Unemployment as a social phenomenon and its impact on young people at regional level in Slovakia

Young people are generally recognized and make up a large population of each region. Their active activity is an important element for regional development. This article discusses the development of youth unemployment in the context of selected measures to combat unemployment. The main obje- ctive of the contribution is to present the analysis and evaluation of the various youth employment tools by the state in order to reduce the unemployment rate of young people in the regions. Tools are implemented by the state to reduce the proportion of unemployed young people in self-governing regions. The tools are based on the needs of the regions and provide strategic solutions to long-term unemployment in the individual regions of Slovakia in order to support the creation of new jobs, the provision of labour mobility or the possibility of recruiting young people after graduation.In the con- tribution, we will focus on identifying and evaluating these tools.