Mark your calendars for September 14th as the YOUTHShare and Cowork4YOUTH projects, in collaboration with the Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, present a common event entitled: “Towards Resilient Youth Labor Markets: Tackling Skill Shortages and Youth Precarity through Observatory-based Research.” This event, hosted at the captivating Fafo Institute building, will be accessible to a global audience through a hybrid mode of participation. A link of the event will be provided soon!
Approved by the European Union as an “European Year of Skills” event, this event’s aim is to present the Observatories developed on skills and youth labour markets in the young workforce and discuss ways to improve the collection and processing of up-to-date and granular data, as well as Observatory-assisted research and production of policy recommendations. You can find more information about the event here: https://year-of-skills.europa.eu/events-and-activities/towards-resilient-youth-labour-markets-tackling-skill-shortages-and-youth-precarity-through-2023-09-14_en and its location on the interactive map at https://year-of-skills.europa.eu/index_en.
The event will consist of main and introductory addresses and two sessions. The first session will focus on introducing the Observatories and platforms developed by the participating projects:
- The YOUTHShare Youth Employment Monitor (YEM).
- The Cowork4YOUTH Employment Observatoryand the
- The [e-Reslab Aegean] Observatory for employment and resilience in the Euro-Med Area
The observatories provide information and up-to-date data regarding youth employment and its different aspects, and can act as useful tools for conducting any further research regarding employment, youth employment and policy implementations. The YOUTHShare job and co-working spaces matching platform aims at facilitating the identification of suitable and available co-working spaces in Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Spain.
The second session will consist of presentations regarding Youth Employment and Skills. The topics will be about: Precarious youthspaces and the role of social and sharing economy, The role of co-working spaces in engaging the youth, Mapping skills in youth labour markets across the EU and Youth labour in energy transitioning regions.
Both sessions will be followed by interactive discussions, encouraging a fruitful exchange of ideas and solutions that contribute to building a more resilient youth labor market and broader labor market improvements.Anna Saroukou, Communication Manager, YOUTHShare Project
