Local strategies for youth employment: learning from practice

This document presents an assessment and lessons on successful local approaches to support youth into employment, education or training from a series of case studies commissioned by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Program. A number of key themes have emerged from the analysis of these case studies. The first one concerns the governance aspects of local youth employment strategies. The second theme regroups tools and approaches implemented at the local level that seem effective in addressing the [not in education, employment or training] NEET challenge and helping youth to progress in the labour market. Finally, two case studies are presented. The first one - Glasgow Youth Employment Partnership (YEP) initiated by the local authority and involving all of the key stakeholders - is an example of an integrated and comprehensive city strategy to tackle the NEET challenge. The second case study reviews the BladeRunners program - one of the most successful programs in Canada to support transition to employment of disadvantaged youth.

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