This report summarises feedback on the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework (YEPF) obtained during stakeholder and youth engagement activities delivered by Learning & Work Institute (L&W) on behalf of the Welsh Government.

The stakeholder activities were carried out during March and April 2021, while the youth engagement activities took place in May and June 2021.

The consultation activities were designed to obtain views from stakeholders and young people to inform the current refresh of the YEPF. The Welsh Government wished to explore how it could strengthen approaches to prevent young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training), and also to consider other areas that create barriers to engagement with a focus on current policy priorities relating to mental health and wellbeing and youth homelessness. The feedback is intended to help identify:

• What works in the current YEPF and what parts need to be clarified;
• What parts of the current YEPF need to be updated to reflect changes in systems and processes and wider policy contexts;
• How we could strengthen approaches to prevent young people becoming NEET;
• How YEPF systems and processes could be strengthened to support young people to overcome other barriers, by supporting their mental health and wellbeing and preventing youth homelessness; and
• Potential challenges and tensions to be addressed in delivering the updated YEPF.