Mapping Community-Based Projects Promoting Participation and Social Inclusion of Youth NEETs in Rural Areas Across Europe

The WG1 “Rural NEETs Social Networks and Social Inclusion” focuses on the role of social networks (family, friends, neighbours, and rural communities at large) and of social inclusion processes (risk and protective factors at the rural community level) for rural NEETs quality-of-life. How are social networks organised around rural NEETs? What are their main characteristics? What are the main factors and processes at the rural community level involved in rural NEETs social inclusion? How do social networks and rural community factors contribute to rural NEETs overall quality of life? How do these networks com- pensate for the lack of inadequacy of formal/institutional support in rural areas? Those are some of the questions that guide our work and inspire our collaboration.