Malta
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
- No
- 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
- Yes
Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Public funding for the national youth employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
The Youth Guarantee 3.0 has been allocated a dedicated budget, with more than 50% of the funding focused on empowering youth through targeted employment, training, and support measures.Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
The National Employment Policy 2023 addresses the specific challenges faced by young people. It includes several key recommendations, such as: • The reinforcement of the Youth Guarantee; • Enhanced support for lifelong learning; • Stronger career guidance initiatives; • Targeted interventions through projects like atWork4NEETs. A NEET Census, conducted by Jobsplus in December 2023, played a central role in shaping Youth Guarantee 3.0 by identifying specific barriers experienced by young people. The insights from this exercise enabled the design of more targeted and responsive interventions, and informed broader youth-oriented policy decisions. The atWork4NEETs project (running until 2027) further illustrates Malta’s collaborative and evidence-based approach. By partnering with other European regions, Malta is actively enhancing policy tools and practices that support NEETs, ensuring alignment with national employment and development priorities.Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
The Youth Guarantee 3.0 aims to support young people in their transition into the workforce. These objectives are: • Providing reskilling and upskilling opportunities through modular training programs tailored to emerging sectors, • Designing tailored interventions that address the specific needs of different youth cohorts, including those furthest from the labour market; • Facilitating mobility and learning experiences through the ALMA initiative, allowing young individuals to explore diverse employment and training pathways aligned with their aspirations; • Supporting smoother transitions from education to employment by offering targeted programs that develop relevant skills, work experience, and career readiness.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
Under the Youth Guarantee 2024–2028, Malta aims to assist 3,256 NEETs (young people not in employment, education, or training) through tailored support measures, including guidance, training, and activation initiatives to facilitate their integration into the labour market or education pathways.Policy areas in national youth employment strategies
- Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
- No
- Enterprise Development
- No
- 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)
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Fully involved
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Fully involved
- 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)
- Fully involved
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Fully involved
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Fully involved
- 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
- No
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- Yes
- 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: Partnership has been established with Ministries, educational institutions and, other social partners. Jobsplus also has partnerships with PES organizations in Lithuania, Finland, Slovenia. More partners may be added throughout the duration of the project. The partnerships established for the Youth Guarantee in Malta are crucial for aligning education and training programs with labour market needs, ensuring that young people acquire the skills required for employment. ____ 2022: In order to strengthen national partnerships, the Youth Guarantee Consultative Committee was set up through an expression of interest. It comprises members from the National Youth Council, Trade Unions, and Civil Society. The main aim of the consultative committee is to review the efficacy of policies and schemes under the Youth Guarantee and submits recommendations to the management on any future revisions as deemed necessary. Moreover, in order to create specific pathways which benefit both youth as well as employers, a pathway has been created from the Youth Guarantee to the Access to Employment scheme which provides subsidies to employers who are looking to engage new staff. This is serving as an additional incentive for employers and facilitates entry and retention in employment of youth.Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- Yes
- Migrant Workers
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
Additional information:
2024: The Youth Guarantee 3.0 is made up of transnational components, which include collaboration with international organizations to build capacity building and share best practices including the ILO and other PES across the EU. Malta is committed to offering modular training programs that align with the identified emerging sectors highlighted by the ILO (Green Economy, Blue Economy, Knowledge Economy, Care Economy, Orange Economy) which have potential to create productive, well paid and safe jobs. The AtWork4NEETs project involves partners from various countries, including Italy, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Luxembourg, and Lithuania. Together, they conduct analysis on NEET conditions and policies, discuss potential solutions, and develop recommendations to improve support tools at the regional level. ___ 2022: ILO technical officer from the skills and employability branch have provided insight on skills for a greener future, highlighting drivers of change for a green transition and re-skilling measures.