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1. Dr. Peri Kourakli
pkourakly@gmail.com
Status quo of young people
in Greece regarding their needs and
trends for employment

2. European Union for Youth
Communication of the European Commission
ANNUAL GROWTH SURVEY 2013 for EU
European Council
Youth Structural Dialogue: Active Participation and Employment
Join Decision of European Council and European Parliament
Establishment of YOUTH GUARANTEE (IP/12/1311-05/12/2012)

3. EU Youth Structured Dialogue: Employment
QUALITY EDUCATION – GUARANTEE Equal Learning Opportunities for All
 EU MS should ensure free access for young people to validation of
competences gained through non formal education and informal learning
 Young people should be empowered and supported to take autonomous
decisions
 Educational authorities, youth organisations and other stakeholders should
cooperate to integrate non formal education methods and provide more
experiential learning opportunities within formal education

4. EU Youth Structured Dialogue: Employment
QUALITY TRANSITION – FACILITATE Young People Transition to Employment
 EU Member States should fully implement the European Quality Assurance
Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training, focusing on
bringing innovative technologies, teaching methods, and constant updating of
curricula
 EU MS should make the Youth Guarantee long-term oriented and more
accessible for all young people, who should be provided with tailored career
guidance, skills assessment services and education and job opportunities.
 In the implementation of the Quality Framework for Traineeships, EU MS
should develop policies based on the guidelines outlined in the European
Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships

5. EU Youth Structured Dialogue: Employment
QUALITY JOBS – SECURE Quality Employment for Young People
 EU MS must create and enforce a legal framework to prohibit and penalise
false self-employment used by some employers to avoid open-ended contracts
and to circumvent labour and social security law.
 EU MS must set a non-age discriminatory national minimum wage adjusted to
the actual cost of living in the country in which young people work, to
guarantee their autonomy and recognise the minimum wage as a social righ.
 The EC and EU MS should increase the current funding and improve the access
to funding for research and innovation to promote change in the industrial
model

6. Target
Promotion of targeted policies and development measures for youth
employment and entrepreneurship for two age groups (15-24 & 25-35 old)
emphasizing to youth with lower qualifications.
Main actions
Promotion of practice and internships
Development of permanent from education to the market programs which
aims to provide the first job experience to youngsters
Promotion of entrepreneurship
Main tool
Consultation and mentoring
Started immediately (2013)
National Action Plan for Youth Employment

7. Action Audience Cost (million €)
1 Entering the labor market for unemployed until 29 old 45.000 youngsters 174,90
2
Promotion of innovating youth entrepreneurship and counseling
of entrepreneurs
7.000 unemployed 91,00
3 Rural entrepreneurship 3.000 unemployed 12,78
4 National Network of Direct Social Intervention 1.200 unemployed 40,00
5 Social cultural work for youngsters 3.200 unemployed 15,00
6
Subsidy of companies for employing unemployed university
graduates
2.500 unemployed 37,50
7 Pilot action for promotion of youth social community enterprises 500 unemployed 7,50
8 Support of companies for employing high specialization personnel 500 unemployed 11,00
Actions of Ministry Labour, Social Security and Welfare
National Action Plan for Youth Employment

8. Action Audience (students) Cost (million €)
9 Internships of higher education (universities) 20.500 22,60
10 Internships of higher education (Technological Institutions) 10.000 26,40
11 Internships of Public & Private Vocational Education Institutes 9.200 8,70
12 Internships of Labor Employment Organization 770 10,80
13 Internships of first year students of Commercial Navy Academy 6.000 31,00
14 Apprenticeship for graduates of Technical Education 8.500 16,60
15 Career Offices of higher education (universities) 97.700 4,00
16 Career Offices of higher education (Technological Institutions) 2.800.000 66,00
17 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Units (universities) 45.500 4,60
18 Innovation & Entrepreneurship Units (Technological Institutions) 17.900 3,30
Actions of Ministry of Education & Religion, Culture and Sports
National Action Plan for Youth Employment

