1. Develop Strategies for Lobbying: Youth unemployment 1. Define the Problem 2. Options how to Overcome the Problem 3. What/Who is Your Audience? 4. How do you send the Message on the Need to Change Policy/Policies? 5. Tools to Do it 6. Sequencing 7. Measuring Impact

2. Defining problem Main problems are: Lack of trust in the capabilities of new, young entrants on the labor market; Lack of trust in the capabilities of new, young entrants on the labor market; Not enough opportunities for internships and voluntary work – important to demonstrate experience when applying for a job; Not enough opportunities for internships and voluntary work – important to demonstrate experience when applying for a job; Nepotism, corruption in employment procedures in public and private sector; Nepotism, corruption in employment procedures in public and private sector; Lack of information on employment opportunities in general. Lack of information on employment opportunities in general.

3. The audience Youth, students, and youth NGOs; National institutions – Government, Employment Agency, businesses, and Universities (high-schools); International institutions – EU commission, embassies, youth related organization on EU level and other international organizations.

4. How to overcome problems and send SMS/message? Pressure through campaigning!!! Build youth network in our region, share information and implement a campaign that will support the same objective across borders; Build youth network in our region, share information and implement a campaign that will support the same objective across borders; Initialize actions to regulate internships and voluntary work as obligatory for all students and all employers; Initialize actions to regulate internships and voluntary work as obligatory for all students and all employers; Lobby relevant institutions and universities for implementing Bologna where practical work is a priority; Lobby relevant institutions and universities for implementing Bologna where practical work is a priority; Demand for transparent employment procedures; Demand for transparent employment procedures; Demand linkages between Universities and the businesses; Demand linkages between Universities and the businesses; Introduce night school courses for retraining young people without necessary skills demanded by the labor market Introduce night school courses for retraining young people without necessary skills demanded by the labor market Law on voluntarism should be adopted; Law on voluntarism should be adopted; Small grants ad micro financing great ideas of the youth Small grants ad micro financing great ideas of the youth Increase motivation and awareness of young people, that they should work and ask the Government to stimulate youth employment by decreasing taxes/social benefits employer has to be pay for a young employee!!! Increase motivation and awareness of young people, that they should work and ask the Government to stimulate youth employment by decreasing taxes/social benefits employer has to be pay for a young employee!!!

5. Tools Media – Internet, press conferences, debates, campaigns.. Lobbying; Round tables; Research papers on the issues; Individual briefings with policy makers, businesses and universities; Courses-how to write a CV, apply for job and etc. Intercultural meetings and exchanges; Promote best examples-champions for internships and youth employment (ProCredit Bank and etc.) Peer information exchange; Entertainment activities – Use fun for being heard! National Regional International

6. Sequencing National Regional International Local Levels:

7. Sequencing (part two) Inform yourself on the circumstances in your locality, town, country, region; Exchange information; Analyze the problems, write policy study/brief if needed; Present findings-solution to the problems; Design lobbying/advocacy strategy for policy change; Make an action plan; Organize your team, set targets, set deadlines Lobby, lobby, lobby! Evaluate results of your lobbying activity

8. Measuring impact NUMBER of youth programs targeting the youth employment issues, networks, exchanged information, events, promotion materials; Space in media – Number of articles, commercials, events.. International cooperation in lobbying; Increase of opportunities for internships, voluntary work and actual youth employment; Evaluation – self-evaluation, governmental institutions and university evaluations; Research!!!

9. Participants CRPM Macedonia Kosova Youth Network Institute for Democracy and Mediation Albania MJAFT Albania +2 radio Albania Albanian Youth Council Albania Euro<26 Serbia

10. Thank you for your attention Hope you apply this at your country and we all will apply it in our region Hope you apply this at your country and we all will apply it in our region