Youth Employment Initiative – Impact Evaluation
This report assesses the impact, effectiveness and value for money of the Youth Employment Initiative, part of the European Social Fund aimed at young people not in education, employment or training.
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The European Social Fund (ESF) was set up to improve employment opportunities in the European Union (EU) and thereby raise standards of living. The ESF 2014-20 Operational Programme aims to deliver against investment priorities defined by the European Commission (EC) to increase labour market participation, promote social inclusion and develop the skills of the potential and existing workforce. Three reports were commissioned as part of our obligations as members of the European Social Fund 2014-2020 to evaluate the programme in England and in doing so make an assessment of its effectiveness, impact and efficiency in meeting the programme aims.
This report presents the findings of an impact evaluation of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), undertaken by Ecorys.
The YEI impact evaluation started in April 2017 and ended late 2019. It follows the: YEI: process evaluation published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in 2017.
The impact evaluation focuses on examining the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of the YEI.
The other reports included in this part of the evaluation are ESF Qualitative Case Study Research and European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative Leavers Survey Report 2016-2019.