Youth guarantee: Experiences from Finland and Sweden

In the context of its 2011 work programme, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of selected policy measures introduced by Member States to improve the employability of young people. The full results of this study will be published later in 2012. This short document summarises the strengths and weaknesses of youth guarantee schemes identified in the research. Given that Scandinavian countries are pioneers of this type of policy, this paper focuses in particular on youth guarantee initiatives which have been introduced in Finland and Sweden.