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Linking Labour Market with Higher
Education: International Experience
Sharing best practices: Lithuania
                 Latvijas Studentu apvienība
            Ideju forums “Darba tirgum – derīgs!”
                      September 29, 2012
                          Riga, Latvia
Case: Lithuanian National Union of Students vs Ministry of Social Security and Labour
and Ministry of Health Care
Goal: ensuring sustainable development of the country through employment of
students and graduates
Approach: legislative amendments
Conditions:
•  International factor: Global Economic Crisis (2008 - …)
•  National factor: Law on Science and Studies (2009) + negative migration balance
Time period: 2010 – now
Brief on Lithuania
Population (among them being students): 2,988 million (172 708)
Number of Higher Educational Institutions: 47
% of population under 34 years with tertiary education: 46,4%
Youth unemployment rate: 31,7%
Students’ employment rate by study form:
•  Bachelors full residence vs low residence – 18,27% vs 61,15%
•  Masters full residence vs low residence – 67% vs 73,6%
CAMPAIGNS
Political    Social
Description of the campaign
Campaign on enhancing students’ employability in Lithuania
Consulting partner: Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists
•  Step 1: Abolition of compulsory health insurance
    tax (PSD) for full-time students (€22,30 / month)
•  Step 2: Decrease of Social Security Fund’s levy
Step 1. Abolition of compulsory health insurance tax
                   for full-time students 	
  
    Timeline:
•  Negotiations and lobbying during January - October 2010
•  Active phase of the protest (>5000 letters to the ministry) in
   November 2010
•  Result: tax was abolished for more than 90 000 students ->
   government compensation over €23 million per year
Step 2. Legislative regulation for decreasing
                 levies for students	
  
Government of the Republic of Lithuania Roadmap on
Fighting Youth Unemployment (2012)
•  Highlight on fostering entrepreneurship, not employment
Lithuanian National Union of Students 8 Points Programme
for Political Parties (2012)
•  Decrease of State Social Security Fund Levy for students from
   30,98% to 15% for half-time job (up to 20 working hours per week)
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Dtd lss lietuva

  • 1. Linking Labour Market with Higher Education: International Experience Sharing best practices: Lithuania Latvijas Studentu apvienība Ideju forums “Darba tirgum – derīgs!” September 29, 2012 Riga, Latvia
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. Case: Lithuanian National Union of Students vs Ministry of Social Security and Labour and Ministry of Health Care Goal: ensuring sustainable development of the country through employment of students and graduates Approach: legislative amendments Conditions: •  International factor: Global Economic Crisis (2008 - …) •  National factor: Law on Science and Studies (2009) + negative migration balance Time period: 2010 – now
  • 8.
  • 9. Brief on Lithuania Population (among them being students): 2,988 million (172 708) Number of Higher Educational Institutions: 47 % of population under 34 years with tertiary education: 46,4% Youth unemployment rate: 31,7% Students’ employment rate by study form: •  Bachelors full residence vs low residence – 18,27% vs 61,15% •  Masters full residence vs low residence – 67% vs 73,6%
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13. Description of the campaign Campaign on enhancing students’ employability in Lithuania Consulting partner: Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists •  Step 1: Abolition of compulsory health insurance tax (PSD) for full-time students (€22,30 / month) •  Step 2: Decrease of Social Security Fund’s levy
  • 14. Step 1. Abolition of compulsory health insurance tax for full-time students   Timeline: •  Negotiations and lobbying during January - October 2010 •  Active phase of the protest (>5000 letters to the ministry) in November 2010 •  Result: tax was abolished for more than 90 000 students -> government compensation over €23 million per year
  • 15. Step 2. Legislative regulation for decreasing levies for students   Government of the Republic of Lithuania Roadmap on Fighting Youth Unemployment (2012) •  Highlight on fostering entrepreneurship, not employment Lithuanian National Union of Students 8 Points Programme for Political Parties (2012) •  Decrease of State Social Security Fund Levy for students from 30,98% to 15% for half-time job (up to 20 working hours per week)