9. Action Audience (students) Cost (million €)
19 Support of entrepreneurship 1.600 unemployed 60,00
20 Complete intervention for the support of women through
entrepreneurship
1.500 unemployed women 20,00
Actions of Ministry of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructures,
Transport and Networks
Total
3.082.070 youngsters
664.000.000 euros
National Action Plan for Youth Employment

10. Profile of Youth
Hellenic Statistical Authority (EL.STAT.)
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
%
Youth manpower / Sex
Youth Men Women
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
%
Youth unemployment/ Age group
Youth 15-19 20-24 25-29

11. Personal data, unpublished research
Which is the sector that
you are currently working or you are wishing to work?
1. Creativity
2. Finance
3. Social
4. Environmental
5. Infrastructures
6. IT
Profile of Youth

12. Age
groups
and sex
Reasons for looking for another job (9-12/2013)
Risk of loss of
present job
Actual job is a
transitional job
Actual job does
not correspond
to their
qualification
Seeking an
additional job to
add more hours
to those worked
in present job
Seeking a job
with more hours
worked than in
present job
Wish to have
better working
conditions
Seeking a job
with less hours
worked than in
present job
Other reasons or
not applicable
Both 28,5 8,6 8,3 19,1 31,9 22,2 — 26,3
15 – 19 0,1 0,1 0,3 0,3 0,5 0,1 — —
20 – 24 1,0 1,9 1,7 0,9 2,5 2,4 — 2,6
25 – 29 3,4 2,2 2,4 2,0 4,9 5,4 — 2,6
Males 19,1 5,4 4,0 11,3 19,7 14,4 — 16,6
15 – 19 0,1 0,1 0,3 0,1 0,2 0,1 — —
20 – 24 0,4 0,4 0,8 0,7 1,8 2,0 — 1,5
25 – 29 1,2 1,3 1,3 1,2 3,3 3,7 — 1,4
Females 9,5 3,2 4,3 7,8 12,2 7,8 — 9,7
15 – 19 — — — 0,2 0,4 — — —
20 – 24 0,6 1,5 0,8 0,1 0,7 0,3 — 1,1
25 – 29 2,2 0,9 1,1 0,9 1,6 1,7 — 1,1
Hellenic Statistical Authority (EL.STAT.)
Profile of Youth

13. “Young Greeks and the Crisis”/ FES/ 09-2011
Youth on move
 35.000 new EUROPASS scheme 01-05/2011 (22.000 < 30 years)
 37% of the young Greeks ready to work abroad (3rd in 30 countries)
 Estimation of 9% of the graduated and 51% of the PhD holders have left
the country
“There is a longstanding mismatch in the jobs market that
successive governments have failed to address ... Young people
don’t leave university with the skills employers are looking for”,
Yiannis Stournaras, Financial Times
Profile of Youth

14. Eurobarometer/ 2014
Profile of Youth

15. “Youth on the Move”/ Flash EB No319b/ 05-2011
Which are the most important reasons for youngsters to go to vocational
education and training
Greece
Improve job opportunities 56%
Acquire practical skills 34%
Higher wage salaries 34%
Profile of Youth

16. “Youth Unemployment in Greece”/ FES/ 11-2012
Ratio – Not Searching for Employment (NSFE) of young people under 30 years,
more than 12 months (2011-2012)
Profile of Youth

17. Greek Youth Start Ups (research)
Profile of the research
Time: 11/2011 – 03/2012
Source: Social Media Analytics (Alterian SM2)
Coordinator: BaaS (Greece)
Cloud of almost 4.000 discussions

18. References Peak
 Global Entrepreneurship Week (Greece)
 The start up “Daily secret” is alive through 1.800.000€ of Silicon Valley funds
 Open coffees
Main communication tools
 Blog
 Twitter
 Very few references in Facebook and Media portals
Top domains
 Hellenic Startups Association
 YES – European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs
 Colab Athens
 Ewgreece (Global Entrepreneurship Week )
 Open coffees
Greek Youth Start Ups (research)

19. Greek Youth Start Ups (research)

20. Profile of Youth
Eurobarometer/ 2014

21. Thank you!