1. Youth Employment Promotion in Norway
Thor Kleppen Sættem, State Secretary
25th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, Riga, August 30th 2016

2. Immigrants to Norway from The Baltic Countries, Poland and Sweden (right axis) and Unemployment in Norway (left axis / black line) 2

3. Employment in Norway, OECD and EU(28) 2015 Sources: OECD Employment Outlook 2016 and Eurostat
Norway OECD EU28
Employment (%)
Adults years
Youth years
Unemployment (%)
Adults years ½ ¾
Youth years 3

4. The Youth Employment rates decrease and Unemployment rates increase Source: OECD

5. Employment Policy Strategies
Employment-oriented Economic Policy
Tripartite Income Policy Cooperation
A qualified and motivated labour force
Active and Mainstream Labour Market Policies
Priority towards Youth, Long term unemployed, Immigrants, Disabled
Tripartite Cooperation for Inclusive Workplaces
Universal & fair Social Security
Balancing Work and Family Life

6. YOUTH Employment- and -Inclusion Policies
Youth Guarantees:
Right to individual assistance aimed at Education or Work
Unemployed/School dropopouts aged & (25-29)
More targeted programs:
”New Chance” for Immigrants / Refugees
"New Possibilities" to help school dropouts finnish school
”Qualification program” for social cash beneficiaries Mental Health and Work Program.
Job strategy for disabled young people (< 30)
A lot of local pilot projects
Developing improved measures and methods
- and more systematic evaluations

7. Effects of Youth Employment Promotion in the Nordic Countries (+ Ger, NL, UK) A forthcoming comparative analyses 2016
Education and the education system is important – especially vocational education
Youth Guaranties seem to have weak/uncertain effects
Active Labour Market Policies play an important role
Wage subsidies and on-the job training programs seem to have the most positive effects
The positive effects seem to increase over time Public work and sheltered employment /training seem to have the uncertain or even negative effects
There are great variations in documented outcomes and effects