Hungary
Strategies for youth employment
- Strategies for youth employment
- Yes
Youth employment strategy planned in the next 2 years
- Discussions within the government
- No
- Consultations with national-level stakeholders (e.g. employers’ and workers’ associations, youth councils, etc.)
- No
- A draft strategy already exists
- Yes
- Other (please specify)
- No
Countries with national action plans for youth employment
- Monitoring framework (timeline and activity/outcome indicators, e.g. youth labour market indicators)
- Yes
- Funding (indicative budget to implement the plan)
- Yes
- Institutional responsibilities (e.g. ministries/agencies in charge of specific planned activities )
- Yes
- Other, specify
- No
Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
The Youth Guarantee Plus (YG+) is co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), under the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme Plus and co-financed by the Hungarian Government.Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
Hungary includes youth as a priority target group: • Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme Plus (EDIOP Plus): This program is a key pillar of Hungary’s national development framework, aiming to enhance the competitiveness of the domestic economy, particularly through support for SMEs, development of the research and innovation ecosystem, and by strengthening workforce adaptability and quality. • Youth Guarantee Policy Objective: Priority 4 of EDIOP Plus focuses specifically on young people who are not in education, employment, or training (NEETs). It provides targeted support to help these young individuals access job opportunities or training. The National Employment Service acts as the main entry point to the program and is committed to offering NEET youth a concrete employment or training opportunity, along with support for implementation, within four months of their registration.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Hungary has set clear national objectives to promote employment, including for youth, through targeted priorities under the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programme Plus (EDIOP Plus). 1. EDIOP Plus – Priorities 3 and 4: These priorities outline strategic interventions aimed at labor market integration and adaptability: • Integration and reintegration of approximately 160,000 individuals into the primary labor market by 2027/2029. • Support for 110,000 workers to help them adjust to labor market demands, through services such as training, upskilling, or job placement assistance. 2. Youth Focus under Priority 4 – Youth Guarantee targets young people not in education, employment, or training (NEETs), aiming to: • Facilitate their transition into employment or training, • Ensure access to personalized support and services, • Provide offers of employment or training within four months of registration through the National Employment Service.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Quantitative targets exist but are primarily tied to the implementation of specific policy measures, particularly within the framework of national and EU strategies. EU-Aligned objectives relevant to youth: • Reduce early school leaving to below 9% by 2030, in line with the EU-wide education target. • Further reduce the NEET rate (young people not in employment, education, or training), aligned with EU goals to support youth inclusion in the labor market. While there is no specific national target for the youth unemployment rate, Hungary has set a broader labor market objective: Achieve an 85% employment rate for the 20–64 age group by 2030.Policy areas in national youth employment strategies
- Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
- Yes
- Enterprise Development
- Yes
- Education, Training and skills development
- Yes
- Labour Demand
- Yes
- Labour Law and Legislation
- No
- Labour Market Policies
- Yes
- Other (please specify)
- No
Social partners' inclusion in the youth employment strategy
- Workers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- Consulted
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Consulted
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Fully involved
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Employers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- Consulted
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Consulted
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Fully involved
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy
- Fully involved
- Yes
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- No
- Consulted
- No
- Informed
- No
- Not involved
- No
Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
2025: We are builing county and micro-regional level partnerships for NEET outreach. NEETs are particularly in need of a network of organisations working on the same objective, as partnership partnership can be particularly effective in achieving common goals _____________ 2023: YOUTH: Natinoal Youth Council; Hungarian Youth Conference; National Union of Students in Hungary (HÖOK) The partnership between the Public Employment Service (the entity responsible for the implementation of the Youth Guarantee), training/education institutions and employers has been established and enhanced, while the relation between the PES and civil society organisations has also been strengthened. As a result of the regular consultation with the National Youth Council, the state will take over the cost of the first language exam and the KRESZ (Highway Code) exam for young people. _________ 2022: With the introduction of the Youth Guarantee higher emphasis has been placed on partnerships as the implementation of the Youth Guarantee requires strong partnerships between various stakeholders. The partnership between the Public Employment Service – as the body responsible for the implementation of the Guarantee – the training/education institutions and employers has been established and enhanced, while the relation between the PES and civil society organisations have also been strengthened. Regarding the National Youth Strategy, civil society organisations (mainly youth organisations) have been involved throughout the process of designing and implementing the strategy.Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- Yes
- Migrant Workers
- No
- NEETs
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Low skilled workers
- Yes
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Other (please specify)
- No
Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- No