Enabling vulnerable youth in rural areas not in education, employment or training

State of the Nordic Region 2020 – Wellbeing, health and digitalisation edition

“…When young people feel se cure at school, and in other aspects of their life, they are more likely to thrive academically. In con trast, young people who experience poor health and wellbeing are less likely to do well at school and, in the most extreme cases, may struggle to remain committed to education at all (Brännlund et al, 2017;Karlsdóttir et al, 2019;Mikkonen et al, 2018). Alongside the effect of wellbeing on edu cational engagement, research also finds a posi tive relationship going in the other direction.…”

Enabling Meaningfulness with Young NEETs in the Nordic Region

“…They are intersectional and intertwined into broader social backgrounds like family and community where the school and persons are situated. They do not exclusively explain early dropout but may contribute to understand the social process dynamics that are generated by a mixture of structural conditions and individual decisions [2,9,10].…”

“…Their engagement varied substantially from one region to another. How come there were mismatch problems, the skills needed in the regional labour market were not being met by their competences [1,2]. There has been substantial national discussion in each of the Nordic countries on why dropouts from school vary so much in between regions.…”

“…Negative implications for individual early school leavers may mean long-term unemployment, in the worst cases risk of poverty and social exclusion. Furthermore, many of the personal costs may not be immediately observable but gradually impoverish and deteriorate the mental health among the persons involved [2][3][4].…”

Nabo – røddir frá ungum um sosiala inkludering í Føroyum

“…There is a tripartite geographical division of the Faroes: Torshavn at the top, the northern region in the middle, and the southern region at the bottom' (Gaini et al 2019) Heimstaðurin er ein 'comfort zone' sigur ein genta, og hugsar um, at man her kann slappa heilt av og njóta friðin og vøkru náttúruna. Tað heimliga lítla plássið er eyðkent av serligum samanhaldi, siga fleiri ungfólk, men tú ert eisini onkursvegna noyddur at laga teg til lokalu karmarnar.…”