WG1 Meeting
2020-04-29 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Brussels
I would like to inform you that according to our survey the webinar on the WG 1 on national reports will take place on the 29th of April, 3.00 PM. The session will take around 90 minutes and you can access the chat room in ZOOM. You will receive the link and the password to the session in your email box after you fill in a written consent survey to authorize the session to be recorded, to be stored in our website intranet. To authorize it, please follow this link:https://forms.gle/UbCdFCWMUiAjZ6bJ6For those of you that have not used ZOOM before, we will provide a quick tour before the webinar starts.Ahead of the meeting, participants are recommended to go through the WG1 – deliverable 1 methodological guide and Annexes to this document (except for Annex 3) sent by the WG1 leader, Alena Minns, earlier this month. Some adjustments need to be made to the timeline that was sent as Annex 5, but we will go through that as well.During the session, we will discuss the different sections of the national report and we will also include several Q&A moments, so that you can bring forward all your questions.

NEET youths profile in The Azores: What do we know so far? (In Portuguese)
2020-06-09 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
This webinar aims at synthesizing the current knowledge about NEETs in The Azores Islands. To do so, the session will start by an analysis of the evolution of NEETs in Europe, Portugal and The Azores, for the past 10 years. Afterwards, three studies that were undertaken in Region will be summarized. These studies will focus on NEETs profile, lower qualified NEETs professional expectations and also on their perceptions about dominant sectors in rural areas, namely agriculture. The webinar will involve about 10 professionals and intermediate leaders of The Azores Islands employment public services that work directly with NEETs, in the context of the Youth Guarantee program. The session will be held in Portuguese and will include a brief presentation, group discussions and a Q&A session. The expected duration for the webinar is 60 minutes.
Sign up for this session

Rurality: Meaning and defining dimensions
2020-06-24 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
24.June.2020 – 15:00h CET | PREMIUM SESSION
Aleksandar Lukic (University of Zagreb, CRO)
Rurality: Meaning and defining dimensions
Rurality is a growingly complex definition. Sometimes, it is also seen as negative social category. This webinar will explore different meanings of rurality, based on criteria such as population, landscape, economic activities and other.
Sign up for this session

NEETs: profiles and typologies
2020-06-29 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
29.June.2020 – 15:00h CET | PREMIUM SESSION
Massimiliano Mascherini (Head of Social Affairs Unit, Eurofound)
NEETs: profiles and typologies
Youths not in Employment, nor in Education and Training (NEET) is a very heterogenous group. Some distinctions have been made between subgroups, based on age subclasses or on unemployment/inactivity status. For the past decade, Eurofound has worked to capture more specific types of NEETs and how they may differ across sex, age groups or degree of urbanization.
Sign up for this session

Good practices to reconnect young rural NEETs: public policies versus local responses
2020-07-02 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
Based on the results of two research projects, one focusing on the implementation of the European
Youth Guarantee program in Portugal and the other a case study at the local level with young rural
NEETs, we intend to discuss and reflect on the potential and limits of these two types of intervention
aimed at reconnect young people in NEET situations with institutions – educational, training and for
employability.
Sign up for this session

NEET youths profile in The Azores: What do we know so far? (In English)
2020-07-06 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
6.July.2020 – 15:00h CET | National stakeholders involvement webinars
Francisco Simões (CIS; ISCTE-IUL)
NEET youths profile in The Azores: What do we know so far? (In English)
This webinar aims at synthesizing the current knowledge about NEETs in The Azores Islands. To do so, the session will start by an analysis of the evolution of NEETs in Europe, Portugal and The Azores, for the past 10 years. Afterwards, three studies that were undertaken in Region will be summarized. These studies will focus on NEETs profile, lower qualified NEETs professional expectations and also on their perceptions about dominant sectors in rural areas, namely agriculture. The webinar will involve about 10 professionals and intermediate leaders of The Azores Islands employment public services that work directly with NEETs, in the context of the Youth Guarantee program. The session will be held in Portuguese and will include a brief presentation, group discussions and a Q&A session. The expected duration for the webinar is 60 minutes.
Sign up for this session

Youth participation in labour markets: Insights from 11 European countries
2020-07-09 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
09.July.2020 – 15:00h CET | PREMIUM SESSION
Jale Tosun (Heidelberg University, GER)
Youth participation in labour markets: Insights from 11 European countries

