1. The EU Youth Guarantee and its implementation in Spain
Tanja Strecker
M.Àngels Cabasés, Agnès Pardell

2. Outline Youth Unemployment in Spain
Main features of the EU Youth Guarantee
The implementation in Spain
Problems & Difficulties
Possible improvements
Future research

3. Youth Unemployment in Spain
Eurostat ‘Youth unemployment by sex, age and educational attainment level’ (sex: total, age:15-29 years, geo: Spain, unit: percentage

4. Main features of the EU Youth Guarantee
young people between 16 and 25 years of age
‘guarantee’ an offer of employment, education or traineeship within a period of 4 months of becoming unemployed or leaving education

5. Main features of the EU Youth Guarantee
Priority axes and measures of the youth guarantee according to the EU

6. Main features of the EU Youth Guarantee
The funding
Total: EUR 600 million
66.8% to be used in
Level of support per young NEET in different countries (elaborated by the authors based on
the description of country-specific programs in European Commission 2012a) and estimation of the
level of support for Spain 2014 (elaborated by the authors based on the budget for the Operative
Programme and the number of Spanish NEET as stipulated in the Spanish National Youth Guarantee
Implementation Plan; PNIGJE 2013)
Level of support per young unemployed in different countries (European Commission 2012a) and estimation of the level of support for Spain 2014 (Spanish National Youth Guarantee Implementation Plan; PNIGJE 2013)

7. The implementation in Spain
Requirements to register for the Youth Guarantee:
not having worked in the last 30 calendar days before the date of application
not having received educational actions that involve more than 40 h/month in the last 90 calendar days before application
not having received training actions that involve more than 40 h/month in the last 30 calendar days before application
Law 18/2014, October 2014: stipulates the inscription for the Youth Guarantee Register

8. The implementation in Spain
Measures
24 measures, 23 related to measures from the Strategy for Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment (EEEJ) 2013–2016
The EEEJ addressed young people under 30.
The only new meassure is an employment aid for entreprises that hire young NEET under 25 years for more than 6 months, paying 50% of the minimum wage for a max. of 1 year

9. Problems & Difficulties
The measures stipulated for Spain do not present much novelties
The measures promote under-employment and precariousnes
The implementation was slow
The process of registration represents a high threshold and is little adequate considering continous changes in young people’s working and educational status
Young people between 25 and 30 years are disadvantaged
The retroactive funding represents a problem for the Spanish economy

10. Possible improvements
The funding should be reconsidered
Amount
Retroactive funding
Duration
The registration process should be changed (esp. regarding the requirements)
young people between 25 and 30 should not be excluded completely
The chance for new measures should be taken

11. Future research GARJUVE:
The Implantation of the Youth Guarantee in Spain: Young people, work and the future
What are the results of the Youth Guarantee’s implementation at the local level?
How many young people have benefited from it?
What is the profile of the beneficiaries?
Did it lead to the implementation of employment policies that allow overcoming the precarious situation of young people entering the labor market?
How did young people who benefited from the plan experience the situation?

12. Thank you for your attention!
Contact:
Tanja Strecker
M.Àngels Cabasés, Agnès Pardell