Europe and Central Asia

This report examines the policy delivery frameworks and the capacity of local actors in Ireland to put in place integrated policy responses to tackle youth unemployment. In Ireland, the Dublin and southeast regions were taken as case studies to look at the range of institutions and bodies involved in youth employment.

The guide has been designed to support the design, administration, monitoring and evaluation of programmes targeting the disadvantaged unemployed.

This brief covers the scale as well as the drivers for and barriers to youth entrepreneurship and self-employment. It also presents policy lessons from evidence on entrepreneurship activities and policy experience.