CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Youth unemployment in the EU
Definition of youth unemployment in the EU
Box 1: Definition of youth unemployment
Figure 1: Labour market status of young people
across the EU28
Figure 2: Labour market status of young people
in the UK
Box 2: Definition of NEET
Who is affected?
Long-term unemployment
A North-South divide?
Figure 3: Distribution of youth unemployment
in the EU
Is the youth unemployment crisis long-term
or short-term?
Youth unemployment in a UK context
Figure 4: NEETs in the UK
Figure 5: Youth unemployment rates across
the EU
Chapter 3: EU measures to address youth unemployment
Current and proposed initiatives
Box 3: EU funding programmes
Table 1: The 2014-2020 allocation of EU funds
Box4: EU Legislative and non-legislative
proposals
Is EU action appropriate?
Effectiveness of EU funds to address youth
unemployment
Regional focus
Evaluating the use of the EU funding
Youth Guarantee
Flexibility of EU measures
Chapter 4: Use of EU funding and initiatives
in the UK
Box 5: EU funding in the UK
UK Government position on the Youth Employment
Initiative funding
Interaction between current UK Government
funding and EU measures
Box 6: UK measures to address youth unemployment
Gaps in UK funding provision
Local control over EU spending
The view of local authorities and Local Enterprise
Partnerships
The UK Government's view
Timescales for spending EU funds
Chapter 5: Using EU funds to prepare young
people for work
Qualifications
Skills
Skills mismatch
Skills mismatch and digital literacy in the
UK
Careers advice
Careers advice in the UK
Chapter 6: The job market for youth in the
EU
Apprenticeships and traineeships
Box 7: EU proposals on traineeships and apprenticeships
Migration—benefits and challenges
EU measures to support youth migration
Youth entrepreneurship
Chapter 7: Evidence of good practice
EU measures to share good practice
Effectiveness of good practice measures
Role of social partners
Chapter 8: Voices of young people
UK Government consultation
Civil society organisations' consultation
Chapter 9: Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations
of interest
Appendix 2: List of witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for evidence
Appendix 4: Site visits
APPENDIX 5: Glossary of terms and abbreviations
Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/hleub/
and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020
7219 5314)
References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:
Q refers to a question in oral evidence.
Witness names without a question reference refer
to written evidence.
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