentage of the youth labour force. Unemployed people are those who report that they are without work, that they are available for work and that they have taken active steps to find work in the last four weeks.
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Youth not in employment, education or training (NEET).
In the bellow tables, NEET is presented as a percentage of the total number of young people in the corresponding age group, Young people in education include those attending part-time or full-time education, but exclude those in non-formal education and in educational activities of very short duration. Employment is defined according to the OECD/ILO Guidelines and covers all those who have been in paid work for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey or were temporarily absent from such work. Therefore NEET youth can be either unemployed or inactive and not involved in education or training. Young people who are neither in employment nor in education or training are at risk of becoming socially excluded – individuals with income below the poverty-line and lacking the skills to improve their economic situation.
In the bellow tables, NEET is presented as a percentage of the total number of young people in the corresponding age group, Young people in education include those attending part-time or full-time education, but exclude those in non-formal education and in educational activities of very short duration. Employment is defined according to the OECD/ILO Guidelines and covers all those who have been in paid work for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey or were temporarily absent from such work. Therefore NEET youth can be either unemployed or inactive and not involved in education or training. Young people who are neither in employment nor in education or training are at risk of becoming socially excluded – individuals with income below the poverty-line and lacking the skills to improve their economic situation.
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Resources:
- Youth Aspirations and the Reality of Jobs in Developing Countries. Mind the Gap, OECD Development Centre 2017
- The future of rural youth in developing countries: Tapping the potential of local value chains, OECD Development Centre 2018
- Evidence-based Policy Making for Youth Well-being, A Toolkit, OECD Development Policy Tools 2017
- NEET: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/1d5020a6-en/1/3/7/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/1d5020a6-en&_csp_=2703c44f30968dd4fe3d0c66dd705aaf&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book#section-d1e12029-27776c8d9f
- Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2023 - here
Resources:
- Assessing and Anticipating Skills for the Green Transition, Unlocking Talent for a Sustainable Future, OECD 2023
- Improving the Quality of Non-Formal Adult Learning, OECD 2021
- Career Guidance for Adults in a Changing World of Work, OECD 2021
- The demand for language skills in the European labour market. Evidence from online job vacancies, OECD 2023
Work-based learning and apprenticeships
Work-based learning (WBL) could be a powerful vehicle for developing workplace skills and promoting productivity of the labour force, when both sides - firms and trainees engage in WBL that effectively increases productivity, but the development of WBL systems creates large challenges in :
- engaging the employers that must provide the work placements,
- making apprenticeship attractive to young people who might otherwise pursue academic studies,
- delivering skills that are not only immediately valuable but support career development.
Resources:
Work-based learning (WBL) could be a powerful vehicle for developing workplace skills and promoting productivity of the labour force, when both sides - firms and trainees engage in WBL that effectively increases productivity, but the development of WBL systems creates large challenges in :
- engaging the employers that must provide the work placements,
- making apprenticeship attractive to young people who might otherwise pursue academic studies,
- delivering skills that are not only immediately valuable but support career development.
Resources:
- Work-based learning and the green transition, 2022
- Helping young people navigate the future of work, OECD podcast 2021,
- Cedefop/OECD report: Apprenticeships for Greener Economies and Societies
- Cedefop/OECD report: The Next Steps for Apprenticeship
- Improving work-based learning in schools
- Working it out: Career Guidance and Employer Engagement
- Making skills transparent: Recognising vocational skills acquired through workbased learning, 2018
- Striking the right balance: Costs and benefits of apprenticeship
- Work, train, win: work-based learning design and management for productivity gains
- Work-based Learning for Youth at Risk: Getting Employers on Board, 2016
Youth entrepreneurship:
- Policy brief on recent developments in youth entrepreneurship, OECD & European Commission, 2020
