Diesis Network is happy to announce we have been nominated as an Action participant representing Belgium in the COST Action 18213 “Rural NEET Youth Network: Modeling the risks underlying rural NEETs social exclusion”. Diesis Network will have the role of the Management Committee (MC) national representative of Belgium.
The Action includes three specific goals:
- to build up future research capacity around the topic, especially in Eastern and Southern countries most affected by higher proportions of rural NEETs;
- to establish an online observatory of rural NEETs that will serve as a synthesizer and clearing house for research data, methodological tools and best-practices concerning rural NEETs;
- to foster knowledge use by policy makers and practitioners at local, regional, national and/or international levels. aiming at developing a coherent model to advance the understanding of the situation of rural NEET youths and to target best-practices aimed at this vulnerable group.