This webinar will draw on the CUPESSE projects findings to analyze youth participation in the labour markets. Some findings stem from this research project. Family matters: there is a striking degree of parent-child similarity in the work-related attitudes, values and decisions and labor market outcomes. Many young Europeans depend on the financial assistance from their parents even if they are employed. Nonetheless, the future expectations of young people are mostly positive and not determined by the level of youth unemployment in their country of residence. The perception of the causes of youth unemployment differs between young people in Greece, Italy and Spain, even though labor economists see parallels. Young people living in rural areas indicated that they lack access to networks that would help them to find employment
Sign up for this session
Follow on Facebook Live

Estonian Youth Guarantee and Its Values
2020-07-13 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
13.July.2020 – 15:00h CET | PREMIUM SESSION
Heidi Paabort (Eesti Avatud Noortekeskuste Ühendus) | Kerli Kõiv (Eesti Avatud Noortekeskuste Ühendus)
Estonian Youth Guarantee and Its Values

Young people who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET) are one of the most important
global social challenges (OECD 2011). The European Council (2013) suggested that every Member State
should support young people to avoid the subsequent high costs of excluding young people from the
labour market, education, and training. In 2013, the European Council approved the creation of the Youth
Guarantee to ensure that young people under 25 years of age will receive a good offer of employment,
continued education, apprenticeship, or training within four months of becoming unemployed or leaving
education. Estonia approved the Youth Guarantee programme in 2014. The Youth Guarantee report of
2016 of the European Commission emphasises the need to further focus on better sectoral
coordination, early intervention, and unregistered NEETs.
Sign up for this session
Follow on Facebook Live

Being NEET in Europe Before and After the Economic Crisis: An Analysis of the Micro and Macro Determinants
2020-07-16 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
16.July.2020 – 15:00h CET | PREMIUM SESSION
Antonella Rocca (University of Naples, IT)
Being NEET in Europe Before and After the Economic Crisis: An Analysis of the Micro and Macro Determinants

This webinar will analyse the main determinants of the propensity to NEET status in a selection of European countries. For the younger cohort, NEET status is mainly influenced by the school-to-work transition while for the older cohort (NYNA) this status is primarily due to labour market functioning and institutional factors. The NEET rate os directly related to the structural unfavourable conditions of the labour market and passive subsidies to the unemployed, and inversely to the rate of growth of GDP, the active labour policies and the investments in education
Sign up for this session
Follow on Facebook Live

The perceived prestige of agricultural occupations among youth
2020-07-20 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
20.July.2020 – 15:00h CET | Online meeting point
Miroslava Bavorova (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague)
The perceived prestige of agricultural occupations among youth

Low prestige of agricultural occupations may result in low interest of youth to work in agriculture. This
contributes to the lack of labour in agriculture and to rural-urban migration, problems prevalent
worldwide. Not much research has been done to understand the perceived prestige of agricultural
occupations. To close this gap, in the project presented, we investigate the occupational prestige level
of agriculture-related occupations relatively to other occupations as perceived by youth. We will present
a survey results from the Altai Krai in russian Siberia based on a sample of 350 students collected in
2018.
Sign up for this session
Follow on Facebook Live

Becoming a young farmer in the digital age: case studies on European islands
2020-07-31 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
31.July.2020 – 15:00h CET | ONLINE MEETING POINT
Ilkay Unay-Gailhard (Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO))
Becoming a young farmer in the digital age: case studies on European islands

The purpose of the webinar meeting is twofold. First, presentation of carried activities during my 3
weeks Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in the Azores Island, as well as at University Institute of
Lisbon. This first part of the presentation aims to give insights on the organization of STSM activities
that may be inspiring for the future STSM applicants. Second, presentation of primary results of STSM
scientific study “Becoming a young farmer in the digital age: case studies on European islands”. The
second part of the presentations has an objective to give primary findings of face to face interviews with
young farmers (< 40 years old) and experts from the Azores in order to answer the main research
question of “What are the specific mechanisms through which youth in late modernity can be most
effectively engaged with the agriculture system, not only as civic engagement, but also with farming as
a “career option»?.
Sign up for this session
Follow on Facebook Live

MC Meeting (Online)
2020-11-27 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar

Lisbon Conference
2021-01-27 09:00 - 2021-01-28 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649, Lisbon, Lisbon, 026, Portugal
VISIT THE OFFICIAL CONFERENCE WEBSITE
During the COST-Lisbon Conference, Ingrid Schoon (University College of London, UK), Michael Corbett (Acadia University, Canada) and other invited keynote speakers, together with interested scholars and emerging researchers will contribute to the scientific debate of these issues. As the knowledge about rural youth in general – and their education & training, in particular – does not seem to be consolidated among European researchers, the conference has the purpose to shade light on emerging trends and identifying new issues for the research agenda, as well as for public policy recommendations.
Two plenary sessions, one round table discussion and several parallel paper sessions will be organized in Lisbon at ISCTE-IUL.

