Labour market policy for young people (15-24) in Austria

1. Labour marketpolicyforyoungpeople (15-24)in Austria Youth transitions from school to employment, 13 September 2013 Maximilian Fischer Public Employment Service for young people in Vienna

2. Overviewoftheyouthlabourmarket in 2012 (% changecomparedto 2011 in brackets) • employees 491.302 (0,0%) • registered unemployed 40.297 (+3,7%) • national unemployment rate 7,6% (+0,3-points) • unemployment rate acc. to Eurostat 8,7% (+0,4-points) • average duration of unemployment in days 67 days (+2 days)

3. Youth unemployment rate (15-24 years) in europeancomparison (annualdata 2012) Source: Eurostat

4. Framework conditionsfortheyouthlabourmarket in Austria 1) relativelylowlevelof total unemployment • July2013 (Eurostat): Austria: 4,8 %; EU 28: 11 % 2) demographicfactors – birth rate • ongoingdeclineofyoungpeoplebetween 15-19 ofabout 55.000 (=11%) until 2025 -> leadingto a declineofyoungjobstarters 3) one of the Federal Government’s priorities is to optimise the labour market prospects for young people. • the Austrian Government swiftly responded to the difficult situation on the labour market by providing major funding in order to help young people. • in 2012: about EUR 610 Mio. werespentforlabourmarketandemploymentpolicyforyoungpeople • in 2013: thefundingisplannedtoberaisedtoabout EUR 640 Mio. • Vienna supportswith 39 Mio. the LM, 11 Mio. for Youngsters

5. Framework conditionsfortheyouthlabourmarket in Austria 4) thedual trainingsystem - plays an importantrole in Austria • combinationofpractical on-the-job trainingand school-basedtheoreticaleducation (oneortwodays per week) • in 2012 about 41,4% ofthegirlsandboysof a birthyearstart an apprenticeship after completionofcompulsoryeducation • theymaychoosefromaround 204 apprenticeshiptrainings in crafts, industryandservicesectors • thedurationofapprenticeshiptrainingvariesaccordingtothechosenvocation (two, twoand a half, threeand a half orfouryears). • an ongoingprocessofupgradingtrainingcurriculatomeetfuturerequirements (e.g. greenjobs), aswellasthecurrentrequirementsofbusinessandindustry, maintainsthequalityandattractivenessofthe dual system

6. The Austrian Education System Quelle: http://www.oead.at/bildungssystem Education system in Austria

7. Unemployment rateofyoungpeopleaged 20 to 24 accordingtoeducation Every third young person without education is unemployed average: 10,6% compulsory education apprenticeship secondary technical and vocational schools – medium level Upper –level secondary technical and vocational colleges Secondary academic schools – upper level Tertiary level education (e.g. universities; colleges, vocational training academies)

8. Twotargetgroups:youngpeopleaged 15 to19 and 20 to 24 • Personsuptotheageof 19 who find ithardtomove on tocontinuingeducationor a job. The focusislayed on managingthetransitionfromschooltoworkbyoffering: • programmesgivingyoungparticipantssufficient time tolearnattheirownspeedandacquirethenecessaryskills, • guidanceandsupporthelpingyoungpeoplemovethroughtheoftenconfusingmazeofoccupationandeducationlandscape • company-basedtrainingorapprenticeshipprogramme in a supra-company apprenticeshiptraining • Registered unemployedyoungpersonsaged 20 to 24 • areoffered an entirespectrumoftraining und fundingprogrammestostrengthentheirposition on thelabourmarket.

