European Commission: Sustainable activation of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs)

The toolkit provides concrete guidance and tools for PES to assess the NEET challenge and set priorities; draft and implement an Action Plan; and develop new tools, measures and competences from scratch. The toolkit can however also be used to review and refine existing practices, while taking into account wider organisational and contextual factors.

The toolkit helps you to answer the following key questions:

‣ What are the main characteristics of the NEET groups your local/regional PES services address?

‣ What groups of young people are among the NEETs addressed by your PES? What hampers their transition from school to work or further education and training?

‣ What priorities need to be set in your PES? What tools, measures and competencies are needed?

‣ How can your PES structure collaboration around an ‘employment path’ approach?

‣ How can your PES identify and overcome barriers of disadvantaged groups (e.g. low skill levels, little or no work experience, discrimination due to a migrant background, low motivation, personal and psychological problems, multiple employment barriers)?

‣ How can your PES develop appropriate monitoring and evaluation measures?