European benchmarks, Dimensions of Living, Learning, Working for Youth and Strategies and Perspectives for a Smooth Transition of Young People from School to World of Work

This task is seen as a part of European policies for the Youth, for education and employment, and as a part of Strategy for Lifelong Learning within the Lisbon Agenda is one of the most important tasks of European strategies for education, for employment, for lifelong learning and for social cohesion. The main approach of the Comenius network “School and the World of Work” is, that the best way to fight against youth unemployment is to improve proactive processes at all interfaces between school and the “World of work” that youth unemployment can´t emerge at the beginning of career pathways of young people. There exist a lot of experiences, developments and best practices in European countries. The gap is however missing clear pattern of the main criteria for successful transition for young people from school to work and of the most hindering aspects for successful and smooth transition.