NEET youths profile in The Azores: What do we know so far? (In English)

Kick off meeting

COST Association Avenue Louise 149, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Rural NEETs’ Youth Network (RNYN) is a running four-year COST Action that kicked-off on the 14th of October of 2019. The network aims at developing a model of comprehension for rural youths not in education, nor in employment or training (NEET). This model is supposed to unfold social exclusion risk and protective factors associated to this group. According to the EUROSTAT, NEETs are more prevalent in rural regions, compared urban and suburban areas, especially in Southern and Eastern European countries.…

WG1 Meeting

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…

NEET youths profile in The Azores: What do we know so far? (In Portuguese)

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…

Rurality: Meaning and defining dimensions

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

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…

Good practices to reconnect young rural NEETs: public policies versus local responses

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)

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…

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