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During the last decade, the policy efforts aiming to tackle the NEET situation (young people who neither study nor work) have increased dramatically in the European Union. Meanwhile, many studies challenged those policies, showing how they failed due to lack of understanding the NEETs. Thus, we analyse the factors that influence the appearance, modification and … Continue Reading

Social Economy (SE) has been praised for contributing to a humane and sustainable economic growth, whilst effectively tackling the detrimental effects of economic, ecological, and other types of crises. With many of its member states experiencing a heap of such problems, the EU has actively facilitated the setting up and operation of social enterprises. The … Continue Reading

COVID-19 is a global pandemic but has a particular geography to it, differentially affecting people and places. Here we explore its impact upon labour markets in the Mediterranean European Union (EU) countries. Our analysis is part of a collective work-in-progress monitoring the pandemic’s effects upon workers since early March 2020. First we note that there … Continue Reading

Ce texte donne un aperçu de l’augmentation inégale du nombre de jeunes sans emploi et ne suivant ni études ni formation (NEET) dans la région méditerranéenne du Sud de l’Union européenne (UE).Read More at: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03188712/document#page=21

Aiming to tackle the high levels of youth unemployment and rates of Not Employed, in Education, or Training (NEET), the European Union launched the flagship policy Youth Guarantee in 2013. In this article we evaluate this policy in order to reveal the lessons it can teach us and possible ways for its improvement to achieve … Continue Reading

The ‘COVID-19 Regional Labour’ issued the ‘Overview of the COVID-19 effects on employment during 2020’ with evidence from Cyprus, France, Spain, Italy, Malta, Croatia and Portugal. The first conclusion is the geographically unequal spread of the pandemic during 2020. As expected, metropolitan areas with high concentration of population and production, such as Milan, Bergamo, Madrid … Continue Reading

A brief overview on the uneven impact of the Covid-19 pandemic upon employment and the young NEETs: Evidence from Greek regions and sectors The Covid-19 pandemic is a proven multifaceted health as well as social crisis. The policy responses against the expansion of the novel coronavirus, regardless of their necessity in protecting the public health, have … Continue Reading

Baseline Study – Youth Employment in the 15+3 EU beneficiary countries of the EEA and Norway Grants “Fund for Youth Employment”. What is the youth unemployment rate? How many are the NEETs? What is the rate of young NEETs compared to general unemployment and the general population? What have been the policy responses up to … Continue Reading

Presentation at the SCIREA conference: Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees through Education Lesvos, Greece 13-14.02.2020   ‘Integrating female and migrant/refugee NEETs through the development of skills in social economy, resilient economic sectors and ICT’   Michalis POULIMAS, Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean Dimitra GLENTI, PhD Candidate in Economic and Labour Geography, … Continue Reading

Presentation at the conference: Geography in a Changing World (lesvos, Greece 07-09.04.2020)   ‘NEETs reduction policies in the European Mediterranean South: A possible way out?’   Effie EMMANOUIL, PhD Candidate in Economic and Labour Geography, Department of Geography, University of the Aegean Michalis POULIMAS, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean Ioannis PAPAGEORGIOU, … Continue Reading