Young NEET in Italy: scenario and outlooks for interventions

Abstract

Presentation. This contribution aims at analysing the emerging concept of NEETs Young People Not in Employment, Education and Training) which identifies a high risk target group: in fact, NEETs are those young people who are in a status of not-accumulating Human Capital through formal channels and thus risking social and labour exclusion. Data provided on NEETs cover different aspects (by gender, age group, geographical areas, etc). To face this social issue, several actions are provided at Ue level from the Commission. Moreover, Italian Government has also set out measures addressing the matter. The presentation ends announcing a new Isfol research, aimed at better knowing the NEETs phenomenon and its consequences: “Inactivity among young Italian people 25-34 year old”. 29/11/2012