RURAL NEET YOUTH IN TURKEY: POLICIES, EDUCATION , SUPPORT AND FUTURE (30th March 2021)
2021-03-30 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
TURKEY | Rural NEET youth in Turkey: Policies, education, support and future (30th March 2021)

The phenomenon of NEETs in Italy: Social policies and projects for the social and employment inclusion of NEETs (21st May 2021)
2021-05-21 | Online Webinar
ITALY | The phenomenon of NEETs in Italy: Social policies and projects for the social and employment inclusion of NEETs (21st May 2021)

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL STRATEGIES FOR RURAL NEETs SOCIAL INCLUSION (29th May 2021)
2021-05-28 17:00 - 2021-05-30 12:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
SERBIA | National and regional strategies for rural NEETs social inclusion (29th May 2021)

NEETs & Rural in Romania: knowledge, problems, solutions (9th June 2021)
2021-06-09 | Online Webinar
ROMANIA | NEETs & Rural in Romania: knowledge, problems, solutions (9th June 2021)

Youth in The Azores islands: Opportunities and challenges for the next decade (2th October 2021)
2021-10-02 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Congress Center of Angra do Heroísmo, Canada Nova de S/N, 9700-130 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal, Portugal
PORTUGAL | Youth in The Azores islands: Opportunities and challenges for the next decade (2th October 2021)

Social-Emotional Prototype Modeling: NEET youth cases (4th October 2021)
2021-10-04 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Brussels
LITHUANIA | Social-Emotional Prototype Modeling: NEET youth cases (4th October 2021)

NEET youth situation in Latvia - different angles (7th October 2021)
2021-10-07 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Balvi, Balvu Sakrālās kultūras centrs (http://balvurcb.lv/kb/index.php?View=entry&EntryID=574)
LATVIA | NEET youth situation in Latvia – different angles (7th October 2021)

Rural NEET in Lithuania: Situation, Challenges and Possible Solutions (8th October 2021)
2021-10-08 | Online Webinar
https://rnyobservatory.eu/web/2021/03/23/rural-neet-in-lithuania-situation-challenges-and-possible-solutions-24th-september-2021/

Building Networks for Rural Youth Opportunities (8th October 2021)
2021-10-08 | Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje – Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje – Skopje, North Macedonia, 2F25+W8F, Skopje, Skopje, 1000, North Macedonia
NORTH MACEDONIA | Building Networks for Rural Youth Opportunities (8th October 2021)

Ethical dilemmas and General Data Protection Regulation in research and intervention with young people in rural contexts (11th October 2021)
2021-10-11 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Brussels
PORTUGAL | Ethical dilemmas and General Data Protection Regulation in research and intervention with young people in rural contexts (11th October 2021)

Unlocking the potential of social economy enterprises in rural area (13th October 2021)
2021-10-13 | Online Webinar
BELGIUM | Unlocking the potential of social economy enterprises in rural area (13th October 2021)

Tr@ck-IN project kick-off conference: Rural NEETs transition to the labour market: The role of Public Employment Services
2022-04-05 | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649, Lisbon, Lisbon, 026, Portugal
Tr@ck-IN project kick-off conference:
Rural NEETs transition to the labour market: The role of Public Employment Services
ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Cidade Universitária de Lisboa – Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
Our colleagues from the EEA Grant Project “Track-IN: Public employment services tracking effectiness supporting rural NEETs” will participate have their first Kick-off conference next 4 and 5 of April 2022 in Lisbon. Our Action will participate in this conference as a expert in one of the sessions.

Confab Webinar: "South side story: Lessons from the Meditarrean countries for NEETs inclusion"
2022-06-16 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
16th JUNE 2022 – 12:00CET
South side story: Lessons from the Meditarrean countries for NEETs inclusion
Speaker: Stelios Gialis has current research interests lie in the intersection of Labour Geography and the study of the spatial divisions of various forms of employment (flexible, informal, precarious) across urban and regional labor markets. I draw upon concepts and methods of various (new or ‘old’) traditions of Geographical Political Economy, broadly defined. I currently act as the Principal Investigator & Coordinator of, among other projects, the YOUTHShare project (http://www.youthshare-project.org).

