Monica BotaFNV

19.02.2014

Youth Unemployment in the Netherlands

Structural weakening of the position of young people on the labour market 1953-2010, Wiemer Salverda, UVA

2Salverda (1992), Youth Unemployment: Dynamics of the Dutch labour market 1955-1988, and Dutch Statistics / Statline

What Needs to be Done?

• Education

• Transition Fase

• Labour Market

What to do? Education& SBB

SBB•Beter match between skills needed by the labour market and education, skills, but also numbers- Sector Plans! (FNV Young: 6 out of 10 favourite choice no perspective)•Enough internships and apprenticeships!Education•In education curriculum ‘how to survive the labour market’ (Next Step Programme)•Stay within the education system longer (School Ex)- problem when the crisis takes longer than a year or two

Vocational Education training Two pathways

•School-based vocational training (BOL)•Work based vocational training (BBL)

BBL-students show lower unemployment rates and higher wages once on the labour marketCBS: 2008/2009: 93% of the BBL youngsters found paid work after a few months, 79% BOL

Both pathways lead to the same type of diploma

SBB- The Foundation for Cooperation on VET and Labor Market

Youth Unemployment Campaign: •Creation of Apprenticeships•Accrediting Employers for quality check apprenticeship places

SBB Barometer

Statistics in the regions: Basiscijfers Jeugd

Transition Fase and Labour Market• Youth Guarantee and Sector Plans

Labour Market Social Partners

• Generation Pact• Tripartite Social Agreement: 1,2 billion for 2014 and 2015 for Sector Plans, of

which 1/3 for youth unemployment (Constructions and Transport ready)

Less flexibility

Labour Market Government

• Exclusion of youth on all levels of the society?Exclusion from the social assistance schemes and

unemployment benefit (4 weeks waiting, UWV after 1 year personal guidance)- 2GetThere Programme.

• 2009- 2011 Actionplan Youth Unemploymenet regions 250 million euro’s

• Youth Unemployment Ambassador (CDA)

• 80 million to regions (50 mil) and schools/ School Ex programme (25 mil)

What to do? In a nutshell

Try to cover all 3 phases of education, transition and labour market (in)activity

Work on BOTH the demand and supply side of the economy, strengthening the position of young people on the labour market and the help they get once unemployed

What to do?

• Segmentation- encourage transition from flex to permanent (Social Agreement)

• Make the negative results of the risc of unemployment smaller through ALMP’s, access to social assistence schemes and guidance

• Creation of work, re-distribution of work, mentoring (Sector Plans)

• Help young people make informed choices about their education and career path.