Tr@ck-IN: Public employment services tracking effectiveness to support rural NEETs
Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon ·Multi-country
About this project
<p>At Tr@ck-IN, we aim to deliver <strong>an evaluation model of the effectiveness of Public Employment Services (PES) tracking support types </strong>- digital, human-mediated, or mixed - in improving employability among rural NEETs aged 25-29. We aim to broaden knowledge of the effects of employment initiatives targeting rural NEETs, by creating a cross-country model of how policies influence PES tracking deliverance. Another goal is to enlarge the capacity of evaluating the effects of employment initiatives for NEETs in rural areas, by validating impact assessment protocols for the most replicable programs of on-the-ground PES tracking support types, considering overall and specific groups of NEETs. A further target is to increase the transnational use of impact studies among policymakers and researchers, by supporting their participation in developing/incorporating evidence-based impact methods for PES tracking evaluation.</p> <p>We address the Fund objectives by focusing on<strong> rural NEETs</strong>. These youths are often ignored by research, hard to engage with, and challenged by multiple structural risk factors. We will concentrate on their vulnerabilities in the short term by establishing a baseline for PES support types’ effectiveness in their employability indicators and, in the long run, by setting an evaluation framework for effective PES tracking development. The consortium will rely on a sound multidisciplinary, theoretical, and methodological approach, by concentrating on Baltic, South, and Southeastern States with disparate rural NEETs’ proportions and different degrees of PES digitalization, adding meaningful variability to comparative analyses. <strong>Our outputs will be streamed into a working group dedicated to PES tracking impact evaluation to tie in with a parallel initiative, the Rural NEET Youth Observatory, by 2024.</strong></p>
Project partners
- University of Tartu Donor project partner· Estonia
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Donor project partner· Italy
- Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon Donor project partner· Portugal
- Heidelberg University Donor project partner· Germany
- International Labour Organization Donor project partner· Belgium
- Vilnius university Donor project partner· Lithuania
- University of Málaga Donor project partner· Spain
- University of Naples Parthenope Donor project partner· Italy
- University of Girona Donor project partner· Spain
- South-West University "Neofit Rilski" Donor project partner· Bulgaria