{"id":25,"date":"2022-03-07T16:45:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T16:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.track-in.eu\/web\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T19:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T19:56:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euryo.org\/trackin\/web\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Track-IN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

About US<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Our aim is to deliver an evaluation model of the effectiveness of Public Employment Services (PES) tracking support types (digital, human-mediated or mixed) in improving employability among rural NEETs aged 25-29.<\/p>

Our project is submitted under support Area 3 – Analysis and Research, based on interdependent management, engagement & dissemination, and scientific work packages to fulfill three contributions. Our aim is 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 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 transnational use of impact studies among policymakers and researchers, by supporting their participation in developing\/incorporating evidencebased impact methods for PES tracking evaluation.<\/p>

We address the Fund call vision by focusing on rural NEETs. These youths are 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\u2019 effectiveness in their employability indicators and, in the long-run, by setting an evaluation framework for effective PES tracking development.<\/p>

The consortium will rely on a sound multidisciplinary, theoretical and methodological approach, by concentrating on Baltic, South and Southeastern States with disparate rural NEETs\u2019 proportions and different degrees of PES digitalization, adding meaningful variability to comparative analyses. 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.
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WORKING PACKAGES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

WORKING PACKAGE 1<\/strong>
\nPolicies & PES NEETs\u2019 tracking effectiveness in rural areas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

WORKING PACKAGE 2<\/strong>
\nRural PES tracking programs mapping and validation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

WORKING PACKAGE 3<\/strong>
\nNEETs\u2019 Tracking Support Types Impact on Rural Areas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

WORKING PACKAGE 4<\/strong>
\nCollaboration & Training WP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

WORKING PACKAGE 5<\/strong>
\nCommunication WP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

partners<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PROJECT GOALS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

Our aim is aligned with\nthe call\u2019s main target group, paying special attention to youths facing\nmultiple barriers to employment, namely territorial, gender and ethnic\ninequalities.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Our core goal addresses three interconnected challenges (from\ngeneral to specific):<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenge 2: <\/strong>overall lack of studies and impact\nassessment models for PES tracking support impact on vulnerable youths<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenge 1:<\/strong> mismatch between broadband policy package\naims (e.g. Youth Guarantee), on-the-ground PES deliverance quality and NEETs\u2019\nneeds in rural areas<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenge 3: <\/strong>pressure for PES tracking support digitalization by States, in the\naftermath of COVID-19, without evidence of what are the most effective tracking\nsupport types for overall and rural NEETs\u2019 subgroups.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n


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TARGET GROUPS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

We will target 1,000\nresearchers<\/u><\/strong> from diverse disciplines that assess employment policy\nimplementation.<\/span><\/p>\n


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They are targeted across scientific activities\/outputs\n(conferences, webinars, publications) to stream our model of PES tracking support\ntypes impact assessment into future research projects across Europe and\nworldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Based on the Eurostat\nLabor Force Survey (2018), our end beneficiaries are 48,184 rural NEETs aged\n25-29 registered in PES of the consortium\u2019s beneficiary countries. The NEET\ncategory in these areas comprises very diverse subgroups, from short\/long-term\nunemployed youths to those registered, but actually inactive due to family care\nduties (e.g. young mothers), physical disabilities or special needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gender\ngaps (e.g. women having limited access to jobs) and inequalities due to\nethnicity also fluctuate across partner countries.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Thus, our evaluation model\nwill be a comprehensive one, assessing contextual and personal circumstances\nunder which each PES tracking support type is more effective in addressing\nNEETs\u2019 employability needs.<\/span><\/p>\n


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This means that we will determine:<\/span><\/p>\n

(1) the impact of\ndifferent types of PES tracking on NEETs\u2019 observable (e.g. employment rates)\nand unobservable (e.g. self-efficacy) employability indicators, <\/span><\/p>\n

(2<\/span>) PES\ntracking support types\u2019 effectiveness across distinctive NEETs\u2019 subgroups\n(unemployed vs inactive; men vs women; different ethnic groups),<\/p>\n

(3) key\nfactors behind PES tracking types\u2019 effectiveness overall and for NEETs\u2019\nsubgroups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euryo.org\/trackin\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euryo.org\/trackin\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euryo.org\/trackin\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euryo.org\/trackin\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euryo.org\/trackin\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/euryo.org\/trackin\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/euryo.org\/trackin\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euryo.org\/trackin\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}