Confab Webinar: "Rural trends and youth dreams for rural development and generational renewal"
2022-07-14 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Madrid) | Online Webinar
14th July 2022 – 12:00CET
Rural trends and youth dreams for rural development and generational renewal

Speaker:
The RURALIZATION project is based around the idea that a process of ‘ruralisation’ can change development patterns in rural areas overcoming population and economic decline and generating new opportunities. To foster a “ruralisation” process across Europe, we need new policy-relevant knowledge, which the RURALIZATION project will generate. Funded under the Horizon 2020 programme, RURALIZATION gathers 18 partners from 12 different countries including not only research organizations but also partners that implement innovative practices, such as members of the Access to Land network. This diversity will guarantee a wide range of perspectives and situations thus ensuring the project will formulate solutions and recommendations which respond to the diverse needs and features of rural areas in Europe.

1st International Conference “Rural Youth and the New Youth Guarantee”
2022-09-14 00:00 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia Campus,Via della Garzetta 48, Brescia, Via della Garzetta 48, Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Rural NEET Youth Brescia Conference 2022 (14 September 2022)

GREEN JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: IMPLICATIONS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RURAL SOCIETIES FUTURE
2023-04-12 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Madrid) | COST Association, Avenue Louise 149, Brussels, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
GREEN JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: IMPLICATIONS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND RURAL SOCIETIES FUTURE
Event Date: 12th of April 2023
Download Program
Summary of the meeting
Location: COST Association Headquarters Avenue du Boulevard – Bolwerklaan 21, 1210 Brussels, on 04.09, from 10.00 to 12.30.
Target audience: ONGs, Social Workers

Workshop: Attracting young people to the green jobs sector

What?
Who
Duration

Welcoming note: Introduction presenting both Ruralization and Rural NEET Youth Network
Round of presentations
Ruralization project leader; RNYN Chair
15m

Systematizing trends and young people’s dreams about rural areas; bringing forward the challenges and opportunities in involving young people in the green jobs sector
Ruralization team
a.Young people’s dreams – Tuomas Kuhmonen, UTU (online)
b.Challenges & opportunities – Titus Bahner, Kulturland
45m

Q&A
Ruralization team
15m

Break
15 min

Follow-up work meeting: Future joint efforts to boost young people’s inclusion in the green jobs in rural areas

Kick-off: contextualization of the meeting; expected outcome
RNYN Chair, Francisco Simões
5 min

Stakeholders’ voices: priorities, needs, how does their mission connect with the topic of the meeting.
Stakeholders representatives
20 min

Bringing forward the challenges and opportunities (defining the challenge, findings from the Action, potential solutions and avenues for policies development, potential joint efforts)
WG Leaders and Vice-Leaders: Claudia Petrescu, Federica Pizzolante, Alen
Mujcinovic and Stefan Bojnec
10 min

Stakeholders feedback
Moderation from WG Leader and Vice-Leader OR policy team coordinator
10 min

Future avenues and wrap-up: commitment, possibilities for collaboration under the European Rural Youth Observatory development, follow-up initiatives, identifying research questions.
Action Chair, Francisco Simões
15 min

THE EU RURAL PACT: CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS
2023-09-04 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Madrid) | COST Association, Avenue Louise 149, Brussels, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
THE EU RURAL PACT: CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS
Event Date: 4th of September 2023
Download Program
Summary of the meeting
Location: COST Association Headquarters Avenue du Boulevard – Bolwerklaan 21, 1210 Brussels, on 04.09, from 10.00 to 12.30.
Target audience: High-level Policymakers

TIME
WHAT
FACILITATORS

9.30-10.00
Registration
—-

10.00-10.10
Kick-off: Contextualization of the meeting; expected outcome; the role of the RNYN in the EU Rural Pact
Francisco Simões &
Liena Hacatrjana

Action Chair & Vice-Chair

10.10-10.40
Bringing forward the challenges and opportunities: Short presentation of the RNYN policy-briefs on rural young people’s participation and education
Tatiana Ferreira &
Heidi Paabort

RNYN WG 1 and 2 Leaders

10.40-11.10
Have your say: stakeholders’ voices: Priorities, and needs particularly in the context of the EU RURAL PACT
Francisco Simões

Action Chair

11.10-11.30
Coffee Break
—-

11.30-11.50
The European Rural Youth Observatory: Vision, goals, and activities
Francisco Simões

Action Chair

11.50-12.20
The European Rural Youth Observatory: How can we help you?
Mariano Soler

Communication officer

12.20-12.30
Future avenues and wrap-up: commitment, possibilities for collaboration under the European Rural Youth Observatory, follow-up initiatives.
Francisco Simões

Action Chair
