Presentation @ African - Europe youth platform seminar on youth (un)employment: by Ivo Costa Santos

1. Conselho Nacional de Juventude-Portugal
Ivo Costa Santos - Novembro 2012
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Economy
Crises of Democratic
crises, youth Social
Funding & participation and
Society Crise
liquidity Polítics&policies
Youth
employme What way? opportunities
nt

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Sovereign Debt crisis Credit Crisis Crisis of Credibility
Grécia 130
Itália 118
Irelanda 94
Portugal 83
Bélgica 100
França 84
Alemanha
75
Austria 70
Espanha 63
Fonte: Financial Times [Jan’2011]

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Sovereign Debt crisis Credit Crisis Crisis of Credibility
Grécia 165,5
Itália 121,0
Irelanda 109,2
Portugal 101,9
Bélgica 94,5
França 86,8
Alemanha
82,6
Austria 72,3
Espanha 67,4
Fonte: FMI [World Economic Outlook, Set’2011]

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Sovereign Debt crisis Credit Crisis Crisis of Credibility
Fonte: OCDE

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Sovereign Debt crisis Credit Crisis Crisis of Credibility
Fonte: Datastream – Thomson Reuters [Jan’2012]

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Sovereign Debt crisis Credit Crisis Crisis of Credibility
Fonte: Financial Times [Nov’2011]

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Sovereign Debt crisis Credit Crisis Crisis of Credibility
Fonte: Banco Mundial [timeseries 1960-2010]

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Sovereign Debt crisis Credit Crisis Crisis of Credibility
Fonte: Datastream e Banco Central Europeu

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Sovereign Debt crisis Credit Crisis Crisis of Credibility
A proof of
distrust in the
European
Economy is
embodied in the
aversion of
foreign
investment
Fonte: The Economist, 26Nov2011

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Fonte: The Economist, 26Nov2011

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Fonte: The Economist, 26Nov2011

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Economy
Democratic
Crises of crises, youth
participation Social
Funding & and
Society Crise
liquidity Polítics&polici
es

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‘Takeoverof the
'People's Voice'
markets’
Papandre Berlusconi Sócrates Zapatero
u
Papademo Monti Passos Rajoy
s Coelho

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In: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/pdf/eurobarometre/28_07/FR_EN.pdf

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Fonte: The Economist, 26Nov2011

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Fonte: OCDE

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To solve the economic
problem, is urgent lower the
debt (and collaterally reduce
domestic demand by cutting
spending and rising taxes).
Fonte: FMI Country Report 2011

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… And if Christine Lagarde was a young
unemployed ?

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… or Durao Barroso was a young unemployed ?

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Economy
Democratic
Crises of
Funding &
crises, youth
participation Social
and
Society liquidity Polítics&polici Crise
es

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Social exclusions cost us according to some estimates
over 100billion euros every year.
And this number is just for the EU Member States. It is an
extremely big problem for our generation and negative
circular effects of the problem such as mental health
problems are going to cost us dearly.

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Economy
What Opportunitie
Society solutions
What way? s

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GENERATIONA
The public debt must be generationally sustainable
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CRISIS Fiscal austerity may be a necessary but not
sufficient element
There are limits to austerity
These limits are the breakeven point for growth
Social crisis
Growth is the key to sustainability
Crisis and
Democratic International competitiveness is a growth factor?
Politics
The Euro is part of the solution and not the
problem
Crisis of the ECB has limited action because this crisis
Credibility should not directly fund the states without limit
The European solidarity is the solution
Credit Crisis Eurobonds?!
What cooperation between euro-africa can we
improve?
Sovereign
Debt crisis

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Mobility
programs to
improve trade
market for youth
internships Erasmus Export
entrepreneurship
New youth labor More
contracts intergenerational
solidarity

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1st . It will be a clear need to identify a strategy for economic growth and
development that will enable the economy to find areas of investment leading to a
renewal of the national productive apparatus.
2nd . It is necessary to redefine an array of cooperation between civil society -
the state - and financial/private agents, demanding for social responsibility in
crisis time, to reform financing mechanisms, requiring a system restore confidence
and credibility finance and business, as citizens did when it was necessary to use
public funds on bank recapitalization.
3rd . The youth employment is only one dimension, often instrumental in the lives
of young people. The real need for this, relates to the possibility of developing a
sustainable living project, with future prospects. For this it is necessary to identify
mechanisms of social sharing of risk, based on concepts of social
innovation to rethink social security devices, illness protection, promotion of
family, individual achievement and the pursuit of happiness for every young
person.

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4th. Setting a ceiling for pensions, following such a measure with a restructuring
of the social security system, linking it to pension funds;
5th. Need to identify areas of national investment, with exclusive lines of
support to young - redefining the concept of strategic industry nationally, aimed
at job creation;
6th. Restructuring the network of higher education, bringing it closer to the
framework of strategic national and inter-regional development to adopt
7th. Debate a new model of employment contracts for young
people, replacing the current reality of precariousness , with drastic reduction of
social contributions made.

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a) Develop mechanisms for positive discrimination to tax companies that encourage
youth employment and investing in research and development
b) creation of incentive programs for youth employment through paid internships
c) Creating incentives ace SMEs, particularly related to primary and secondary sectors, to
reduce production costs;
d) Increase surveillance job insecurity and labor right’ s abuse
e) Promote the evaluation and monitoring of the implementation of employment promotion
programs in the framework of dissemination, monitoring and information
f) Creation of a credit line for SMEs and Micro-enterprises whose capital is held mostly
by young until the age of thirty.
g) Establishing mechanisms for risk capital for SMEs and Micro-enterprises whose capital is
held mostly by young until the age of thirty.
h) Creation of "Valley Entrepreneur", with support for up to thirty thousand euros, with 75%
of capital drown lost.

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The priorities of young people have changed dramatically in this time of global crisis that
threw the world economy into the recession.
The youth is suffer most from all this, are who see their social rights being stomped on, and
his future mortgaged, rejected their aspirations and see their jobs destroyed.
The priorities of life of young people are the future, and how to build a new one according to
their dreams in a continuous improvement of their living conditions.
For all of this, is fundamental redefine the priorities of youth.
These priorities are the living conditions of young people and these tend to be discussed
between the governments and the social partners.
Social partners, however, represent only those who are part of a formal economy, already
existing and safeguard the rights acquired and no rights of the consecration of the new
generations.
Young people should participate in dialogues as well complain of
social partners, governments, unions and employers in a collective
response to the maintenance of social cohesion and progress and
economic and social development.

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Dream and
Believe!

41. Ivo Costa Santos
Ivo.Santos@CNJ.pt
November 2012
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