CoActD4.1: Knowledge Coalition Building. Youth Employment

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DISCLAIMER: The present Project Deliverable has been submitted to the European Commission for review. The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. _____ The R&I Action #2 "Youth Employment" of the Horizon 2020 project CoAct (Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action) is a Citizen Social Science project with young Early School Leavers (ESL) aged mainly between 15 and 18 years, who take part in educational measures to fulfil their legal obligation of remaining in education or training until the age of 18 ("Education and Training up to 18"). By employing a participatory research approach, R&I Action #2 aims to develop new and adapt existing measures organised under the "Education and Training Act" through the insights gained by doing collaborative research with young people affected by these measures. To communicate and implement research results, a Knowledge Coalition is organised concurrent to the research, with the aim to bring together young people and their ideas with those responsible for developing educational measures for ESL and NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) youth. The present document constitutes Deliverable 4.1 "Report on Knowledge Coalition Building" (Work Package 4) and describes how the Knowledge Coalition was constituted as a platform of different stakeholders to stimulate knowledge sharing and eventually discuss the data and results of the research project conducted with young people. The Knowledge Coalition is an integral part of the R&I Action #2, combining a diverse range of representatives from the federal and regional level as well as social workers, people from the grassroots level and youth organisations. The members of the Knowledge Coalition assist the research ...