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

2. Overview of the youth labour market in 2012 (% change compared to 2011 in brackets)
employees (0,0%)
registered unemployed (+3,7%)
national unemployment rate ,6% (+0,3-points)
unemployment rate acc. to Eurostat 8,7% (+0,4-points)
average duration of unemployment in days days (+2 days)

3. Youth unemployment rate (15-24 years) in european comparison (annual data 2012)
Source: Eurostat

4. Framework conditions for the youth labour market in Austria
1) relatively low level of total unemployment
July 2013 (Eurostat): Austria: 4,8 %; EU 28: 11 %
2) demographic factors – birth rate
ongoing decline of young people between of about (=11%) until > leading to a decline of young jobstarters
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. were spent for labour market and employment policy for young people
in 2013: the funding is planned to be raised to about EUR 640 Mio.
Vienna supports with 39 Mio. the LM, 11 Mio. for Youngsters

5. Framework conditions for the youth labour market in Austria
4) the dual training system - plays an important role in Austria
combination of practical on-the-job training and school-based theoretical education (one or two days per week)
in 2012 about 41,4% of the girls and boys of a birth year start an apprenticeship after completion of compulsory education
they may choose from around 204 apprenticeship trainings in crafts, industry and service sectors
the duration of apprenticeship training varies according to the chosen vocation (two, two and a half, three and a half or four years).
an ongoing process of upgrading training curricula to meet future requirements (e.g. green jobs), as well as the current requirements of business and industry, maintains the quality and attractiveness of the dual system

6. The Austrian Education System
Quelle:
Education system in Austria

7. Unemployment rate of young people aged 20 to 24 according to education
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. Two target groups: young people aged 15 to19 and 20 to 24
Persons up to the age of 19 who find it hard to move on to continuing education or a job.
The focus is layed on managing the transition from school to work by offering:
programmes giving young participants sufficient time to learn at their own speed and acquire the necessary skills,
guidance and support helping young people move through the often confusing maze of occupation and education landscape
company-based training or apprenticeship programme in a supra- company apprenticeship training
Registered unemployed young persons aged 20 to 24
are offered an entire spectrum of training und funding programmes to strengthen their position on the labour market.

9. Training Guarantee for young people – supra-company apprenticeship training
Training guarantee (Political aim in Austria):
Each young person who wants to take up an apprenticship will get a training as promised by the Training Guarantee within 3 months either by
entering an apprenticeship in the labour market,
entering a apprenticeship training by a PES Partner or
entering a training opportunity provided by the PES
Training guarantee apprenticeship training:
If upon completion of compulsory education young apprenticeship-seekers cannot be placed in a formal apprenticeship programme, they will be offered („guaranteed“) the opportunity to enter a full-fledged apprenticeship programme in a institution (private and/or non profit institutions)
the attendance of vocational school is mandatory

10. Training Guarantee - Apprenticeship Training
Two types:
a) Supra-company apprenticeship training is carried out by an educational institution
theoretical training in a vocational school
practical training offered by the educational institution
training contract during the entire time of apprenticeship
goal: completion of apprenticeship
b) cooperation between an educational institution and a private company
practical training in a company
training contract between the educational institution and the company (shorter than apprenticeship, 1 year)
goal: transfer to apprenticeship in a company

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

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

13. Supra-company apprenticeship training
participants receive comprehensive support:
socio-pedagogical counselling
learning support
assistance with job search or apprenticeship search
benefit for participants:
EUR 270 per month in the first and second year,
EUR 600 per month from the third year

14. Supra-company apprenticeship training
Number of participants:
Expenses: Average expense about € per participant and per year
Results of evaluation:
about 50% changed to an appreticeship in a company
2009
2010
2011
2012
12.177
12.784
12.000
11.026

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 Mio. Euro budget by the Vienna Employment Promotion Fund (=WAFF) about Euro AMS training benefit Support by Vienna´s Municipal Departement Education & Work (overhead and infrastructure fund) ESF (Award 1st place 2013) (from % 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:

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 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 (provisional estimated number of participants in 2013 amounts to about ).
The programme is carried out by the Federal Social Ministry

20. Thank you for your attention!