The E4NEETs (Reinforcement of support structures for NEETs in the entrepreneurial field) project aims to address thelack of access to entrepreneurship for young adults who are considered as NEETs (Not in Employment, Education orTraining). Indeed, entrepreneurship, and especially social entrepreneurship, can be an important lever for these young people insofar as it allows them to achieve several results: - the acquisition of key-skills, useful for their socio-vocationalintegration; - their remobilization by restoring their self-confidence thanks to pedagogical workshops encouraging selfdevelopment;- their involvement within their community via the creation of solutions responding to locally observed challenges; - and finally, for some, the development of projects that will ultimately allow them to become self-employedand to create economic activities with strong social and environmental impacts. Thus, the development of socialentrepreneurship could be a solution to the current challenges: just before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were approximately 1.7 million fewer young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEETs) across the EU.Youth unemployment had dropped to a record low of 14.9% by February 2020. Besides, a new study led by Eurofoundhas now revealed that young people in Europe are feeling the strong impact of pandemic restrictions as they cope with the lowest levels of mental well-being and high levels of loneliness. And yet, the support structures working with NEETs and accompanying them (local missions, chambers of commerce and industry, etc.) don’t have the means and the tools to sensitize, inform and support the NEETs interested in entrepreneurship in an efficient way.
Exploring the role of Religion in the WB societies – RiS
The Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM) in cooperation with its partners Belgrade Open school, Institute of Social Science and Humanities Skopje and Analitika Center for Social Research (Sarajevo) has started a project called “Exploring the role of Religion in WB societies - RiS”.
This project relies on analytical and evidence-based contributions generated through a competitive process and through contextual research. These contributions will be presented and further enriched through a regional conference debate with the community of decision makers, religious representatives, academia, civil society and other policy stakeholders from WB countries, the regional cooperation initiatives, as well as European and international stakeholders assisting the WB region’s development processes and integration into Euro-Atlantic community.
The overall goal of RiS project is to enhance societal and policy mechanisms better respond to challenges and employ opportunities for the role of religion in modern societies through better capacities of stakeholders and evidence-based options.
Future Studies educational programme
‘PolitiKAS’ educational programme
Scholarship Administration programme
‘Towards a More Successful International Cooperation in the Field of Youth and Sports’
BOS Career
Open Society Foundations Scholarship Programs - Civil Society Scholar Awards
Central European University (CEU)
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