Study on the transition of youth from school to work and the supporting policies.

本研究旨在探讨青少年从学校到工作的转变过程中存在的问题，并评估现行青少年政策对青少年的影响。1）对困难地区的年轻人状况和政策效果进行研究，对北海道和冲绳的状况和效果进行了研究。我们访问了高中教师、地区青年政策管理者、工作咖啡馆工作人员、NPO工作人员等。教师们告诉我们，高中毕业生想要工作的条件非常困难。然而，我们发现工作咖啡馆或年轻工作点的主要客户是学生和高等教育毕业生。这些政策对处境不利的年轻人影响不大。我们还发现，短期终止预算阻碍了政策提供稳定的支持。例如，大多数工作咖啡馆的工作人员都是临时的或终止合同的。2）西欧青年政策的研究我们研究了欧盟和英国的青年政策，以与日本进行比较。我们访问并采访了研究人员、管理人员和青年支助中心。我们发现，无论是在英格兰和职业苏格兰的连接有特殊的干预措施，为弱势青年的基础上，认识到每个年轻人的情况。这是日本政策所没有的。

This Research aims to explore the problems of the changing youth transition from school to work, and estimate the effects of current youth policies to young people. We target Western European policies as well as Japanese policies.1) Research on the situation of young people and the effects of policies in difficult regions.We researched the situation and the effects in Hokkaido and Okinawa. We visited and interviewed high schools teachers, regional youth policy administrators, Job Cafe staffs, staffs of NPO and so on. Teachers told very difficult conditions for high school graduates who want to work. However, We found that main clients of Job Cafe or Young Job Spots are students and graduate of higher education. The policies have little effects on disadvantaged young people. We also found that short terminated budget prevent policies from providing stable supports. For example, most staffs of Job Cafes are temporary or terminated contract.2) Research on Western European youth policiesWe researched EU and UK youth policies for comparison to Japan. We visited and interviewed researchers, administrators and support centres for young people. We found that both Connexions in England and Career Scotland have particular intervention for disadvantaged young peoples based on the recognition of every young people's situation. This is very important point that Japanese policies do not have yet.