The Fund for Youth Employment

EEA and Grants 2014-2021

The Fund for Youth Employment was established in 2017 to contribute to sustainable and quality youth employment in Europe. Unlike the ordinary programmes funded by , and Norway, this Fund has a transnational focus. €60.6 It helps entities across Europe to pool million in their efforts and find new ways of funding reducing youth unemployment.

Key target groups

Youth from Young women with The hard-to-reach underdeveloped­ The low-skilled family responsibilities rural regions

The long-term The inactive The poor unemployed

Why support youth employment in Europe? What will we achieve? According to Eurostat (2019), almost 15 million young people The 26 projects selected with participants from 25 countries (age 20-34) in Europe are not in employment, education or aim to enrol 15 000 young people in education or training, training. Unemployment among youth is a shared European support 14 000 young people in active job search, create challenge. It puts young people at risk of poverty, prevents 3 000 jobs in NGOs, social enterprises and the ordinary them from fully participating in society, and can take a toll on labour market, and help 1 800 young people start up their own their health, well­being and professional future. businesses. The Fund for Youth Employment complements the Youth The projects focus on innovation and exploration, transfer of Employment Initiative, which is the main EU funding know-how and good practices, and analysis and research – programme to facilitate the roll-out of the Youth Guarantee including transnational research. – a commitment by all EU Member States to ensure that young people receive a good quality job offer, continued education or apprenticeship.

Working together for a green, competitive and inclusive Europe www.eeagrants.org #EEANorwayGrants The Fund for Youth Employment

Snapshots of projects The Fund for Youth Employment provides support to a wide variety of projects, ranging from blue economy to women empowerment in IT.

Blue Generation Women4IT From Outdoors to Labor Market (FOLM) The blue economy includes jobs within There are significantly fewer women than coastal tourism, aquaculture, ocean men on the European labour market, Many young people not in employment, energy, marine biotechnology and especially within the digital economy. education or training need alternative maritime transport.­ Left unaddressed, this digital gap will lead pathways to boost motivation for to loss of female talent, innovation and schooling and jobs. These pathways must The Blue Generation project seeks to entrepreneurship – and further widen the be stimulating and innova­tive. inspire and engage youth between 15 gender gap. and 29 to pursue a career in the blue This project will exam­ine the University economy. This will be done by bringing The project Women4IT aims at raising of Edin­burgh’s “Model for social and together experts from the blue economy awareness about the digital skills and the personal growth through Outdoor and youth organisations to share gender gap, and at promoting concrete, Learning” and test whether it will help knowledge about training opportunities innovative partnerships and solutions to young people in Warmia-Masuria and vacant jobs. increase the number of girls and young (), Cantabria () and the women in digital jobs. The project has Mid-West Region () to engage The project has expertise partners from expertise partners from Belgium and in society, become active citizens and four countries, including Iceland and Norway, and a lead partner from . acquire professional skills. Norway. Expertise partners from the UK will be EEA AND NORWAY GRANinvolvedTS FUND to train the trainers of outdoor FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENTlearning. Download the project brochure Download the project brochure Download the project brochure 26 PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED Find out more about the Fund with the Youth Employment Magazine. @youthemploymentmagazine @YouthEmploymen6v @youthemploymentmagazine

Cooperation OVERVIEW OF PARTNER COUNTRIES Projects supported under the Fund are expected to benefit young people within the 15 Beneficiary 26 LEAD PARTNERS 5 1 States of the EEA and Norway Grants, as well as 2 1 Ireland, Italy and Spain. 6 1 3 Latvia 1 ICELAND 2 Partnerships are an excellent way to share Poland 2 3 ex­perience and know-how. Projects include 2 13 partners from other EU member countries, NORWAY 131 BENEFICIARY PARTNERS

Donor States and international organisations. Bulgaria 13 Croatia 7 Cyprus 7 2 In total, 16 expertise partners from Iceland and 2 ESTONIA Greece 10 5 Hungary 4 1 Norway provide support and share expertise and Ireland 3 Italy 20 7 LATVIA Latvia 5 DENMARK 2 knowledge with all the partners involved in the LITHUANIA Lithuania 7 4 1 UNITED KINGDOM Poland 8 Fund. 3 10 IRELAND 8 Romania 9 1 2 NETHERLANDS POLAND Slovenia 3 4 Spain 21 About the EEA and 5 GERMANY BELGIUM 1 34 EXPERTISE PARTNERS LUXEMBURG CZECH REPUBLIC 1 Norway Grants SLOVAKIA 3 1 LIECHTENSTEIN 4 FRANCE 3 1 Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway 16 PARTNERS IN THE DONOR 9 SWITZERLAND 7 1 2 HUNGARY COUNTRIES 1 3 INTERNATIONAL SLOVENIA provide funding to: 20 CROATIA ROMANIA ORGANIZATIONS Iceland 3 ITALY Norway 13 13 • Reducing disparities in Europe 5 17 PARTNERS IN NON- BULGARIA iar BENEFICIARY EU MEMBER 10 nefic y St • Strengthening bilateral relations e at COUNTRIES 6 B e 10 21 s GREECE 5 PORTUGAL 1 Austria 3 SPAIN s** € nt 1 Belgium 5 a .5 r France 1 1 G E TOTAL E Germany 4 MALTA 7 y A a United Kingdom 4 2

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Last updated www.eeagrants.org #EEANorwayGrants February 2020 EXPECTED RESULTS = 100

To increase the employability of over 25,000 young people

To create 1,800 jobs within entrepreneurship

To create 3,500 jobs in NGOs, social enterprises and the ordinary labour market

KEY TARGET GROUPS

the hard-to-reach youth from underdeveloped rural regions

the inactive the long-term unemployed

young women with family responsibilities the low-skilled

the poor

MOST COMMON ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN PROJECT IDEAS

outreach and motivational measures training in basic skills

soft skills development vocational training

work-based learning mentoring and coaching