Social inclusion of youth on the margins of society [antikvár]

Foreword If Europe wants to realise its full potential — and provide 75 % of its working population with a job — it needs to use the talents and skills of all its citizens; right now, too many young people are being left aside. Eurofound estimated at over EUR 100 billion the cost of the exclusion of young people from education and the labour market P) across 21 EU Member States in 2008 — or 1 % of the concerned countries' GDP. Over the past two decades, the poverty of young adults and families with children has risen, while the youth unemployment rate is still above 20%. The policy review 'Social inclusion of youth on the margins of society' looks into the lives and aspirations of young people who face severe or multiple forms of social exclusion: young migrants, Roma children and those who are long-term unemployed, homeless and in public (or foster) care. It analyses the causes and processes of their exclusion and focuses on policy solutions to break the individual and social glass-ceiling. This review is based on the findings of five separate but complementary and interrelated research projects on excluded youth (launched in 2008 and concluded in 2010-11 under the 'Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities' programme of the EU seventh framework programme for research). The projects provide and compare evidence from 17 European countries and from different and partly overlapping youth groups at the margins of society, acquired through both quantitative and qualitative methods. The review provides substantial insight on policy content around three thematic axes: • the biographical problems excluded young people face in their family environment and the individual talents and resilience required to overcome their problems; • the role education and learning can play, either within high-quality, inclusive and affordable learning institutions or via non-formal learning activities; • the various transitions of young people (to adulthood, parenthood, a job, civic participation and social integration), and how policies can influence these processes. The aim of this publication is to provide a summary of findings in areas of interest to policymakers in the fields of education, employment and training, family, youth and social policies.