Their discussion focused on the possibilities to reinforce the European Youth Guarantee in Germany and enhance its effectiveness. The European Youth Guarantee aims to ensure that unemployed people under 30 years of age are offered either a job, an internship or further training within a period of four months.

The dbb Jugend has been a strong advocate for the European Youth Guarantee programme, which has shown first very promising results in reducing youth unemployment and improving young people’s career opportunities.

Omid Nouripour, a member of the German Bundestag and advocate for youth rights, expressed his support for the European Youth Guarantee initiative and outlined potential legislative actions to bolster its impact in Germany.

Matthäus Fandrejewski stressed that despite one of the lowest rates for youth unemployment, the situation of many young people on the German labour market still appears grim. Investing in a reinforced Youth Guarantee schemes could be an important element to alleviate their situation, he stressed, and added a skilled and empowered youth is a key for the prospects of young people in evolving labour markets – and for Germany’s economic competitiveness. He emphasised that major investments and commitments are needed to improve young people’s skills and to create future-proof reskilling and upskilling opportunities. He also noted that refugee integration and further support of young people in the country must go hand in hand in order to effectively and efficiently address labour shortages in the employment market.