Saettem speech at 25 BSPC

Slide 1:Youth Employment Promotion in NorwayThor Kleppen Sættem, State Secretary25th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, Riga, August 30th 2016Slide 2:2Immigrants to Norway from The Baltic Countries, Poland and Sweden (right axis) and Unemployment in Norway (left axis / black line)2Slide 3:3Employment in Norway, OECD and EU(28) 2015 Sources: OECD Employment Outlook 2016 and Eurostat3Norway OECD EU28Employment (%)Adults 15-64 years 75 66 66Youth 15-24 years 51 41 33Unemployment (%)Adults 15-64 years 4 1⁄2 7 10 3⁄4Youth 15-24 years 10 14 20Slide 4:The Youth Employment rates decrease and Unemployment rates increase Source: OECD4Slide 5:Employment Policy StrategiesEmployment-oriented Economic PolicyTripartite Income Policy CooperationA qualified and motivated labour forceActive and Mainstream Labour Market PoliciesPriority towards Youth, Long term unemployed, Immigrants, DisabledTripartite Cooperation for Inclusive WorkplacesUniversal & fair Social SecurityBalancing Work and Family Life5Slide 6:YOUTH Employment- and -Inclusion PoliciesYouth Guarantees:Right to individual assistance aimed at Education or WorkUnemployed/School dropopouts aged 16-19 & 20-24 (25-29)More targeted programs:”New Chance” for Immigrants / Refugees"New Possibilities" to help school dropouts finnish school”Qualification program” for social cash beneficiaries Mental Health and Work Program.Job strategy for disabled young people (< 30)A lot of local pilot projectsDeveloping improved measures and methods- and more systematic evaluations6Slide 7:Effects of Youth Employment Promotion in the Nordic Countries (+ Ger, NL, UK) A forthcoming comparative analyses 2016Education and the education system is important – especially vocational educationYouth Guaranties seem to have weak/uncertain effectsActive Labour Market Policies play an important roleWage subsidies and on-the job training programs seem to have the most positive effectsThe positive effects seem to increase over time Public work and sheltered employment /training seem to have the uncertain or even negative effectsThere are great variations in documented outcomes and effects7