Using YouthMetre to help
build a case for advocacy
Employment
http://www.youthmetre.eu

There are 14 million
unemployed young
people in the EU
Inclusion through employability, Salto-Youth,
https://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/4-17-
2316/InclusionThroughEmployability.pdf

• I am 29, single – I
live in the Spain
• I am a professional in
the creative industry
• Finding regular
work to meet my
skills is difficult
My profile, my challenge

My profile, problem
• Most opportunities are
close to the city centre
• I live outside
• Travel costs are high
• Accommodation in the
city is hard to find (too
expensive)

My profile, problem
• I need to be
entrepreneurial
• I must be flexible
• I have to continue to
upgrade my skills
• I feel alone without
support

Entrepreneurial activity
% young people
wanting to set up a
business is
decreasing in Spain
I need more training
and support to help
me with this
big decline

Very few
examples
of good
practices

The only one
I found for
my country

The only one
I found for
my country

The only one
I found for
my country

Sharing ideas:
thinking “outside
the box”
Training
materials not
available

Improving learning competences to
enhance employability of migrant youth
There are very few good
examples of training

Improving learning competences to
enhance employability of migrant youth
There are very few good
examples of training

Improving learning competences to
enhance employability of migrant youth
We need to have more
training opportunities in
career development,
entrepreneurship in my
region
There are very few good
examples of training

my region has a low
Youth Development
score compared
with others

my region has a low
Youth Development
score compared
with others

There is very
high youth
unemployment

Few young people there want
to set up their own business

Many youngsters in Spain are
on temporary contracts

Young people want to set up their
own business but are not able to

From: TechEU (2015): http://tech.eu/features/6139/9-spanish-
entrepreneur-challenges/
Some other
sources of
information

From: Forbes (2014): http://tinyurl.com/zl65v2k

My policy manifesto:
what needs to be done?
• Make training courses available for all
young people
• Establish an Entrepreneurial Council
• Make an incubator space for young
people like me
• Provide good advice online
• Present local examples of success

My Manifesto:
What needs to be done?
I need some help to find more information:
•Brainstorming my ideas with others
•Seeing good practices
•Talking to the success stories and
advisors
•Get tax help and financial support

My Manifesto
This could be presented to policy makers
as:
•One-page document – pdf
•90 second video
•Infographic
•Blog
•A Story Map

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