Sweden
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)
- No
- Funding (indicative budget to implement the plan)
- No
- 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 Government allocated funding for the fiscal year 2022 to the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society (MUCF) for coordinating with other government agencies in providing support to actors on regional and local levels, - primarily municipalities - working with young people not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET).Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Youth in the national development / employment strategy
- Yes
Additional information:
Youth is included as a target group in the Youth Policy Letter adopted in March 2021 (Skr. 2020/21:105) https://www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/skrivelse/2021/03/skr.-202021105/Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Countries with national goals for youth employment
- Yes
Additional information:
The reinforced Youth Guarantee has established general goals and objectives to promote youth employment. The Youth Policy Letter has as well defined the following goal: "All young people should have good living conditions, power to shape their lives and influence over the development of society". It was presented in a Government Bill (prop. 2013/14:191). An associated action programme with over 100 initiatives to promote development towards the youth policy goal is included in the Government Communication on Youth Policy. Also, in the Youth Policy Communication, the Government presents four new priorities for achieving the goal: 1. Mental health among young people must increase; 2. Social inclusion and establishment in the labor market must increase; 3. All young people should have a meaningful leisure time; 4. All young people must be involved in the building of society.Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- Countries with quantitative targets for youth employment
- No
Policy areas in national youth employment strategies
- Macroeconomic and Sectoral policies
- Yes
- 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)
- Not involved
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Not involved
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Not involved
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Not involved
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Not involved
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Not involved
- Employers
- Implementation of youth employment strategies/programmes (e.g. social partners as official implementers of the strategy or programme)
- Not involved
- Assessment of youth employability (alignment of youth qualifications and skills to labour market needs)
- Not involved
- Monitoring and evaluation of youth employment interventions (e.g. active labour market programmes)
- Not involved
- Awareness raising, marketing and promotion of youth employment (e.g. campaign to promote youth employment)
- Not involved
- Formulation of youth employment strategies (e.g. national action plan for youth)
- Not involved
- Development of youth employment programmes (e.g. sectoral programme with a clear target to employ X number of youth)
- Not involved
Youth-led organizatios' inclusion in the national strategy
- Fully involved
- No
- Partially involved (only for some elements of the strategy)
- No
- Consulted
- Yes
- Informed
- No
- Not involved
- No
Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- Countries with national partnerships for youth employment
- No
Inclusiveness of vulnerable groups in national strategies
- Women
- No
- Migrant Workers
- No
- NEETs
- Yes
- People with disabilities
- No
- Low skilled workers
- No
- Rural workers
- No
- Other (please specify)
- Yes
Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Youth employment strategies and international cooperation
- Yes
Additional information:
The European Union: The Reinforced Youth Guarantee, ESF+, Erasmus+, The European Solidarity Corps, ALMA. Enable access for all young people, as well as for youth workers, to cross-border mobility opportunities; encourage young people’s engagement in solidarity, and; actively engage young people and youth organisations in the design, implementation and evaluation of relevant EU funding programmes. The Council of Europe: Support quality youth work development; support youth work activities on all levels; synergies with the Council of Europe. The Nordic Council of Ministers: analysis of the Nordic labour market for young people, and strategies against youth unemployment. The OECD: Recommendation on Creating Better Opportunities for Young People, Skills Outlook and other reports.