Transnational Report on the impact of employment policies on young NEETs: tackling youth disengagement through understanding the flexibilization- regional resilience nexus
[Delivered: January 2020 (version1)/ March 2020 (version 2)]The present report based on a literature review and a conceptualization framework presents a thorough quantitative meta-analysis of the expansion of NEETs in the target regions and countries between 2008 and 2018. From the in-depth analysis of rich qualitative data, collected during 2019 in all target countries, the report brings foreword the beliefs and agency of various actors, namely young NEETs, individuals involved in Social and Sharing Economies, and employment advisors or other key informants. Finally, based on the conclusions derived by the previous analyses, the report performs an impact assessment of contemporary employment policies, focusing mainly on the effectiveness of the Youth Guarantee (YG) in the Southern regions of the EU. In that framework, the efficiency of employment services, youth counselling centres and services, and youth employability providers in the study areas are also critically approached.
Transnational report on the impact of employment policies on Social and Sharing Economies
[Delivered: January 2020 (version1)/ March 2020 (version 2)]The present report focuses on the impact of Social and Sharing Economies upon youth unemployment. The objectives of the YOUTHShare project and of the Report on hand are thoroughly discussed in Chapter 1. In relation to the context of the next chapters, Chapters 2 and 3 offer an analysis of the Social and Sharing Economies, the first through literature review and the latter through quantitative and spatial analysis of their main characteristics and trends in the target regions and countries, according to most recent reliable data. Chapter 4 comprises an in-depth analysis of qualitative data collected during 2019 in all target countries and has as its main objective to bring to the front the implemented practices and beliefs of individuals involved in social economy. Finally, Chapter 5 presents an impact assessment of contemporary policies regarding Social and Sharing Economies and focuses on their effectiveness upon youth unemployment.
Transnational report on the impact of education and training initiatives on young NEETs
[Delivered: March 2020 (version1)/ April 2020 (version 2)]The present report, after presenting a literature review leading to the formation of a conceptualization framework (Chapter 2), offers a thorough quantitative analysis of the expansion of NEETs in the target regions and countries between 2007 and 2018 (Chapter 3). Then, it presents an in-depth analysis of rich qualitative data. The material collected during 2019 in all target countries brings to the front the beliefs and agency of various actors, namely young NEETs, individuals involved in training policies and employment advisors or other key informants (Chapter 4). Finally, the report presents an impact assessment of contemporary training policies by focusing mainly on the effectiveness of the Youth Guarantee (YG) in the Southern regions of the EU. In doing so, it also approaches the efficiency of training schemes and youth counselling centres and services in the study area (Chapter 5).