The document proposes the Youth Cooperation Network (YCN) as a solution to youth unemployment in Latvia. [1] The YCN would be an online network that allows youth to find partners and collaborate on projects for work experience and skills development. [2] Youth could exchange knowledge and skills through the network or implement projects together with minimal financial resources. [3] The network aims to increase youth competitiveness by providing experience and decreasing unemployment.
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1. “Out of the PHrameS”
Latvia
School of Business
Administration Turība
2. Overall economic situation shows…
• …that high unemployment is observable in all age groups; overall
migration balance is negative (Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia)
Ministry of education thinks that…
• …lack of new entrepreneurs, barriers in information streams, non-
understanding of dependence between study lectures and its
appliance into real life labour market, inexperienced youth are the
main causes of youth unemployment (Ministry of Education working group during the
conference “Youth unemployment problem solution”)
Entrepreneurs do not want…
• …to hire inexperienced, but educated youth, because there is a lack of
integration into work process (Latyian Bank economist)
We and our peers experienced in…
• … impossibility to be hired because of lack of the experience, being
offered primarily unskilled job. Youth is suffering from non-belief *Youth age
of getting high positions, that’s why the youth is leaving the group: 15-
country in the search for better life 24
Different opinions, one result.
Situation in Latvia.
3. 10% - unemployed youth to total
number of unemployed (State employment agency)
30% of youth are non-economically
active (State employment agency)
29 – number of unemployed people on
one working place (Ministry of Welfare)
Figures show it all
Youth unemployment is not the
main issue of the country, but still
one of the important problems
related to youth in Latvia
4. Consequently, the situation in Latvia could be shown as following:
Youth experience
Youth = lack of integration into work
process
Entrepreneurs = employers of
youngsters
Government = integration into work
process
Our aim - to transform “ ” into “ ”
Is it possible?
5. YES!
I do have…. Youngster I do not have…
great
motivation contacts business
ideas
knowledge
creativity drive to experience financial
create resources
According to youngster portrait, solution should fix following problems…: to
provide higher youth competitiveness in the labor market; to decrease youth
unemployment
…and meet certain criteria: to be accessible and affordable to the youth; all parties
to be involved and benefit (holistic approach).
Our solution is :
YOUTH COOPERATION NETWORK
6. Youth Cooperation network - a web based network, which allow youngster to
find partners on-line (among the youth as well) , but with real-life meetings/work and
knowledge / experience share and tangible project outcomes, which could be done free of
charge.
YCN Working principle
1st option
Contact Search
Green is a Tourism Faculty Yellow is an IT student. Expert in web
student. Expert in tourism programming. Active, creative, wants to -Project implementation
field. Wants to create a get real work experience. -Real work experience
tourism web site. Zero -Further development and cooperation
knowledge in IT. No -Success = new enterprise
financial support
2nd
option Knowledge barter
Violet could speak German. Red is young entrepreneur, which has an
Wants to know how to use web enterprise, providing software. Wants to
design software. learn German since his childhood.
7. Youth Cooperation Network Working
Scheme
Business Government
Students
YCN
Students/Youth
Young knowledge barter;
entrepreneurs youth project
development in any
occupational field
NGOs, other
interested
youth
How the Youth Cooperation Network could be supported?
The youth could be involved through universities, NGOs, professional schools and
Employment Agency. Business enterprises, which are often seeking for creative, interesting
solutions could finance student’s implemented projects or hire those, who are
implementing them.
8. Role of Students / Young Entrepreneurs /
Youth in Youth Cooperation Network
Input Benefit
Content creation (profiles and Real work experience
projects , could be related to Opportunity to share/obtain new
study programme or own knowledge (in cooperation with
business) other youth)
Opportunity to implement your
idea with minimum finance and
Skill/knowledge barter with maximum time savings
other network participants Creation of your own business
(just by creating a profile) In further, global perspective – an
easy search for partners for
business or research all around
Project creation the world
9. Role of Entrepreneurship/Government
in Youth Cooperation Network
Entrepreneurship Government
Input: Input:
Project financing , work Tax rebates for enterprises (for
offering or mentoring example, enterprises’ financed
projects could be perceived as a
donations)
Benefits:
Ability to order/buy new Benefits:
project from young specialists
Increase of youth entrepreneurship
Ability to find young,
Decrease into financial activities
adventurous specialists in related to youth integration into
different occupational fields labour market
and project implementation
Decrease of youth unemployment
experience (due to enterprise interest and
Tax rebates youth entrepreneurship)
10. Project Timeline
6-8 month
Involvement of NGOs,
Project 2 month Network creation, young entrepreneurs and
Development University other youth
involvement
Actual Start of the Initiative
Government and enterprise involvement
The project could last as long as it serves to the youth and maintain
its’ main functions
Potentially, the project would be accessible to all youth in Riga
(Latvia)
In further perspective – international youth cooperation