Sport for Employability for young NEETS

Join MONITOR for a conference to reflect on the potential of a variety of approaches to ‘Sport for Employability’ targeting young NEETs and to address relevant policy issues on this topic.

17 June 2021 between 9:30 and 12:00 CET via MS Teams

Target group: this conference is aimed at representatives from:

sport for employability / sport for development organisations
employment sector (employment services, employers)
youth work with NEETs
education
sport sector
policy (local, national, European, International)
research

Programme: 

09:30-09:45: Welcome and introduction to the conference

Marc Theeboom (Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB)

09:45-10:15: Introduction to Sport for Employability

Fred Coalter (Visiting professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB)

10:15-11:00: Examples of effective Sport-for-Employability programmes

Praveen Singh (Director Impact Magic Bus - India)
Robin Schröder (Coordinator international projects Rheinflanke - Germany)
Lindsey MacDonald (Managing Director Street League - United Kingdom)

11:00-11:50: Sport for Employability for young NEETs: Policy debate on the way forward

Marisa Fernandez Esteban (Deputy Head of the EU Sport Unit)
Saad Mohammed (Head of Research & Impact Sport 4 Life)
Giovanni di Cola (Special Adviser Office of the Deputy Director General of the International Labour Organisation - ILO)
Iva Glibo (Committee Member ENGSO YOUTH)
Fred Coalter (VUB)
Moderator: Marc Theeboom (VUB)

11:50-12:00: Closure

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