Study The Challenge of Youth Employment in Present-Day Uruguay(2010–2014) Bolívar Moreira| Juan Pablo Martínez October 2012 n This article analyses social and economic factors affecting youth in terms of their ac­cess to skilled labour positions from a national and international perspective. It fur­thermore addresses ways and strategies of keeping young people well-trained and employed over the long term, while offering a look at the principal public responses to these issues over the last few years in efforts to confront these and related problems. n By the same token the article provides a map of youth employment policies and pro­fessional training at present, with attention also being devoted to various aspects of institutionalization and strategic planning, the social dialogue, current programmes and specific actions addressing different youth groups. n This policy area is characterised by a process of recognising rights at the formal level and increasing access to basic goods and services on the part of youth. As we shall see, however, individual circumstances and vulnerabilities constraining the exercise of recognised rights will inevitably continue to impose challenges over the short and medium term. Finally, the article seeks to identify important specific challenges, par­ticularly those relating to education, professional training and access to decent work.