PASCAL effective Interventions in Youth Unemployment (PIYU)

The PASCAL programme on effective interventions in youth unemployment is a developing programme offered to members of PASCAL International Observatory.

Unemployment, especially youth unemployment, is a major concern in many regions.  Youth unemployment is always 2-3 times higher than adult unemployment and tends to continue to rise for a while following the end of a recession.

PASCAL's PIYU programme will improve the effectiveness of regional responses by creating a learning network amongst regions.  Policy interventions aimed towards the young unemployed will be evaluated as to their effectiveness and PIYU will diseminate good practice and the lessons learned from other regions.

The attached summary provides an introduction to the PIYU programme; for more information, please contact Andy Furlong at the University of Glasgow.