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Youth Employment: UGT's Perspective on Initiatives for Job Seekers in Portugal

Discover UGT's insights on youth unemployment in Portugal, major initiatives, program failures, and necessary changes, as well as the European social dialogue priorities and UGT's claims for better national employment measures for young people. Learn how industry and public services can drive growth and create opportunities for youth.

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Youth Employment: UGT's Perspective on Initiatives for Job Seekers in Portugal

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  1. FIRST STEP TO FIRST JOB YOUTH EMPLOYMENT UGT TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION PERSPECTIVE 25 March 2013 UNIÃO GERAL DE TRABALHADORES

  2. DATA ON YOUNG PEOPLE 2012 • Unemployment rate in Portugal – 15.7% • Youth unemployment rate – 37.7% • Drop-out rate – 21.3% (45% in 2002) Leading to low wages, fixed-term contracts, poor working conditions, (precariousness) UNIÃO GERAL DE TRABALHADORES

  3. MAIN INITIATIVES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Professional Traineeship Programme: - Created in 1997 - Quite successful - About 70% of insertion rate (before the crisis) ImpulsoJovemProgramme: - Created in August 2012 - Part of the Strategic Plan of Initiatives to promote Youth Employment and to support SMEs • In line with the Commitment for Growth, Competitiveness and Employment – January 2012 • Poor results 3 main pillars: -Professional traineeships; - Supporting recruitment and entrepreneurship; - Supporting investment. UNIÃO GERAL DE TRABALHADORES

  4. Impulso JovemAugust 2012 Whydiditfail? (UGT’sview) • Theeconomiccrisis; • The multitude ofmeasures; • Lackofclarityofthemessage; • Competitionbetweenmeasures. UNIÃO GERAL DE TRABALHADORES

  5. Mainchanges to the Programme(February 2013) • The age limitisnow 25 yearsold, insteadof 30. Theyoungstersaged 25-30 willnowbecomprisedbythe IEFP traineeships; • Thetraineeships’ durationwasextendedfrom 6 to 12 months; • The financial supportwasreinforced (grant, foodandinsurance); • Theyoungsters no longerneed to beregistered in the IEFP as unemployed for atleast 4 months; • The 50 hoursof training are no longermandatoryandmaybereplacedbyworkplacelearning. UNIÃO GERAL DE TRABALHADORES

  6. FRAMEWORK OF ACTIONS ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT NEGOTIATIONSEUROPEAN SOCIAL DIALOGUE European social partners aim to address three inter-related challenges: • Strengthen the quality and relevance of education and training at all levels to address skills mismatches; • Optimize the role of industry, in particular SMEs, and of high performing public services in Europe as a driver of sustainable and inclusive growth; • Create jobs and attractive career opportunities for young people. Priorities: • Learning • Transition • Employment • Entrepreneurship UNIÃO GERAL DE TRABALHADORES

  7. SOCIAL DIALOGUE NATIONAL LEVELUGT’smainclaims - Theexistingnationalemploymentmeasures for youngpeople must besimplified, harmonizedandorganizedtowards a specificdirection; • TheYouthGuaranteeis fundamental. TheImpulso Jovem Programme shouldbeadapted to itsaims, butitsimplementation in Portugal requiresincreasingEuropean funding; - Ifnotsupportedbyeconomicgrowth policies, allthemeasuresaimingatsupportingemployment are doomed.

  8. Thank you for your attention gabinete.tecnico@ugt.pt UNIÃO GERAL DE TRABALHADORES

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