Copy to improve. This, broadly speaking, is the appreciation that is given to the “youth engagement contract” by associations and unions. These organizations were expecting a lot from the device unveiled on Tuesday, November 2, by Emmanuel Macron and by the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, to promote the integration of people under 26 in a precarious situation. After the announcements of the executive power, they often express disappointment, while acknowledging that there is progress.
The employment contract is aimed at young people who, on a lasting basis, are neither in employment, nor in studies, nor in training – the NEETs in English. To these audiences who cannot find a job on their own, it will be proposed to follow a ” journey “ from six to twelve months (sometimes eighteen, in certain exceptional cases). Beneficiaries will be subject to a “Intensive support” fifteen to twenty hours per week, with a “Systematic activation” in various forms: internship or immersion in a company, preparation for entry into a center for apprentices, civic service, etc. Those with no or little income will be eligible for an allowance of up to 500 euros per month. The signatories of the contract who do not keep their commitments will stop being helped, according to the logic of “Duties and rights” stated by Mr. Macron.
The measure presented on Tuesday is intended to converge, or even absorb, the mechanisms already in place, including the youth guarantee, which is implemented by local missions. Some 550 million additional euros are planned for the 2022 financial year, the objective being to support 400,000 individuals in 2022.
“A form of renunciation”
“The President of the Republic and the government have drawn up a framework common to all the existing tools for the sake of simplification, which is a good thing in terms of readability”, comments Antoine Dulin, from the Youth Policy Orientation Council. Another point he judges “Positive” : the fact of “Seek 50,000 young people in a situation of great exclusion, by relying on associations”. This will to” move towards ” those who are breaking is “Interesting”, adds Christophe Devys, from the Alerte collective, which brings together associations fighting against poverty: “We are ready to participate”, he adds, even if the task promises to be difficult, because it involves coordination with other operators (local missions, employment center, etc.). Such an approach for the benefit of those who “Are outside the radar screens” is also greeted by Pascal Brice, President of the Federation of Solidarity Actors: “It must be operational quickly, we are going to seize it. “
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