DARYA: Active Labour Market Policies and Skills Development for young people-Work-based learning

The webinar on Active Labour Market Policies and Skills Development for young people, with a specific focus on work-based learning, aims to address the pressing challenges faced by young individuals in accessing employment opportunities. As young people transition from education to employment, they often encounter obstacles connected with the lack of professional experience, networks, information and guidance or labour market fluctuations. This webinar seeks to explore approaches within the realm of active labour market policies, particularly emphasizing the organisation and implementation of apprenticeship and traineeship schemes tailored to young people.

Central to our discussions is the Youth Guarantee, a proactive policy initiative originating as a response to high rates of youth joblessness across Europe. The Youth Guarantee underscores a commitment to fostering youth employment by ensuring access to employment, continued education, apprenticeship or traineeship opportunities within a specified timeframe after leaving formal education or becoming unemployed. Through targeted support and personalised guidance, the Youth Guarantee aims to equip young individuals with the skills, resources, and opportunities necessary to navigate the labour market successfully.

The webinar is organised within the DARYA project, aiming to support young people in Central Asia through measures fostering inclusion and labour market skills as well as a regional dialogue among relevant stakeholders. This webinar is a follow-up to the presentations organised in May 2024, which provided an overview of policy approaches and governance related to the youth guarantee, along with relevant career guidance support (more information available on the DARYA website). 

Labour market transition and support to youth: work-based learning, ETF