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Addressing Youth Unemployment Challenges in Ireland: A Call for Action

Presentation providing data on youth unemployment in Ireland, emphasizing the need for support systems like the Youth Guarantee scheme. Discusses funding, quality, and reaching the most disadvantaged.

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Addressing Youth Unemployment Challenges in Ireland: A Call for Action

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  1. “Presentation to Oireachtas EU Affairs Committee on Youth Guarantee” James Doorley, Deputy Director NYCI March 21st 2013

  2. Introduction • National Youth Council of Ireland representative body and member of C/V pillar • 50 member organisations working in every community in Ireland • 40,000 volunteers & 1,400 full time staff equivalents • 382,000 young people aged 10-24 participating in our organisations • 53% from economic/socially disadvantaged areas

  3. Data and Numbers • 68,361 young people on live register-Feb 2013 • Drop from high point of 91,646 on live register June 2010 • Long term unemployed risen to 30,815 Oct 2012 • 142,700 under 25s emigrated 2008-2012 • 2012 fall in 20-24 in labour force 12,800 or -9.3% • No of under 25s in work btw 08-12 down from 250,000 to 132,000

  4. Most Disadvantaged • Levels of youth unemployment • 18% among young 3rd level graduates • 39% among those educated to leaving cert • 65% among those educated to junior cert • 70% among those educated to primary level • 4th highest level of NEETs in EU at 18.4% • 7.5m 15-24 inactive in EU • 6.5m 25-29 inactive in EU • 14M = population of 7 Member States

  5. Education and Training • Not enough places and opportunities to meet demand of young jobseekers • Particularly concerned that most disadvantaged & those most in need “pushed to back of queue” • Excellent schemes like Youthreach don’t have capacity to meet demand • Concern about quality of some other programmes. • Are we spending limited resources well?

  6. Youth Guarantee • Strongly welcome Youth Guarantee scheme • Support idea that young people who have been unemployed guaranteed • NYCI called for examination February 2011 • Has great potential but clarity on detail needed • 3 key questions • Funding to increase capacity • Quality and Progression • Reaching Supporting the most disadvantaged-hardest to reach

  7. Funding and Capacity • Approx cost in Sweden per participant €6,600 • For most disadvantaged-low side • Hard to estimate cost in Ireland • €6bn from EU funds welcome for regions with 25% more unemployment • Irish Govt will have to provide matching funds • Role for private sector to contribute? • Our analysis-lack of capacity at present • How can places be delivered-community and voluntary sector have a role to play

  8. Quality and Progression • Not about increasing number of places just for sake of it. • Avoid churning young people through courses where they end up back to Square1 • Nationally led but locally delivered • For young ppl & best make use of resources need opportunities that aid progression over long term • Concern re “payment by results” model-UK

  9. Reaching most disadvantaged • Reaching the most disadvantaged has to be priority-most in need of support • 17,000 young people 2 years unemployed • Evidence-Sweden/Finland-programme less successful with this group • Role for youth sector to support this group-reach, credibility & skills to engage • Putting proposal to Govt

  10. Thanks for invitation Happy to answer questions james@nyci.ie www.nyci.ie http://www.youth.ie/sites/youth.ie/files/NYCI_051_A4_accessible.pdf 01-4255944

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