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    Netherlands is concerned about the problem of youth unemployment globally and in their own country. In Netherlands, youth unemployment reached 64% in 2006, well above the OECD average of 43%, and solutions tried by Netherlands include establishing vocational programs to reduce dropout rates and providing youth education and job skills training programs. While Netherlands has had relative success in tackling youth unemployment issues, there is still work to be done, especially to help disadvantaged youth. Netherlands believes the solution on a global scale requires ensuring all youth leave education with marketable job skills, removing barriers that prevent youth from good jobs, and implementing strategies to actively assist disadvantaged youth into employment.

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    Netherlands is concerned about the problem of youth unemployment globally and in their own country. In Netherlands, youth unemployment reached 64% in 2006, well above the OECD average of 43%, and solutions tried by Netherlands include establishing vocational programs to reduce dropout rates and providing youth education and job skills training programs. While Netherlands has had relative success in tackling youth unemployment issues, there is still work to be done, especially to help disadvantaged youth. Netherlands believes the solution on a global scale requires ensuring all youth leave education with marketable job skills, removing barriers that prevent youth from good jobs, and implementing strategies to actively assist disadvantaged youth into employment.

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    Netherlands is concerned about the problem of youth unemployment globally and in their own country. In Netherlands, youth unemployment reached 64% in 2006, well above the OECD average of 43%, and solutions tried by Netherlands include establishing vocational programs to reduce dropout rates and providing youth education and job skills training programs. While Netherlands has had relative success in tackling youth unemployment issues, there is still work to be done, especially to help disadvantaged youth. Netherlands believes the solution on a global scale requires ensuring all youth leave education with marketable job skills, removing barriers that prevent youth from good jobs, and implementing strategies to actively assist disadvantaged youth into employment.

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    Position Paper-Youth Employment

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    Netherlands is concerned about the problem of youth unemployment globally and in their own country. In Netherlands, youth unemployment reached 64% in 2006, well above the OECD average of 43%, and solutions tried by Netherlands include establishing vocational programs to reduce dropout rates and providing youth education and job skills training programs. While Netherlands has had relative success in tackling youth unemployment issues, there is still work to be done, especially to help disadvantaged youth. Netherlands believes the solution on a global scale requires ensuring all youth leave education with marketable job skills, removing barriers that prevent youth from good jobs, and implementing strategies to actively assist disadvantaged youth into employment.

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    Netherlands

    GA2
    Encouraging youth employment in Europe
    What is the problem?
    Youth unemployment is major problem that needs to be tackled in order to
    help get our world at peace. Netherlands believes that unemployment of the
    youth is more concerning than that of adults because the new generation
    makes the future. The kingdom of Netherlands is highly supporting the
    encouragement of youth employment and has done a few projects and
    established a few laws to help tackle this issue.

    How does the problem affect Netherlands?


    The youth employment rate reached 64% in 2006, well above the OECD
    average of 43%, and the youth unemployment rate, at 7%, was almost half
    the average. The fact that too many youth leave school early is perceived by
    all stakeholders in the Netherlands as the main problem in the school-towork transition. There is awareness that school drop-outs are likely to face
    significant difficulties throughout their careers. In 2004, almost 13% of Dutch
    youth left school with less than upper secondary education, which is
    regarded as the minimum qualification to get a job in todays labour market
    and to support further acquisition of skills. Likewise, though relatively low in
    number, youth unemployed in the Netherlands have a high risk of becoming
    long-term unemployed. Slightly more than 20% of unemployed people aged
    15-24 had been looking for jobs for more than a year in 2006 in Netherlands.
    Previously Netherlands attempted to tackle this issue by:

    Providing young people with the education and skills needed in the
    labour market has long been a key policy goal in the Netherlands. In
    particular, to prevent early school-leaving, established the programme
    Blits on drop-outs makes vocational schools more responsible
    regarding the destination of their former pupils around the age of 16,
    when compulsory school ends.
    The government appointed in February 2007 has decided to step up
    efforts to tackle early school-leaving. The objective is to cut it by half
    by 2012 through co-operation among government, parents, schools,
    the business community (via work placements and working and
    learning places), social workers, youth care, local authorities and the
    police. In addition, there will be significant investments in areas with

    disadvantaged neighbourhoods. In particular, Youth and Family Centers


    will be established to provide youth care and parenting support.

    What does Netherlands think should be done to solve this


    problem on a global scale?
    Even if the Netherlands has a relatively well-performing youth labour market
    and is well ahead of most other OECD countries in responding to the
    education and labour market challenges faced by youth, there is still a large
    unfinished agenda. In particular, it is essential to improve the situation of the
    core group of disadvantaged youth. The strategy for promoting more jobs for
    this latter group would ideally comprise three main components: ensuring
    that everyone leaves education with the skills required by the labour market;
    removing remaining barriers to promote better jobs for more youth; and
    implementing a comprehensive activation strategy to reach out effectively to
    the hardcore of disadvantaged youth.

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