Youth Impact Newsletter 3/2020
Check out Youth Impact ‘s Newsletter vol. 3/2020 to see what we’ve been working on in 2020!
Trends in youth employment
The visible trend of the last two decades is decline of youth participation in the labour force. One of the main and positive reasons is increased enrollment in scholarization in secondary and tertiary education, resulting in a better-skilled workforce in many countries. The negative aspect is still a significant number of people who are not…
Tackling Youth Unemployment: The European Green Deal and European Youth Guarantee – Opportunities and Challenges
The European Commission’s initiative to “reinforce the Youth Guarantee aims to support young people gaining work experience and developing skills as well as to boost employability and entrepreneurship for a green economy. There is no doubt that the COVID-19 crisis will worsen employment opportunities, and it is feared that young women and men are hit…
How much the degree of urbanisation affects youth chances on the job market
Where you live influences your chances on the labour market – it is something that is well known.. It is much more interesting to research to what extent it affects those chances. In this article we look into NEET rates in four project partners’ countries to find out more. Place of residence is an interesting…
Youth Impact Team Meeting – September 2020
YOUTH IMPACT team memeber from 4 partner countries (Czechia, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia) met 1-2 September 2020 on-line do discuss finalization of outcomes for work packages 4 and 5 of the project (Toolkits and blended learning courses) and the future of work packages 7 and 8. The meeting – which was first planned as an…
Young Europeans Hit Hard During COVID-19
For governments and policy makers, COVID-19 is a chance to address the existing problems for younger European workers as youth unemployment looks set to peak. Europeans in their teens and twenties might be at minimal risk from COVID-19 itself, but they are at risk of significant financial impacts as the true economic fallout of the…
Young Women’s Unemployment In EU
There are gender gaps in the youth employment rates across Europe. The gender gaps are especially significant for youth NEETs rates in age cohort 25-29. It seems young women in almost all European countries are more vulnerable to job losses and they tend to face worse employment conditions than men. Young women are more likely…
Youth (Un)Employment In Europe: Our Culture and Biases Could Be One Of The Primary Obstacles
Unemployment of young people (15-24) in Europe is on average on it’s decline. However, the decline is much slower than expected, especially when compared to the overall growth of employment rates in Europe after the financial crisis around 2008. Therefore, we are no longer able to explain the youth (un)employment rates solely by common economic…
Underemployment Of Young People: Greater Global Challenge In Times Of Covid-19
Today, young people are facing a global challenge in the area of underemployment. People over the age of 60 are experiencing the serious health consequences of COVID-19. However, as the new coronavirus is spreading through companies and markets, according to the World Health Organization, young people, who account for about a quarter of the world’s…
Designing evaluation of your own project – 2nd workshop
On Monday, 27th April 2020, Fundacja Rozwoju Demokracji Lokalnej will conduct 2nd part of an online workshop “Designing evaluation of your own project”. During the workshop the representatives of the organisations participating in the project are going to be trained in developing evaluation schemes adequately to their needs. The meetings will lead to the development of evaluation tools that…