Report of the NEET (Neither in Education nor Employment) Youth Workshop Has Been Published!

"NEET (Neither in Education, Neither Employment) Youth Workshop report, organized by the Foundation for Life (YADA Foundation) on May 15, 2020, by gathering 36 researchers, academicians, opinion leaders and civil society representatives from 27 different institutions, was published."

At the workshop organized under the moderation of YADA, the participants were asked what needs to be done to understand NEET youth and work more effectively in this field, what data is needed for studies in this field, with whom, which collaborations can be established and what needs to be known about NEET youth.

In the workshop where the civil society shared their experiences and suggestions on the work to be done with young people in the NEET group and expressed their expectations and needs from a research to be conducted in the field; it was emphasized that the most important obstacle in front of their activities in this field is that civil society organizations do not recognize NEET young people, and this is based on the difficulty in reaching these young people and the lack of profiling studies containing inclusive / holistic data.

In addition, the necessity of the civil society to strengthen its relations with the local and to work with local governments in order to increase the impact of the work done with NEET youth was put forward. It was predicted that there is a need for change within the scope of structural and social policies in the fields of education, employment and labor market, and that examples of good practices to be put forward by civil society, public and private sector collaborations in this field may be the solution.

You can find detailed information about the workshop outputs by downloading the report here.

You can apply here for the next social impact workshop to be held by the YADA Foundation.

It is planned to increase the social impact and advocacy capacities of institutions working / planning to work in the field of NEET within the scope of the work to be carried out in 3 months.