We aimed to provide a road map for the youth NGOs for advocating the social rights of young people as well as increasing the capacities of youth NGOs in the way of the research and creating awareness on the issue of the social welfare system by focusing on four areas : housing, education, employment, health rights and participation of the young people. The objectives of the project was : -To analyse the youth trajectories in Southern Europe countries and implications of Southern Europe Welfare System on young people’s lives -To develop policy paper as a road map for the governments in respective countries on the life of young people concerning their rights -To understand the causes behind the existence of NEETs in respective countries and provide a road map for the youth workers to reach these young people -To increase the skills of youth workers in the issue of denied youth citizenship resulting with the marginalisation and exclusion of young people and tackling situation of prolonged youth and Ni-Ni youth trajectories
Ni-Ni and Yo-Yo : Youth Trajectories and Dilemma of Social Welfare Systems in Southern Europe developed to address the issues in the Southern European countries social welfare systems and impact on the lives of the young people. We aimed to address the needs of the young people from a citizenship perspective by addressing these needs in a systematic way by implementing research, education and awareness raising activities. We have worked on the three main issues specifically the education attainment in low-socioeconomic backgrounds, the proportion of the NEETs and the proportion of young people living in the family homes to define the context in which we want to address the issue of social welfare systems and implement advocacy and awareness-raising through training for young people and youth workers. We have implemented this project to increase the awareness among young people concerning to the human rights of youth and provide tools for youth workers to increase the awareness among general public and young people. The needs on increasing awareness on the issues of young people on human rights of youth as well as the issues of the young people in Southern Europe is addressed through the implementation of series of activities.