1. Apprenticeship training helps to avoid youth unemployment Expert conference on “Youth: Employment and Inclusion in Times of Crisis” Horsens, 26 - 27 May 2012 Werner Schelling Public Employment Service Austria

2. Unemployment rates 15 to 24 years (1)

3. Unemployment rates 15 to 24 years 2011 (2) Netherlands7.6 % Austria8.3 % Germany8.5 % Denmark14.4 % EU 2721.4 %

4. Training guarantee Given by the Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection: Every young person from 15 to 24 years who is registered as unemployed or apprenticeship-seeking with the PES for more than three months will either be offered a suitable job, an apprenticeship on the free market or a training opportunity provided by the PES within three months

5. Fulfilment of the Training guarantee (2011)  79.5 % of the unemployed jobseekers were registered less than 3 months  97.7 % of the unemployed jobseekers were registered less than 6 months  93.9 % of the apprenticeship seekers were registered less than 3 months  99.5 % of the apprenticeship seekers were registered less than 6 months  Average duration of registration: 58 days for unemployed jobseekers 26 days for apprenticeship seekers

6. Apprenticeship training in Austria  250 vocations  Dual system: practical training in a company, theoretical and practical training in a public school  Duration: 2 to 4 years  About 40 % of all young people from 15 to 19 get their basic vocational training through an apprenticeship  Main advantages Attractive for more practically-oriented young people Early contact with the working world Easy transition from training to employment

7. Apprenticeship-related services of the PES  Placement of apprenticeship seekers in apprenticeships on the free market without subsidies  Placement of apprenticeship seekers in apprenticeships on the free market with subsidies  Placement of apprenticeship seekers in subsidised institutions

8. Active measures for youths (15 to 19) in 2011 InflowAverage stock Placement in apprenticeships in companies with subsidies 7,03611,829 Placement in apprenticeships in subsidised institutions 6,0987,915 All qualification measures34,43246,991 All measures38,09751,004 Unemployed jobseekers54,8158,646 Apprenticeship seekers54,9959,513

9. Apprenticeships with subsidies in companies, effect  In 2010 12,716 youths finished subsidised apprenticeship in a private company  On the 92nd day after finishing 10.574 (83.2 %) were in employment or in non-subsidised apprenticeship

10. Apprenticeships in institutions, effect Analysis of 6,241 youths who finished training in 2010 EmployedUnemployed or in another measure Out of labour force Share of days in the 12 months before entering the measure 20.81 %20.57 %58.62 % Share of days in the 12 months after finishing the measure 54.62 %24.87 %20.50 %

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