The ETF recommends diversifying programmes that support the inclusion of young people in education and employment so that they are more in line with the needs of specific, high-priority groups of young people at risk and address the main determinants of their exclusion. There seems to be an acute need for actions that specifically support young people in rural areas, those with low levels of educational attainment, those taking care of family members (e.g. young mothers), and those coming from vulnerable socioeconomic backgrounds.
Measures to reach out to these groups of young people and to activate them should go hand in hand with the creation of opportunities for decent jobs and the provision of training to prepare prospective candidates for these jobs.