Hosted by Sweden, this High Level Learning Exchange brought together five European ministers responsible for labour market issues, representatives from the European Commission and independent experts.

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The Exchange explored the policies that countries use to reach out and engage youth at risk and how early intervention and activation measures feature in these policies/strategies; the partnerships used to support the delivery of these measures; which approaches have proven most effective in activating this target group and what evidence exists on what works and what does not work to foster the integration of youth at risk.

The aim of this exchange was for participants to learn from each other and build on past and recent experience in a small and informal context.

Photo: Jevgeni Ossinovski, Minister of Health and Labour Estonia, Tom Bevers, Chairman of the Employment Committee of the European Union, Ylva Johansson, Minister for Employment Sweden, Melanie Leonhard, State Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Family and Integration Hamburg Germany, José António Vieira da Silva, Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security Portugal, Michel Servoz, Director-General of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion European Commission and Jørn Neergard Larsen, Minister for Employment Denmark.