9. Training Guaranteeforyoungpeople – supra-company apprenticeshiptraining • Training guarantee(Political aim in Austria): • Eachyoungpersonwhowantstotakeup an apprenticship will get a trainingaspromisedbythe Training Guaranteewithin 3 monthseitherby • entering an apprenticeship in thelabourmarket, • entering a apprenticeshiptrainingby a PES Partner or • entering a trainingopportunityprovidedbythe PES • Training guaranteeapprenticeshiptraining: • If upon completionofcompulsoryeducationyoungapprenticeship-seekerscannotbeplaced in a formal apprenticeshipprogramme, they will beoffered („guaranteed“) theopportunitytoenter a full-fledgedapprenticeshipprogramme in a institution(private and/or non profitinstitutions) • theattendanceofvocationalschoolismandatory

10. Training Guarantee - Apprenticeship Training Twotypes: a) Supra-companyapprenticeshiptrainingiscarried out by an educationalinstitution • theoreticaltraining in a vocationalschool • practicaltrainingofferedbytheeducationalinstitution • trainingcontractduringtheentire time ofapprenticeship • goal: completionofapprenticeship b) cooperationbetween an educationalinstitutionand a private company • theoreticaltraining in a vocationalschool • practicaltraining in a company • trainingcontractbetweentheeducationalinstitutionandthecompany(shorterthanapprenticeship, 1 year) • goal: transferto apprenticeship in a company

11. Supra-company apprenticeshiptraining – type a) goal: completion of apprenticeship eductional institution vocational school

12. Supra-company apprenticeshiptraining – type b) educational institution goal: transfer to apprenticeship in a company company vocational school

13. Supra-company apprenticeshiptraining • participantsreceivecomprehensivesupport: • socio-pedagogicalcounselling • learningsupport • assistancewithjobsearchorapprenticeshipsearch • benefitforparticipants: • EUR 270 per month in thefirstandsecondyear, • EUR 600 per monthfromthethirdyear

14. Supra-company apprenticeshiptraining • Numberofparticipants: • Expenses: Average expenseabout € 12.000 per participant and per year • Resultsofevaluation: • about 50% changed to an appreticeship in a company

15. Spacelab • Come and have a look! Join the action! Get on with your life! • Think about it, take a decision and act! • Open and detached youth work – 1st contact by youth workers • Developing perspectives for the future- Daily Training – 10 Euros per day • - Training – monthly salary = benefit by the PES • Target group: Young People who did not finish school or only attended compulsory school with difficulties in the transition between school and labour market, aged 15 to 25 • Aims: Promoting the untapped potential in young people, definition of challenges for them

16. Spacelab • Informationdays • Coaching • Training- gardening- creativity- media- ecology

17. Spacelab - Funding 3 non profit organisations contribute their key competencies 1.236 Mio. Euro budget by the Vienna Employment Promotion Fund (=WAFF) about 150.000 Euro AMS training benefit Support by Vienna´s Municipal Departement Education & Work (overhead and infrastructure fund) ESF (Award 1st place 2013) (from 2010-2012 46% ESF 54% Vienna Employment P.Fund) 2014 Spacelab changes into a production school (50% AMS, 50% Vienna E. P. Fund) Infomanagement between AMS/Spacelab and monitoring through the AMS database More information to Spacelab:www.spacelab.cc http:/www.facebook.com/spacelab.cc

18. Youth Coaching • The goal of this programme is: • to keep young people within the education and training system as long as possible and • efforts are made to ensure that those who have already left the system will be offered the chance to resume their education or training • It is a preventative measure to reduce the ratio of school dropouts and to offer a closely-knit network of individual assistance and support services to pupils who need it. • Youth Coaching has been created to ensure the interface of advice, guidance and support for young people from the end of compulsory schooling until such time as they are fully integrated into continuing training or educational programmes.

19. Youth Coaching • The pilot of this programme started in 2012 in Vienna and Styria with about 12.500 participants. • With a success rate of 85%, meaning that only 15% of the participants dropped out or left the programme without a specific goal orientation , the programme turnded out to be very successful. • So Youth Coaching has been implemented nationwide in 2013 (provisional estimated number of participants in 2013 amounts to about 35.000). • The programme is carried out by the Federal Social Ministry

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