Bezrobocie wśród młodzieży: znaczenie działalności Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego na przykładzie Hiszpanii

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the current situation of young people in the Spanish labour market and to present the importance of the ESF activities for the levelling of social differences, including the improvement of the situation of young people. To accomplish the mentioned goal, we traced the major changes that occurred in the Spanish labour market in the recent years as well as calculated and analysed the basic forms and causes of youth unemployment in Spain. Further, we examined different aspects of the ESF activities in the context of the EU and the analysed Member State, to finally present the results.