A methodology for improving NEET youth employment in the ICT labour market

Abstract

A global youth employment crisis and the transformation of the ICT labour market has been raising severe concerns and worldwide recommendations for the coordination of cross-field and cross-level agents, as well as the need for coherent strategies based on research and dialogue between workers, employers, organizations and youth groups to decrease the number of NEET. In this context, the Direction Employment project sets as a main objective to promote the integration of underprivileged minorities into the labour market, namely the NEET youth. To address the identified difficulties, an experimental educational and social intervention model was developed and will be implemented in different EU regional contexts, combining innovative pedagogical methodologies with social support structures for young people. This paper presents a methodology for the convergence of the main axis concerning NEET youth unemployment in the ICT labour market, namely educators and trainers, ICT employers and professionals, psychologists and young people, as well as the expected outcomes and key indicators for the assessment of the desired social/professional impact.