AER Peer Review on Youth Employment I

Vojvodina has approximately 2 million inhabitants, 300.000 of which are young people. The region prides itself on its multi-ethnicity and multi-cultural identity, however, according to its employment strategy it is experiencing certain issues related to youth employment such as the "No experience, no job - no job, no experience" dilemma and brain drain of young educated people.

Why PYE?

Through its involvement in PYE, Vojvodina would like to tackle the following challenges:

• exclusion of geographically disadvantaged young people living in rural areas
• bringing young people with fewer opportunities to education and jobs
• the flow of educated young people leaving the region (brain drain)

The main target group will include unemployed young people, both young people with a secondary school degree and/or university degree. 

International experts:

Vesna KAMENAROVIĆ, Assembly of AP of Vojvodina, Advisor for Employment issues at the Provincial Secretariat for Labor, Employment and Gender Equality, Sector for Employment (SRB)
Miguel MARES GARCES, President of Valencia Region Local Development Agencies Association (E)
Goran VUKMANIĆ, Croatian Employment Service, Regional Office Krapina Zagorje (HR)
Débora PAVÃO, Regional Directorate of Youth, Açores (P)
Francis PYKE, Freelance researcher, Manchester (UK)