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Youth employment policies in Croatia

Croatia has a burden of one of the highest youth unemployment rates in Europe. Therefore, any measure that could lower the unemployment rate and increase Potočnik 29 potentials of young people for quality employment or self-employment, is appreciated. Key results to be achieved by the measures under the Youth Guarantee and Youth Employment Initiative include increasing stable and sustainable employment and selfemployment of the unemployed youth, especially long-term unemployed NEETs. It is also planned to increase the employability of the long-term unemployed youth, providing necessary working experience, skills upgrade and practical skills attainment. The Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative are currently the most significant mechanisms for combating youth unemployment in Croatia. The existing system enables young unemployed person to directly access programmes of the YEI through 5 macro-regional, 17 regional and 99 offices of the Croatian Employment Service. The participants that took part in the YEI activities received an offer up to four months after completing their education or registering at the Croatian employment service, and the offers mainly came from the open market. A main precondition for entering one of the programmes was registration at the Croatian Employment Service.

Youth, employment, entrepreneurship, policies

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